2022 Wyoming Senate election

2022 Wyoming Senate election

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16 of the 31 seats in the Wyoming Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dan Dockstader Chris Rothfuss Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 12, 2021 January 7, 2013 Leader's seat 16th - Afton 9th - Laramie Last election 28 seats, 86.86% 2 seats, 11.57% Seats before 28 2 Seats after 29 [a] 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 67,440 15,477 Percentage 75.31% 17.28% Swing 11.55% 5.71%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold      No election
President of the Senate before election Dan Dockstader Republican Elected President of the Senate Ogden Driskill Republican

The 2022 Wyoming Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election held on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. ^{[4] [5]} Wyoming voters selected state senators in the 16 odd-numbered districts of the Senate to serve four-year terms. ^[6]

The election coincided with United States national elections and Wyoming state elections, including U.S. House, Governor, and Wyoming House. ^{[7] [8]}

Following the previous election in 2020, Republicans held a 28-to-2-seat supermajority over Democrats. ^{[9] [10]} These were the first elections in the odd-numbered Wyoming Senate districts following the 2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in redrawn legislative district boundaries and the creation of a new 31st district. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Republicans expanded their supermajority to 29-to-2 over Democrats by gaining a seat in the new 31st district in 2022. ^[11]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [12]	Safe R	May 19, 2022

Overview

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Wyoming Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	15	67,440	75.31%	28	13	13	29	1
	Democratic	6	15,477	17.28%	2	2	2	2
	Independent	1	1,369	1.53%	0	0	0	0
	Constitution	1	1,104	1.23%	0	0	0	0
	Libertarian	1	421	0.47%	0	0	0	0
	Write-in		3,735	4.17%	0	0	0	0
Total			89,546	100.00%	30	15	15	31
Source: Wyoming Elections Results

Popular vote Republican   75.31% Democratic   17.28% Other   7.41%

Senate seats Republican   93.55% Democratic   6.45%

Summary of results by Senate district

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party; bold text denotes a gain for a party. ^{[4] [7] [8]}

Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Ogden Driskill		Rep	Ogden Driskill		Rep
3rd	Cheri Steinmetz		Rep	Cheri Steinmetz		Rep
5th	Lynn Hutchings		Rep	Lynn Hutchings		Rep
7th	Stephan Pappas		Rep	Stephan Pappas		Rep
9th	Chris Rothfuss		Dem	Chris Rothfuss		Dem
11th	Larry S. Hicks		Rep	Larry S. Hicks		Rep
13th	Tom James		Rep	Stacy Jones		Rep
15th	Wendy Davis Schuler		Rep	Wendy Davis Schuler		Rep
17th	Mike Gierau		Dem	Mike Gierau		Dem
19th	R. J. Kost		Rep	Dan Laursen		Rep
21st	Bo Biteman		Rep	Bo Biteman		Rep
23rd	Jeff Wasserburger		Rep	Eric Barlow		Rep
25th	Cale Case		Rep	Cale Case		Rep
27th	Bill Landen		Rep	Bill Landen		Rep
29th	Drew Perkins		Rep	Bob Ide		Rep
31st	New District [1] [2] [3]			Evie Brennan		Rep

Detailed Results by Senate District

Sources for election results: ^{[4] [7] [8]}

District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31

District 1

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Ogden Driskill (incumbent)	2,547	39.82%
	Republican	Roger Connett	2,105	32.91%
	Republican	Bill Fortner	1,736	27.14%
	Write-in		9	0.14%
Total votes			6,397	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ogden Driskill (incumbent)	4,785	75.18%
	Write-in		1,580	24.82%
Total votes			6,365	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 3

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Cheri Steinmetz (incumbent)	4,269	63.64%
	Republican	Marty Ertman	2,426	36.17%
	Write-in		13	0.19%
Total votes			6,708	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cheri Steinmetz (incumbent)	6,352	96.56%
	Write-in		226	3.44%
Total votes			6,578	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 5

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Lynn Hutchings (incumbent)	3,353	95.99%
	Write-in		140	4.01%
Total votes			3,493	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Ted Hanlon	178	94.68%
	Write-in		10	5.32%
Total votes			188	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Hutchings (incumbent)	3,284	70.58%
	Democratic	Ted Hanlon	1,354	29.10%
	Write-in		15	0.32%
Total votes			4,653	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 7

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Stephan Pappas (incumbent)	2,199	51.90%
	Republican	Rachel Bennett	1,283	30.28%
	Republican	JC Manalo	717	16.92%
	Write-in		38	0.90%
Total votes			4,237	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Marcie Kindred	364	97.85%
	Write-in		8	2.15%
Total votes			372	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stephan Pappas (incumbent)	3,238	56.82%
	Democratic	Marcie Kindred	2,437	42.76%
	Write-in		24	0.42%
Total votes			5,699	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 9

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Chris Rothfuss (incumbent)	570	99.48%
	Write-in		3	0.52%
Total votes			573	100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Diana Seabeck	1,191	94.45%
	Write-in		70	5.55%
Total votes			1,261	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Rothfuss (incumbent)	3,223	62.80%
	Republican	Diana Seabeck	1,900	37.02%
	Write-in		9	0.18%
Total votes			5,132	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Larry Hicks (incumbent)	3,694	96.90%
	Write-in		118	3.10%
Total votes			3,812	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Hicks (incumbent)	4,153	78.36%
	Constitution	Michael Ray Williams	1,104	20.83%
	Write-in		43	0.81%
Total votes			5,300	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 13

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Stacy Jones	2,562	67.67%
	Republican	Tom James (incumbent)	1,212	32.01%
	Write-in		12	0.32%
Total votes			3,786	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Leesa Kuhlmann	385	99.74%
	Write-in		1	0.26%
Total votes			386	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Stacy Jones	3,859	75.76%
	Democratic	Leesa Kuhlmann	1,220	23.95%
	Write-in		15	0.29%
Total votes			5,094	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 15

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Wendy Davis Schuler (incumbent)	2,997	61.40%
	Republican	Robert (Bob) Wharff	1,873	38.37%
	Write-in		11	0.23%
Total votes			4,881	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wendy Davis Schuler (incumbent)	5,243	96.45%
	Write-in		193	3.55%
Total votes			5,436	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 17

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Michael F. "Mike" Gierau (incumbent)	330	97.92%
	Write-in		7	2.08%
Total votes			337	100.00%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Steve Duerr	3,313	97.21%
	Write-in		95	2.79%
Total votes			3,408	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael F. "Mike" Gierau (incumbent)	5,142	62.80%
	Republican	Steve Duerr	2,615	31.94%
	Libertarian	Amanda Padilla	421	5.14%
	Write-in		10	0.12%
Total votes			8,188	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 19

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Dan Laursen	2,580	42.91%
	Republican	R. J. Kost (incumbent)	1,866	31.03%
	Republican	R. Ray Peterson	1,557	25.89%
	Write-in		10	0.17%
Total votes			6,013	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Laursen	5,538	93.85%
	Write-in		363	6.15%
Total votes			5,901	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Bo Biteman (incumbent)	5,262	95.22%
	Write-in		264	4.78%
Total votes			5,526	100.00%
Democratic Party Primary Results
	Democratic	Mark Hansen	276	98.22%
	Write-in		5	1.78%
Total votes			281	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bo Biteman (incumbent)	5,815	73.18%
	Democratic	Mark Hansen	2,101	26.44%
	Write-in		30	0.38%
Total votes			7,946	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 23

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Eric Barlow	3,355	80.47%
	Write-in		814	19.53%
Total votes			4,169	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Barlow	3,611	72.35%
	Independent	Patricia Junek	1,369	27.43%
	Write-in		11	0.22%
Total votes			4,991	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 25

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Cale Case (incumbent)	2,633	54.89%
	Republican	Shawn J. Olmstead	2,152	44.86%
	Write-in		12	0.25%
Total votes			4,797	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cale Case (incumbent)	4,365	89.01%
	Write-in		539	10.99%
Total votes			4,904	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 27

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Bill Landen (incumbent)	4,059	98.07%
	Write-in		80	1.93%
Total votes			4,139	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Landen (incumbent)	4,477	97.50%
	Write-in		115	2.50%
Total votes			4,592	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 29

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Bob Ide	2,834	52.65%
	Republican	Drew Perkins (incumbent)	2,531	47.02%
	Write-in		18	0.33%
Total votes			5,383	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Ide	4,402	91.44%
	Write-in		412	8.56%
Total votes			4,814	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 31

Primary Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Republican Party Primary Results
	Republican	Evie Brennan	1,871	56.44%
	Republican	Janet Marschner	1,418	42.78%
	Write-in		26	0.78%
Total votes			3,315	100.00%

General Election Results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Evie Brennan	3,807	96.21%
	Write-in		150	3.79%
Total votes			3,957	100.00%
	Republican win (new seat)

Notes

1. Following the 2020 redistricting cycle, the Wyoming Senate added a new 31st district. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. Haut, Sam (March 15, 2022). "Redistricting Bill Passes Wyoming Legislature with New House and Senate Districts". K2Radio. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
2. "Current Legislative District information as of the 2022 Wyoming Legislative redistricting: Senate Districts Map". Wyoming Secretary of State . Retrieved June 20, 2024.
3. "Current Legislative District information as of the 2022 Wyoming Legislative redistricting: House Districts Map". Wyoming Secretary of State . Retrieved June 20, 2024.
4. "Wyoming State Senate elections, 2022". Ballotpedia . Retrieved June 21, 2024.
5. "2022 State Primary Election Dates and Filing Deadlines". National Conference of State Legislatures . Retrieved June 21, 2024.
6. "Wyoming Senate". Wyoming State Legislature . Retrieved June 22, 2024.
7. "Statewide Senate Official Summary - Wyoming Primary Election - August 16, 2022" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State . Retrieved June 21, 2024.
8. "Statewide Senate Official Summary - Wyoming General Election - November 8, 2022" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State . Retrieved June 21, 2024.
9. "Wyoming State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia . Retrieved June 21, 2024.
10. "Statewide Senate Candidates Official Summary - Wyoming General Election - November 3, 2020" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State . Retrieved June 21, 2024.
11. "Brennan formally announces run for new Senate District 31 seat". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
12. Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures" . Retrieved May 19, 2022.

See also

• 2022 United States elections
• 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
• 2022 Wyoming elections
• 2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election
• 2022 Wyoming Secretary of State election
• 2022 Wyoming House of Representatives election
• Wyoming State Legislature
• Wyoming Senate

External links

• State Senate
• Wyoming at Ballotpedia
• Election at Ballotpedia
• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Wyoming", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Wyoming: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org , Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Wyoming". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)