2024 Wyoming House of Representatives election

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2024 Wyoming House of Representatives election
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  2022 November 5, 2024 2026  

All 62 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives
32 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Albert Sommers
(retired)
Mike Yin
Party Republican Democratic
Leader sinceJanuary 10, 2023January 10, 2023
Leader's seat 20th 16th
Last election76.7%, 57 seats12.7%, 5 seats
Seats before575
Seats won566
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote197,21228,497
Percentage83.39%12.05%

2024 Wyoming House of Representatives election results.svg
2024 Wyoming House of Representatives election results map by partisan lean.svg
     Republican hold
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold

Speaker before election

Albert Sommers
Republican

Elected Speaker

Chip Neiman
Republican

The 2024 Wyoming House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect members of the Wyoming Legislature for its 68th session. [1] Partisan primaries were held on August 20. [2] Part of the 2024 United States elections, the election was held alongside races for state senate, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and the presidential election.

Contents

The Wyoming Freedom Caucus won enough primaries to gain control of the state house for the first time, and Democrats flipped a single seat in the legislature in the general election. [3] Representative Chip Neiman, a member of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, has declared his intent to run for Speaker of the House, and is unopposed as of November 14. [4]

Summary

Summary of the 2024 Wyoming House of Representatives election results [5]
PartyCandidatesVotes%Seats
Before
67th Leg.
Won
68th Leg.
+/–
Republican 60197,21283.395756Decrease2.svg 1
Democratic 1628,49712.0556Increase2.svg 1
Independents 18650.3700Steady2.svg
Write-in 9,9294.20
Valid ballots236,50387.23
Blank or invalid ballots34,62012.77
Total271,123100%62Steady2.svg
Popular vote
Republican
83.39%
Democratic
12.05%
Independents
0.37%
Write-ins
4.20%
Seats won
Republican
90.32%
Democratic
9.68%

Close races

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 11Republican9%
District 13Republican6.2%
District 14Democratic4%
District 41Republican4.8%

Partisan background

This depicts how each of Wyoming's 62 House of Representatives districts voted in the 2020 Presidential Election. Republican Donald Trump received the most votes in 57 districts, and Democrat Joe Biden received the most votes in 5 districts.

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40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Trump
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
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Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [6] Solid RJune 13, 2024

Retirements

Eleven incumbents will not seek re-election.

Republicans

Results

Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding and the inclusion of write-ins.

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Fourteen incumbent representatives, all Republicans, were defeated in the August 20 primary election.

Republicans

In general election

One incumbent representative was defeated in the November 5 general election.

Detailed results

General election

To ease sorting, races won by a Republican candidate have a positive margin, while races won by Democratic candidates have negative margins. [5]

District Republicans Democrats Independents Write-ins Total
CandidateVote%CandidateVote%CandidateVote%Vote%TotalMaj.%
HD 1 Chip Neiman 5,09697.621242.385,220+4,972+95.25
HD 2 JD Williams 3,83493.922486.084,082+3,586+87.85
HD 3 Abby Angelos 3,75399.05360.953,789+3,717+98.10
HD 4 Jeremy Haroldson 3,516 76.27Charles Randolph1,01422.00801.744,610+2,502+54.27
HD 5 Scott Smith 3,89392.783037.224,196+3,590+85.56
HD 6 Tomi Strock 3,74292.812907.194,032+3,452+85.62
HD 7 Bob Nicholas 2,79164.91Jordan Evans1,45633.86531.234,300+1,335+31.05
HD 8 Steve Johnson 4,22992.463457.544,574+3,884+84.91
HD 9 Landon J. Brown 3,45392.602767.403,729+3,177+85.20
HD 10 John Eklund 3,96381.43Tim Forbis86517.77390.804,867+3,098+63.65
HD 11 Jacob Wasserburger 1,77454.27Sara Burlingame1,48245.33130.403,269+292+8.93
HD 12 Clarence Styvar 2,25294.191395.812,391+2,113+88.37
HD 13Shane Swett1,71846.88 Ken Chestek 1,94152.9660.163,665-223-6.08
HD 14Joe Giustozzi2,27947.89 Trey Sherwood 2,47251.9480.174,759-193-4.06
HD 15 Pam Thayer 2,79096.64973.362,887+2,693+93.28
HD 16 Mike Yin 3,54596.701213.303,666-3,424-93.40
HD 17 J.T. Larson 2,59095.501224.502,712+2,468+91.00
HD 18 Scott Heiner 3,78197.051152.953,896+3,666+94.10
HD 19 Joe Webb 3,01276.6491823.363,930+2,094+53.28
HD 20 Mike Schmid 4,35494.942325.064,586+4,122+89.88
HD 21 McKay L. Erickson 4,94799.04480.964,995+4,899+98.08
HD 22 Andrew P. Byron 4,18996.771403.234,329+4,049+93.53
HD 23 Liz Storer 4,43495.092294.914,663-4,205-90.18
HD 24 Nina Webber 3,37281.7175518.294,127+2,617+63.41
HD 25 Paul Hoeft 3,67393.872406.133,913+3,433+87.73
HD 26 Dalton Banks 3,94297.531002.474,042+3,842+95.05
HD 27 Martha Lawley 3,91897.391052.614,023+3,813+94.78
HD 28 John Winter 3,98682.10Larry Alwin85717.65120.254,855+3,129+64.45
HD 29 Ken Pendergraft 3,00969.06Martha J. Wright1,32530.41230.534,357+1,684+38.65
HD 30 Tom Kelly 3,94496.501433.504,087+3,801+93.00
HD 31 John Bear 2,72695.921164.082,842+2,610+91.84
HD 32 Ken L. Clouston 3,34296.811103.193,452+3,232+93.63
HD 33Sarah Pen1,21041.75 Ivan Posey 1,67557.80130.452,898-465-16.05
HD 34 Pepper L. Ottman 4,11797.261162.744,233+4,001+94.52
HD 35 Tony Locke 3,40993.372426.633,651+3,167+86.74
HD 36 Art Washut 2,72797.01842.992,811+2,643+94.02
HD 37 Steve Harshman 4,00495.611844.394,188+3,820+91.21
HD 38 Jayme Lein 3,25395.651484.353,401+3,105+91.30
HD 39 Cody Wylie 2,96696.491083.513,074+2,858+92.97
HD 40 Marilyn Connolly 4,80695.042514.965,057+4,555+90.07
HD 41 Gary Brown 2,03952.19Jen Solis1,85247.40160.413,907+187+4.79
HD 42 Rob Geringer 3,27077.69Bob Ray85320.27862.044,209+2,417+57.42
HD 43 Ann Lucas 3,54091.853148.153,854+3,226+83.71
HD 44 Lee Filer 2,26593.601556.402,420+2,110+87.19
HD 45Paul Crouch1,47737.07 Karlee Provenza 2,49362.58140.353,984-1,016-25.50
HD 46 Ocean Andrew 3,41169.47Chris Lowry1,48130.16180.374,910+1,930+39.31
HD 47 Bob Davis 3,48883.65James A. Wislon66615.97160.384,170+2,822+67.67
HD 48 Darin M. McCann 2,71596.48993.522,814+2,616+92.96
HD 49 Robert Wharff 3,04689.8534410.153,390+2,702+79.71
HD 50 Rachel Rodriguez-Williams 4,51094.552605.454,770+4,250+89.10
HD 51 Laurie Bratten 4,91095.672224.335,132+4,688+91.35
HD 52 Reuben Tarver 3,40298.78421.223,444+3,360+97.56
HD 53 Christopher R. Knapp 2,46697.93522.072,518+2,414+95.87
HD 54 Lloyd Charles Larsen 3,82191.153718.854,192+3,450+82.30
HD 55 Joel Guggenmos 2,85888.73 36311.273,221+2,495+77.46
HD 56 Elissa Campbell 2,93894.841605.163,098+2,778+89.67
HD 57 Julie Jarvis 2,40592.32 2007.682,605+2,205+84.64
HD 58 Bill Allemand 3,05596.98953.023,150+2,960+93.97
HD 59 J.R. Riggins 2,74096.79913.212,831+2,649+93.57
HD 60 Marlene Brady 2,48471.38Carmen Whitehead95127.33451.293,480+1,533+44.05
HD 61 Daniel J. Singh 2,51693.74 1686.262,684+2,348+87.48
HD 62 Kevin Campbell 3,49698.15661.853,562+3,430+96.29

Democratic primaries

Three candidates won Democratic nominations off the back of write-in votes in races for which no candidate filed. For the sake of brevity, races in which no candidate won the Democratic nomination will not be shown. [17] [18]

DistrictWinners Write-ins Total
CandidateVote%Vote%TotalMaj.%
HD 4Charles Randolph16297.5942.4116615895.18
HD 7Jordan Evans30498.0661.9431029896.13
HD 11Sarah Burlingame28598.9631.0428828297.92
HD 13Ken Chestek325100.0000.00325325100.00
HD 14Trey Sherwood39299.2430.7639538998.48
HD 16Mike Yin469100.0000.00469469100.00
HD 23Liz Storer49298.8061.2049848697.59
HD 28Larry Alwin (write-in)2772.971027.03371745.95
HD 29Martha J. Wright (write-in)5479.411420.59684058.82
HD 33Ivan Posey23999.1720.8324123798.34
HD 41Jen Solis337 99.4120.5933933598.82
HD 42Bob Ray15197.4242.5815514794.84
HD 45Karlee Provenza56599.4730.5356856298.94
HD 46Chris Lowry27598.5741.4327927197.13
HD 47James A. Wislon14699.3210.6814714598.64
HD 60Carmen Whitehead (write-in)2650.002650.005200.00

District 1

Republican primary

Nominee

Results

2024 Wyoming House of Representatives District 1 Republican primary [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chip Neiman (inc.) 2,255 97.07%
Write-in 682.92%
Valid ballots2,32389.48%
Invalid or blank votes27310.52%
Total votes2,596 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 4 write-in votes and 63 blank ballots were cast. [19]

General election

2024 Wyoming House of Representatives District 1 general election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chip Neiman (inc.) 5,096 97.62%
Write-in 1242.38%
Valid ballots5,22089.52%
Invalid or blank votes61110.48%
Total votes5,831 100.00%

District 2

Republican primary

Nominee

  • J. D. Williams, former representative from this district (2021–2023)

Defeated in primary

Results

Primary results by precinct
Williams
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Slagle (inc.)
50-60%
60-70% 2024 Wyoming House of Representatives District 2 Republican primary.svg
Primary results by precinct
  Williams
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Slagle (inc.)
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
2024 Wyoming House of Representatives District 2 Republican primary [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican J. D. Williams 1,528 54.67%
Republican Allen Slagle (inc.)1,25945.05%
Write-in 80.29%
Valid ballots2,79598.38%
Invalid or blank votes461.62%
Total votes2,841 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 15 write-in votes and 53 blank ballots were cast. [19]

General election

2024 Wyoming House of Representatives District 2 general election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican J. D. Williams 3,834 93.92%
Write-in 2486.08%
Valid ballots4,08287.86%
Invalid or blank votes56412.14%
Total votes4,646 100.00%

District 3

Republican primary

Nominee

Results

2024 Wyoming House of Representatives District 3 Republican primary [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Abby Angelos (inc.) 1,455 98.54%
Write-in 231.56%
Valid ballots1,47889.96%
Invalid or blank votes16510.04%
Total votes1,643 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 0 write-in votes and 19 blank ballots were cast. [19]

General election

2024 Wyoming House of Representatives District 3 general election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Abby Angelos (inc.) 3,753 99.05%
Write-in 360.95%
Valid ballots3,78990.06%
Invalid or blank votes4189.94%
Total votes4,207 100.00%

District 39

Republican primary

Results by precinct
Wylie
40-50%
50-60%
McKee
40-50%
50-60%
No votes 2024 Wyoming House of Representatives district 39 Republican primary election.svg
Results by precinct
  Wylie
  •   40–50%
      50–60%
  McKee
  •   40–50%
      50–60%
  No votes
2024 Wyoming House of Representatives District 39 Republican Primary [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cody Wylie (inc.) 501 47.75%
Republican Laura McKee45743.56%
Republican Marshall Burt 888.38%
Write-in 30.28%
Total votes1,049 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 28 write-in votes were cast. [20]

See also

References

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  2. Secretary of State of Wyoming (January 2024). "2024 Key Election Dates" (PDF). Retrieved July 10, 2024.
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  8. "Voters have more legislative choices in the upcoming primary than last election". Oil City News. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024. Rep. Donald Burkhart (R-Rawlins), chair of the House Minerals, Business, and Economic Development Committee, will not seek reelection.
  9. Wolfson, Leo (May 16, 2024). "Wyoming House Speaker Albert Sommers To Run For Senate, Has Opponent". Cowboy State Daily. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  10. "Voters have more legislative choices in the upcoming primary than last election". Oil City News. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024. With Rep. Lane Allred (R-Afton) choosing not to run for reelection after his first term in the House, two Republicans will run for House District 21.
  11. "Voters have more legislative choices in the upcoming primary than last election". Oil City News. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024. Nor will Rep. Sandy Newsome (R-Cody), chair of the House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Committee.
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  13. Wolfson, Leo (March 19, 2024). "Wyoming House Majority Whip Cyrus Western Won't Run For Reelection". Cowboy State Daily. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
  14. Wolfson, Leo (April 24, 2024). "Candidates Lining Up To Fill House Seat Of Four-Time Casper Incumbent". Cowboy State Daily. Retrieved June 5, 2024. Two Republican candidates have already announced campaigns to run for House District 56 in Casper, a seat held by four-time Republican incumbent Jerry Obermueller, who recently announced he's not running for reelection.
  15. "Voters have more legislative choices in the upcoming primary than last election". Oil City News. June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 5, 2024. O'Hearn was one of several incumbents who quietly decided not to seek reelection.
  16. Velazquez, David (June 5, 2024). "167 to run for offices". Casper Star-Tribune . Retrieved June 5, 2024. Evansville Rep. Forrest Chadwick also did not file for reelection.
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  18. Zahn, Noah (August 28, 2024). "State certifies three write-in candidates for Legislature, none from Laramie County". Wyoming Tribune-Eagle . Retrieved December 17, 2024.
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