Wyoming's 29th State Senate district

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Wyoming's 29th
State Senate district
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Wyoming's 29th State Senate district as of 2022
Senator
  Bob Ide
R Casper
Demographics85%  White
9%  Hispanic
1% Other
4%  Multiracial
Population (2022)
  Voting age
19,885 [1]
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Wyoming's 29th State Senate district is one of 31 districts in the Wyoming Senate. The district encompasses part of Natrona County. [2] It is represented by Republican Senator Bob Ide. [3]

Contents

In 1992, the state of Wyoming switched from electing state legislators by county to a district-based system. [4]

List of members representing the district

RepresentativePartyTermNote

Barbara Cubin

Republican 1993 – 1995 Elected in 1992. [5]

Bill Hawks

Republican 1995 – 2007 Elected in 1994. [6]
Re-elected in 1998. [7]
Re-elected in 2002. [8]

Drew Perkins [3]

Republican 2007 – 2022 Elected in 2006. [9]
Re-elected in 2010. [10]
Re-elected in 2014. [11]
Re-elected in 2018. [12]
Resigned in 2022. [13]

Bob Ide

Republican 2022 – present Elected in 2022. [14]
Appointed in 2022. [15]

Recent election results

Federal and statewide results

OfficeYearDistrictStatewide
President 2016 Trump 71.34% – Clinton 21.20%Donald
Trump
2012 Romney 67.91% – Obama 29.11%Mitt
Romney
Senate 2012 Barrasso 75.67% – Chesnut 21.75%John
Barrasso
Representative 2012 Lummis 66.32% – Henrichsen 26.01%Cynthia
Lummis

2006

Senate District 29 general election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Drew Perkins 3,335 51.06%
Democratic Larry Clapp 3,19648.94%
Total votes6,531 100.0%
Republican hold

2010

Senate District 29 general election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Drew Perkins (incumbent) 4,685 100.0%
Total votes4,685 100.0%
Republican hold

2014

Senate District 29 general election [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Drew Perkins (incumbent) 4,613 100.0%
Total votes4,613 100.0%
Republican hold

2018

Republican Incumbent Drew Perkins won the election with no challengers.

Senate District 29 general election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Drew Perkins (incumbent) 5,282 97.62%
Write-In Write-ins1292.38%
Total votes5,411 100.00%
Invalid or blank votes1,276N/A
Republican hold

2022

See: 2022 Wyoming Senate election

Historical district boundaries

MapDescriptionApportionment planNotes
WY SD29 (1992).svg 1992 Apportionment Plan [5] [16]
WY SD29 (2002).svg 2002 Apportionment Plan [17] [18]
WY SD29 (2012).svg 2012 Apportionment Plan [19] [20]

References

  1. "State Senate District 29, WY". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  2. "Current Senate Districts". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Drew Perkins". Wyoming Legislature.
  4. "Wyoming Legislator Database". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Election Results: State Senate". Casper Star-Tribune . November 5, 1992. p. 13. Retrieved November 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Election Results: State Legislature". Casper Star-Tribune . November 10, 1994. p. 13. Retrieved November 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "State Senate Districts" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 1998. p. 6. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  8. "Statewide Legislative Abstract -- Official General Election Results -- November 5, 2002" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2002. p. 3. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  9. 1 2 "Statewide Legislative Candidates Official Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2006. p. 6. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Statewide Senate Candidates Official Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2010. p. 15. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Statewide Senate Candidates Official Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2014. p. 15. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Statewide Senate Candidates Official Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2018. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  13. Hirst, Greg (November 14, 2022). "Natrona County Republicans seek candidate to fill remainder of Perkins's senate seat". Oil City News. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  14. "Statewide Senate Official Summary" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. 2022. p. 15. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  15. LaChance, Brendan (December 6, 2022). "Casper's Bob Ide sworn in to Wyoming Senate District 29 seat". Oil City News. Retrieved August 28, 2025.
  16. "Map Archive". The American Redistricting Project. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  17. "HOUSE BILL NO. 0075" (PDF). March 1, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2002. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  18. "WYOMING REDISTRICTING 2011-2012" (PDF). Wyoming Legislature . Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  19. "District: SD29" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  20. "Districts and Precincts by Legislative Districts" (PDF). May 17, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2024.