Michael Bradley Enzi was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Wyoming as a member of the Republican Party from 1997 to 2021. Prior to his tenure in the United States Senate he served as mayor of Gillette,Wyoming,in the Wyoming House of Representatives from Campbell County,and the Wyoming Senate from the 24th district. He was the longest-serving senator from Wyoming since Francis E. Warren.
Craig Lyle Thomas was an American politician who served as United States Senator from Wyoming from 1995 until his death in 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party. In the Senate,Thomas was considered an expert on agriculture and rural development. He had served in key positions in several state agencies,including a long tenure as Vice President of the Wyoming Farm Bureau from 1965 to 1974. Thomas resided in Casper for twenty-eight years. In 1984,he was elected from Casper to the Wyoming House of Representatives,in which he served until 1989.
Michael John Sullivan is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 29th Governor of Wyoming from 1987 to 1995,and United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1998 to 2001,as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his gubernatorial tenure he was active in local politics in Natrona County,Wyoming.
Cynthia Marie Lummis Wiederspahn is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wyoming since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Lummis served as the U.S representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2009 to 2017. She served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1993,in the Wyoming Senate from 1993 to 1995,and as the Wyoming State Treasurer from 1999 to 2007.
John Anthony Barrasso III is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming,a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007. As Chair of the Senate Republican Conference since 2019,he is the third-ranking Senate Republican.
Colin Mackenzie Simpson is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from District 24 from 1999 to 2011. He was the House Speaker during his last two years in office. He finished fourth in the Republican primary for the 2010 gubernatorial election. After leaving the legislature in early 2011,Simpson resumed his law practice in Cody.
Matthew Hansen Mead is a Wyoming attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 2001 to 2007.
Cale Case is an American economist,businessman,and politician from Wyoming. A Republican,Case has been a member of the Wyoming State Senate since 1999. From 1994 to 1998,he was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives.
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 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 8,2016,to elect the U.S. representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district,who would represent the state of Wyoming in the 115th United States Congress. The election coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Cynthia Lummis decided to retire instead of seeking a fifth term. Liz Cheney was elected to the seat to succeed Lummis.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on November 6,2018. All of Wyoming's executive offices were up for election,as well as a United States Senate seat and Wyoming's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 21,2018.
The 1990 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 6,1990. Incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Sullivan ran for re-election. In the general election,he faced Republican nominee Mary Mead,a businesswoman and the daughter of former U.S. Senator and Governor Clifford Hansen. Owing to Sullivan's personal popularity,he won re-election over Mead in a landslide,marking the fifth straight Democratic victory in Wyoming's gubernatorial races,a streak that has yet to be broken by either party.
The 1986 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 4,1986. Popular three-term Democratic Governor Edgar Herschler announced that he would not seek a fourth term,creating an open seat. Attorney Mike Sullivan emerged as the unlikely Democratic nominee,and faced former state representative Pete Simpson,the Republican nominee and the brother of then-U.S. senator Alan K. Simpson,in the general election. Despite Sullivan's political inexperience,he was able to defeat Simpson by a decisive margin,winning his first of two terms in office.
The 1924 Wyoming special gubernatorial election took place on November 4,1924. William B. Ross,the Democratic Governor of Wyoming,died in office on October 2,1924,temporarily elevating Republican Secretary of State Frank Lucas to the governorship. A special election was held to fill the remainder of Ross's term and his widow,Nellie Tayloe Ross,defeated Republican nominee E. J. Sullivan in a landslide becoming the first ever female governor of any U.S. state.
Kathleen Marie Karpan is an American politician who served as secretary of state of Wyoming from 1987 to 1995,and as the director of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement from 1997 to 2000. A member of the Democratic Party,she unsuccessfully ran for Wyoming's governor and United States senator as the Democratic nominee in 1994 and 1996,respectively. She is the most recent Democrat to serve as Wyoming Secretary of State or any other statewide office aside from Dave Freudenthal's service as Governor from 2003 to 2011.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday,November 5,1946. All of the state's executive officers—the governor,secretary of state,auditor,treasurer,and superintendent of public instruction—were up for election. The election was largely a rout for the Republican Party. Though Democratic governor Lester C. Hunt was narrowly re-elected,Democrats lost their two other state offices:auditor and secretary of State. Moreover,they were unable to win back any other state offices.
