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Taylor Haynes
Taylor Haynes (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Wyoming. He lost in the Republican primary on August 21, 2018.
Haynes was also a Republican candidate for Governor of Wyoming in the 2014 elections, and he was the 2010 Constitution Party candidate for Governor of Wyoming. Haynes filed his petition to be included on the general election ballot with the Wyoming Secretary of State’s office on Aug. 23, the last day for filing.[1]
Biography
After beginning his career as an engineer, Haynes switched to medical school. Moving to Cheyenne, he started a urology practice and went on to become vice chief of staff and Chairman of Patient Care at DePaul Hospital of Cheyenne. He was twice appointed to the Board of Trustees of the University of Wyoming. Hayes serves as President and Chief Medical Officer of Mountain Benefit Associates. He is also a rancher.[2]
Education
- Mechanical engineering degree, Southern University, 1969
Elections
2018
- See also: Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2018
General election
General election for Governor of Wyoming
Mark Gordon defeated Mary Throne, Rex Rammell, and Lawrence Gerard Struempf in the general election for Governor of Wyoming on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Gordon (R) | 67.1 | 136,412 |
 | Mary Throne (D)  | 27.5 | 55,965 | |
 | Rex Rammell (Constitution Party) | 3.3 | 6,751 | |
 | Lawrence Gerard Struempf (L) | 1.5 | 3,010 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 1,100 | ||
| Total votes: 203,238 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Wyoming
Mary Throne defeated Michael Allen Green, Ken Casner, and Rex Wilde in the Democratic primary for Governor of Wyoming on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Throne | 72.9 | 12,948 |
 | Michael Allen Green | 13.5 | 2,391 | |
 | Ken Casner | 6.8 | 1,213 | |
 | Rex Wilde | 6.8 | 1,201 | |
| Total votes: 17,753 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Wyoming
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Wyoming on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Gordon | 33.4 | 38,951 |
 | Foster Friess | 25.6 | 29,842 | |
 | Harriet Hageman | 21.5 | 25,052 | |
 | Sam Galeotos | 12.5 | 14,554 | |
 | Taylor Haynes | 5.6 | 6,511 | |
 | Bill Dahlin | 1.5 | 1,763 | |
| Total votes: 116,673 | |||
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2014
- See also: Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2014
Haynes announced a run for election as Governor of Wyoming as early as April 2013.[3] He did not win the Republican nomination in the primary on August 19, 2014.
Primary results
| Wyoming Gubernatorial Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Matt Mead |
54.8% | 53,673 | ||
| Taylor Haynes | 32.2% | 31,532 | ||
| Cindy Hill | 12.7% | 12,464 | ||
| Write-in votes | 0.2% | 215 | ||
| Total Votes | 97,884 | |||
| Election results via Wyoming Secretary of State. | ||||
2010
Haynes was a write-in candidate for Governor of Wyoming in 2010. He lost against Leslie Petersen (D), Matt Mead (R), and Mike Wheeler (L) in the general election on November 2, 2010.
Exclusion from debate
Haynes was not included in the televised debate October 25, 2010 on Wyoming PBS.
"Taylor Haynes did not have enough signatures on his petition, was not qualified by the Secretary of State, and therefore will not appear on the ballot in the gubernatorial race. For this reason, and this reason only, Taylor Haynes will not be invited to participate in the Wyoming PBS general election debates with other gubernatorial candidates," said station General Manager Ruby Calvert.
The public broadcasting station created a policy in 2006 governing debates under which participants must be “legally certified by the Wyoming Secretary of State to appear on the statewide ballot for the office,” she said.
"As a partner with Wyoming PBS in these election debates, we support the policy, and don’t believe Taylor Haynes should be invited to debate," Wallis said.[1]
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Haynes was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Wyoming.[4]
In Wyoming’s county conventions and state convention in 2016, Ted Cruz won 23 delegates, while Marco Rubio and Donald Trump won one delegate each. Four Wyoming delegates attended the national convention as uncommitted delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Haynes was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention or if Haynes was one of Wyoming's four uncommitted delegates. If you have information on how Wyoming’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[5]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Wyoming to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at county conventions in March 2016 and a state convention in April 2016. Delegates elected at the state convention were self-nominated or nominated by a Nominating/Elections Committee. Delegate candidates, prior to their election, were required to indicate if they supported a specific presidential candidate or were uncommitted.
Wyoming caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Wyoming, 2016
| Wyoming Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Ted Cruz |
66.3% | 644 | 23 | |
| Marco Rubio | 19.5% | 189 | 1 | |
| Donald Trump | 7.2% | 70 | 1 | |
| John Kasich | 0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 7% | 68 | 1 | |
| Totals | 971 | 26 | ||
| Source: The New York Times. Vote totals are from county conventions. | ||||
Delegate allocation
Wyoming had 29 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention: 23 at-large delegates, three congressional district delegates, and three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates). Wyoming's RNC delegates were not bound to support the winner of the state's caucuses. All other delegates were bound to support the preferred presidential candidates listed on their intent-to-run forms unless they were elected as an uncommitted delegate. Wyoming did not use a presidential preference poll to allocate and bind delegates in 2016.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Taylor Haynes won’t be part of televised gubernatorial debate," Wyoming-Cowboy State Free Press, October 5, 2010
- ↑ Haynes for Governor, "About Taylor," accessed May 1, 2013
- ↑ Casper Star Tribune, "Former write-in candidate considers 2014 Wyoming gubernatorial run," April 30, 2013
- ↑ Wyoming GOP, "2016 National Convention," accessed June 30, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties; email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials; official lists provided by state governments; and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
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