Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Review Articles: Wyoming Congressional Seats

December 5, 2012

By Ballotpedia's Congressional team

MADISON, Wisconsin: Wyoming had one U.S. House seat on the ballot in 2012. Incumbent Cynthia Lummis (R) sought re-election on November 6, 2012. She won re-election by an overwhelming 45 percentage points in the general election.

Here is a list of the candidates who ran for election to Congress from Wyoming.

District	General Election Candidates	Incumbent	2012 Winner	Partisan Switch?
At-large	Chris Henrichsen Cynthia Lummis Richard Brubaker Daniel Clyde Cummings Don Willis	Cynthia Lummis	Cynthia Lummis	No

Members of the U.S. House from Wyoming -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	0	0
	Republican Party	1	1
Total		1	1

Margin of victory for winners

There were a total of 1 seats up for election in 2012 in Wyoming. The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the top-two vote getters. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100%.

District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Vote	Top Opponent
U.S. House, Wyoming At-Large District General Election	Cynthia Lummis	45.1%	241,205	Chris Henrichsen

National picture

Both chambers of the United States Congress remain split after the November 6, 2012 election. Democrats increased their majority in the U.S. Senate while cutting into the Republicans majority in the U.S. House. Of the 435 candidates who won election to the U.S. House, 85 of them were challengers, which represents 19.5 percent of U.S. House members. Of those 85, 50 are Democratic and 35 are Republican. A total of 27 incumbents were defeated -- 10 Democratic and 17 Republican.

2012 United States House General Election Results
Party	Total Winners	Incumbent Winners	Defeated Incumbents	Incumbent Re-Election Rate**	Non-Incumbent Winners
Democratic	201	151	10	93.8%	50
Republican	234	198	17	92.1%	35
TOTALS	435	349	27	92.8%	85
**Note: The incumbent re-election rate is calculated by dividing the total incumbents winners by the total incumbents who appeared on the general election ballot.

U.S. Senate Partisan Breakdown Party As of November 2012 After the 2012 Election      Democratic Party 51 53      Republican Party 47 45      Independent 2 2 Total 100 100

U.S. House Partisan Breakdown Party As of November 2012 After the 2012 Election      Democratic Party 193 201      Republican Party 242 234 Total 435 435

See also

• Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: Wyoming Congressional Seats
• November 6, 2012 election results
• United States Congressional election results, 2012
• United States House of Representatives elections in Wyoming, 2012
  • Wyoming's At-large Congressional District elections, 2012
• Wyoming elections, 2012
• National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections