Wyoming 2018 Election Results

Wyoming held its general election on November 6, 2018, deciding 75 legislative seats and 5 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Wyoming stayed red in a purple sea: Republicans kept two-thirds supermajorities in both chambers and swept the statewide offices; the few legislative seats that changed hands traded in both directions.
• State Treasurer Mark Gordon (R) won the governorship by about 40 points over Mary A. Throne (D) to succeed outgoing Gov. Matt Mead. Rex Rammell (CON) and Lawrence Gerard Struempf (L) split the rest of the vote.
• Democrats finished with the same number of seats in each chamber, but not the same seats:
  • In Senate District 13, Sen. John M. Hastert (D) lost reelection to Tom James (R), who took 47% in a three-way race in which independent Ted Barney (I) drew 16%. Democrats made up the seat in Jackson's Senate District 17, where Rep. Mike Gierau (D) moved into the retiring Sen. Leland Christensen's seat, beating Kate Mead (R) by about 25 points.
  • In House District 33, where most residents are Northern Arapaho or Eastern Shoshone tribal members, Andi Clifford (D), who is Northern Arapaho and now goes by Andi LeBeau, knocked out Rep. James Allen (R) by fewer than 60 votes.
  • Republicans took one back in Casper's House District 36, where Art Washut (R) defeated the incumbent, Rep. Debbie Bovee (D), by about 300 votes.
• The House also gained its only independent. In House District 22, Rep. Marti Halverson (R), one of the farthest-right members of the Legislature, lost by about 11 points to Jim Roscoe (I), who had held the seat before she won it in 2012.
• Two Republican incumbents held on by fewer than 60 votes: House Majority Floor Leader David R. Miller (R) beat Bethany Baldes (L) in House District 55, and Rep. Bill Henderson (R) beat Sean Castaneda (D) in House District 41.
• Republicans won the other contested statewide offices by more than 40 points each: Secretary of State Edward Buchanan (R) kept his post, and Curt Meier (R) and Kristi Racines (R) won the open treasurer's and auditor's offices. Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow (R) ran unopposed.
• In all, 5 legislative seats changed parties and 4 incumbents lost. Another 2 races finished inside two points, and 42 of the 75 seats went uncontested.

Legislature

• House (60 seats): 9 D, 51 R before the election, 9 D, 50 R, 1 other or vacant after; control stayed with Republicans.
• Senate (30 seats): 3 D, 27 R before the election, 3 D, 27 R after; control stayed with Republicans.

Statewide races

Legislative races