2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election
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Nominee Mark Gordon Theresa Livingston Write-in
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote143,69630,68611,461
Percentage74.1%15.8%5.9%

2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Gordon:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Governor before election

Mark Gordon
Republican

Elected Governor

Mark Gordon
Republican

The 2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican governor Mark Gordon won a second term against Democratic Wyoming State Facilities Commission member Theresa Livingston.

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Livingston's vote percentage was the lowest for a Democratic candidate running for governor in Wyoming since it was admitted to the union in 1890, falling short of Leslie Petersen's 22.90% performance in 2010. Gordon won by the widest margin in the state's history, winning by 58 points and becoming the first Republican to win every county since 2010.

Livingston's 16.8% of the vote was the weakest performance by a major party nominee in any state since that of Republican Dan Maes in Colorado in 2010 . However, that election featured a candidate from the Constitution Party taking 36.38% of the vote. Livingston's performance was also the worst in a two-party race since Republican Elvin McCary's 14.8% in Alabama in 1974.

Republican primary

Veterinarian Rex Rammell finished third in the primary. Rex "T-Rex" Rammell at Campbell County League of Women Voters' General Election Candidates' Forum in Gillette, Wyoming (cropped).jpg
Veterinarian Rex Rammell finished third in the primary.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Mark Gordon

State officials

Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Brent
Bien
Mark
Gordon
James
Quick
Rex
Rammell
Undecided
University of Wyoming [8] Jul 25 – Aug 6, 2022562 (LV)± 4.1%14%54%1%4%28%

Results

Results by county:
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Gordon
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Bien
40-50%
50-60% 2022 WY gubernatorial Republican primary.svg
Results by county:
  Gordon
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Bien
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Gordon (incumbent) 101,092 61.7
Republican Brent Bien48,54929.7
Republican Rex Rammell 9,3735.7
Republican James Scott Quick4,7252.9
Total votes163,739 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Theresa Livingston, member of the Wyoming State School Facilities Commission [9]

Eliminated in primary

  • Rex Wilde, cabinet maker and perennial candidate [10]

Results

Results by county:
Livingston
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Livingston-Wilde tie
40-50% 2022 WY gubernatorial Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Livingston
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Livingston-Wilde tie
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Theresa Livingston 4,989 71.2
Democratic Rex Wilde2,01628.8
Total votes7,005 100.0

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Though Brent Bien had lost in the Republican primary to Mark Gordon, Bien's supporters ran a write-in campaign for him in the general election. [12]

Candidates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [13] Solid RJuly 26, 2022
Inside Elections [14] Solid RJuly 22, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] Safe RJune 29, 2022
Politico [16] Solid RApril 1, 2022
RCP [17] Safe RJanuary 10, 2022
Fox News [18] Solid RMay 12, 2022
538 [19] Solid RJuly 31, 2022
Elections Daily [20] Safe RNovember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mark Gordon (incumbent) 143,696 74.07% +6.95%
Democratic Theresa Livingston30,68615.82%−11.72%
Write-in 11,4615.91%+5.37%
Libertarian Jared Baldes8,1574.20%+2.72%
Total votes194,000 100.0%
Turnout 198,19866.59%
Registered electors 297,639
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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