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The Wyoming State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is a bicameral state legislature,consisting of a 62-member Wyoming House of Representatives,and a 31-member Wyoming Senate. The legislature meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne. There are no term limits for either chamber.
The Wyoming Senate is the upper house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 31 Senators in the Senate,representing an equal number of constituencies across Wyoming,each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senate meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.
The Wyoming Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Wyoming. It is currently the dominant party in the state,and is one of the strongest affiliates of the national Republican Party. The party currently controls Wyoming's at-large U.S. House seat,both U.S. Senate seats,the governorship,and has nearly unanimous positions in both houses of the state legislature.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 4,2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mike Enzi won re-election to a third term.
Stacy Jones is a singer,songwriter,and guitarist for the band American Hi-Fi.
The 2008 United States Senate special election in Wyoming took place on November 4,2008,at the same time as the regular election to the United States Senate in Wyoming. The special election occurred to complete the term of Republican incumbent Craig L. Thomas,who won reelection in 2006,but died in June 2007. Despite being a Democrat,Governor Dave Freudenthal was obliged by state law to appoint a Republican,and selected state senator John Barrasso,who was unopposed in the Republican primary and won the general election to fill the remainder of the term ending January 3,2013. This is the last time that both of Wyoming‘s U.S. Senate seats were concurrently up for election.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 6,2012,alongside a U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Barrasso won re-election to a first full term.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate for the State of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican senator Mike Enzi won re-election to a fourth term in office. Enzi held Democratic nominee Charlie Hardy to just 17.4 percent of the vote –the lowest percentage of the vote for any major party nominee in Wyoming U.S. Senate electoral history out of the 39 races conducted during the direct election era.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 6,2018 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming. The primary election took place August 21,2018. Republican John Barrasso won re-election with 67% percent of the vote,the lowest percentage of his three U.S. Senate campaigns and the closest a Democrat has came to winning a seat since the 1996 election,and the first time since that election in which Democrats managed to even win counties in the state,those being Teton and Albany,and the first time that the Democratic candidate won any counties for this seat since 1994.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Cynthia Lummis defeated Democrat Merav Ben-David by more than 46 percentage points,becoming the first female U.S. Senator from Wyoming and succeeding fellow Republican Mike Enzi,who did not run for reelection. This was the first open Senate seat since 1996 where Enzi was first elected. The Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on August 18,2020. This was the first time since 1996 that Democrats won any county for this seat. Enzi died aged 77 on July 26,2021 from injuries in a bicycle accident less than seven months after his retirement from the Senate.
Wyoming's state elections were held on November 8,2016.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 6,2018 to elect the U.S. representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district,who would represent the state of Wyoming in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with the 2018 U.S. mid-term elections,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The U.S. state of Wyoming is known for its reliably conservative politics and heavy support for the Republican Party,particularly in federal elections.
The 1990 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held November 6,1990. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson was elected to a third term in office.
The 2020 Wyoming State Senate elections will be held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Wyoming voters will elect state senators in 15 of the 30 state Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Wyoming State Senate.
The general election was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The Democratic and Republican party primary election will be held on August 18,2020.
The 2022 Wyoming State Senate election was held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Wyoming voters elected state senators in 16 of the 31 state Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Wyoming State Senate.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday,November 8,1966. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor,Secretary of State,Auditor,Treasurer,and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. After winning all of the statewide executive offices in 1962,Republicans did even better in 1966,improving their margins of victory in each race and holding all the offices.
Richard R. Jones was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives and the Wyoming Senate.
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