Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: Wyoming State Legislature
From Ballotpedia
November 1, 2012
By Ballotpedia's State legislative team
| Wyoming's State Legislative Elections in 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate seats | Contested senate seats | House seats | Contested house seats |
| 15 | 2 (13.3%) | 60 | 20 (33.3%) |
CHEYENNE: Wyoming: There are 75 total legislative seats with 2012 elections in Wyoming, where all polling places are open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Mountain Time on Election Day.[1]
Republicans currently enjoy a large 26-4 majority in the Senate and a 50-10 majority in the House.
Of the 75 incumbents up for election in 2012, 57 (76%) of them are running for re-election. A total of 22 of 75 (29.3%) districts will see more than one major party candidate in the general election.
Here are a few races to watch:
Senate
Only two races in the Senate feature more than one candidate.
- In District 8: Incumbent Floyd Esquibel (D) faces Curtis Bryan Albrecht (R).
- In District 28: Kim Holloway (D) faces James Anderson (R). The seat is open following the defeat of incumbent Kit Jennings in the Republican primary.
House
- In District 22: Republican Marti Halverson is up against Bill Winney, the only independent candidate to make Wyoming's general election ballot. Winney ran for the seat in 2010 as a Republican, where he lost to Democrat Jim Roscoe, who chose not to seek re-election, by 477 votes.[2]
- In District 55: Incumbent David Miller (R) will face Sherry Shelley (D) and Bethany Baldes (L). Miller made national headlines for sponsoring what became known as the "doomsday bill" - in its final form the bill would have required Wyoming to look into acquiring strike aircraft and an aircraft carrier in case the federal government failed.[3]
| Wyoming State Senate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 5, 2012 | After the 2012 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 4 | 4 | |
| Republican Party | 26 | 26 | |
| Total | 30 | 30 | |
| Wyoming House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 5, 2012 | After the 2012 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 10 | 8 | |
| Republican Party | 50 | 52 | |
| Total | 60 | 60 | |
Articles
- 2012 elections review: Wyoming holds congressional, state legislative primaries August 22
- 2012 elections preview: Wyoming voters to select winners in congressional, legislative primaries August 20
See also
- Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: Wyoming Congressional Seats
- Ballotpedia:2012 general election preview articles
- State legislative elections, 2012
- November 6, 2012 election results
- Wyoming elections, 2012
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