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United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: May 31, 2024
Primary: August 20, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
Pre-election incumbent:
John Barrasso (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Wyoming
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
U.S. Senate, Wyoming
U.S. Senate • At-large
Wyoming elections, 2024
U.S. Congress elections, 2024
U.S. Senate elections, 2024
U.S. House elections, 2024

A Democratic Party primary took place on August 20, 2024, in Wyoming to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Scott Morrow advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming.

Thirty-four of 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were up for election in 2024, including one special election. At the time of the election, Democrats had a 51-49 majority.[1] Of the seats up for election in 2024, Democrats held 19, Republicans held 11, and independents held four. As of May 2024, eight members of the U.S. Senate had announced they were not running for re-election.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
May 31, 2024
August 20, 2024
November 5, 2024


Heading into the election, the incumbent was John Barrasso (Republican), who first took office in 2007.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Wyoming utilizes a closed primary process.[2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Wyoming's United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming

Scott Morrow advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 20, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Scott Morrow
Scott Morrow Candidate Connection
 
98.3
 
10,088
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.7
 
178

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,266
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Candidate profiles

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Scott Morrow

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I was a single parent of five minor dependent children after their mother left the 13 year marriage. All my children were academically successful and participated in multiple sporting activities including but not limited to martial arts. I achieved a Cho Don belt level in World Taekwondo, studied karate, kempo karate, boxing, jujitsu and judo. I was a championship wrestler in junior high and high school in Colorado while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. This afforded me a Senatorial nomination to the Naval Academy. I instead attended a college in Lancaster, CA where I won a conference championship in wrestling. I am a retired Postal Employee currently serving as the President of the largest American Postal Workers Union (APWU) chartered retiree chapter in this area. I previously served as President and Director of Industrial Relations of the ninth largest local Union of the APWU. I was an advocate for the least among us my entire 26 year USPS career. I continue on a pro bono basis my stewardship for the least among us who have been forsaken, cast aside and forgotten. As part of my constitutional duties as president of the retiree chapter, I am required to advance the political agenda of seniors and the APWU. This includes regular weekly contact with my congressional delegation despite the fact they all vote 100% of the time against retirees and unions. When the Wyoming Dems asked me to run I was more than happy to come out of retirement none of our needs are considered."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

We in Wyoming live in the equality state, called that because the state was the first to grant women the vote. The current incumbent Senator votes 100% of the time against women's equality. He votes 100% of the time against equality for everyone in Wyoming. I will be the strongest and most vocal advocate for women's equality, and other groups also, WY has ever elected. This starts with passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the Senate, currently stalled by the republican caucus there. We must assure at the federal level that every American has the protections enumerated in article one, section 38 of the Wyoming Constitution. Big Brother should not be allowed to get between women and their doctors. Codify Roe v Wade.

Many Children in Wyoming and all over the USA still go to bed hungry and do not get breakfast before school. The incumbent votes 100% of the time against SNAP and other programs to ensure kids receive appropriate nutrition to maintain maximum health and wellness. In 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act included a provision called the child tax credit wherein needy families in Wyoming and elsewhere received monthly checks in lieu of the Earned Income Credit upon filing their tax return. With about 65 million American children, or 64,000 kids in Wyoming, briefly lifted out of poverty until the program sunsetted and the republican caucus filibustered renewal thereof, the incumbent Senator voted against the American Rescue Plan. I support it

I have worked for decades to get the social security fairness act passed. First as a single parent struggling to support five children and then as the President of the retiree chapter. The act repeals the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset that dramatically reduce Postal, Federal and state government employees social security benefits they actually earned like everyone else. It was passed signed into law in April of 1983 after being passed by a republican majority in the Senate. In my case, I had to work one or more extra jobs when there was no overtime at USPS to make ends meet. I contributed to social security every pay check. While president and Director of Industrial relations, I contributed to SS.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate Wyoming in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Wyoming

Election information in Wyoming: Aug. 20, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 20, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 5, 2024
  • Online: N/A

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 19, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 19, 2024
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 20, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 20, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

July 23, 2024 to Aug. 19, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (MST)


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Scott Morrow Democratic Party $45,707 $44,873 $834 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Wyoming in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wyoming, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
Wyoming U.S. Senate Ballot-qualified party N/A N/A $750.00 Fixed number 5/31/2024 Source
Wyoming U.S. Senate Minor parties N/A N/A $750.00 Fixed number 8/19/2024 Source
Wyoming U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 3,941 2% of all votes cast for U.S. Representative in the last election $750.00 Fixed number 8/26/2024 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.


See also: Presidential voting trends in Wyoming and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Wyoming, 2024
District Incumbent Party PVI
Wyoming's At-Large Harriet Hageman Ends.png Republican R+25


2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Wyoming[4]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Wyoming's At-Large 26.7% 70.4%


2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 89.5% of Wyomingites lived in one of the state's 21 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 6.4% lived in Albany County, the state's one New Democratic county. Overall, Wyoming was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Wyoming following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

Wyoming presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 7 Democratic wins
  • 24 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R D D R R R D D D R D R R R D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Wyoming

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Wyoming.

U.S. Senate election results in Wyoming
Race Winner Runner up
2020 73.1%Republican Party 26.9%Democratic Party
2018 67.1%Republican Party 30.1%Democratic Party
2014 71.2%Republican Party 17.4%Democratic Party
2012 75.7%Republican Party 21.7%Democratic Party
2008 75.6%Republican Party 24.3%Democratic Party
Average 72.5 24.1

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Wyoming

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Wyoming.

Gubernatorial election results in Wyoming
Race Winner Runner up
2022 74.1%Republican Party 15.8%Democratic Party
2018 67.1%Republican Party 27.5%Democratic Party
2014 59.4%Republican Party 27.3%Democratic Party
2010 65.7%Republican Party 22.9%Democratic Party
2006 70.0%Democratic Party 30.0%Republican Party
Average 62.4 26.9
See also: Party control of Wyoming state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Wyoming's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Wyoming
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 0 0
Republican 2 1 3
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 1 3

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Wyoming's top three state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Wyoming, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Mark Gordon
Secretary of State Republican Party Chuck Gray
Attorney General Republican Party Bridget Hill

State legislature

Wyoming State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 2
     Republican Party 29
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 31

Wyoming House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 5
     Republican Party 57
     Independent 0
     Libertarian Party 0
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 62

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Wyoming Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor D D D R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

The table below details demographic data in Wyoming and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.

Demographic Data for Wyoming
Wyoming United States
Population 576,851 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 97,087 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 87.3% 65.9%
Black/African American 0.8% 12.5%
Asian 0.8% 5.8%
Native American 2.1% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.2%
Other (single race) 2.9% 6%
Multiple 5.9% 8.8%
Hispanic/Latino 10.5% 18.7%
Education
High school graduation rate 93.9% 89.1%
College graduation rate 29% 34.3%
Income
Median household income $72,495 $75,149
Persons below poverty level 6.8% 8.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Two Independents caucused with the Democratic Party. Another independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, counted toward the Democratic majority for committee purposes.
  2. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 7, 2024
  3. ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "Welcome to the FAQs," accessed June 2, 2025
  4. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023


Wyoming's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
John Barrasso (R)
Cynthia Lummis (R)
Representatives
Republican Party (3)


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