Wyoming 2014 Election Results

Wyoming held its general election on November 4, 2014, deciding 75 legislative seats and 5 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Republicans kept every statewide office and both chambers, though Democrats netted one House seat to reach nine members.
• Gov. Matt Mead (R) easily won reelection, beating Pete Gosar (D) by about 34 points. Cheyenne developer Ed Murray (R) won the open secretary of state's office, and Treasurer Mark Gordon (R) and Auditor Cynthia Cloud (R) were re-elected without opposition.
• Democrats flipped three Republican-held House seats while losing two of their own; the Senate stayed at 26-4:
  • JoAnn Dayton (D) unseated Stephen Watt (R) in House District 17, and Democrats took open Republican seats with Charles Pelkey in Laramie's District 45 and Andy Schwartz in Jackson's District 23.
  • Republican Harlan Edmonds unseated freshman Rep. Lee Filer (D) by about 90 votes in Cheyenne's District 12, and Jim Allen (R) beat Andrea Clifford (D) for an open Democratic seat in Fremont County's District 33.
  The closest race was not a flip: Rep. Mark Baker (R) held House District 48 by 27 votes over Joseph Barbuto (D).
• Voters overwhelmingly defeated Constitutional Amendment A, which would have allowed nonresidents to fill up to 20 percent of the University of Wyoming's board of trustees.

Legislature

• House (60 seats): 8 D, 51 R, 1 other or vacant before the election, 9 D, 51 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (30 seats): 4 D, 26 R before the election, 4 D, 26 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures