Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2024 (August 20 Republican primaries)

• Presidential election
  • Presidential candidates
• Congress elections
  • U.S. Congress
  • U.S. Senate
  • U.S. House
  • Congressional special elections
• State elections
  • Ballot measures
  • State executives
  • State legislatures
  • State legislature special elections
  • State supreme courts
  • Intermediate appellate courts
• Local elections
  • Ballot measures
  • Municipal government
  • School boards
  • Trial courts
  • Political recalls
  • Additional local elections
• Voter information
  • Sample ballot
  • Election calendar
  • Election results
  • Poll opening and closing times
  • Voting policies

2026 → ← 2022
2024 Wyoming House Elections
Primary	August 20, 2024
General	November 5, 2024

Past Election Results

2022・2020・2018・2016・2014 2012・2010・2008

2024 Elections
Choose a chamber below:
Select a state:Alaska SenateAlaska HouseArizona SenateArizona HouseArkansas SenateArkansas HouseCalifornia SenateCalifornia HouseColorado SenateColorado HouseConnecticut SenateConnecticut HouseDelaware SenateDelaware HouseFlorida SenateFlorida HouseGeorgia SenateGeorgia HouseHawaii SenateHawaii HouseIdaho SenateIdaho HouseIllinois SenateIllinois HouseIndiana SenateIndiana HouseIowa SenateIowa HouseKansas SenateKansas HouseKentucky SenateKentucky HouseMaine SenateMaine HouseMassachusetts SenateMassachusetts HouseMichigan HouseMinnesota HouseMissouri SenateMissouri HouseMontana SenateMontana HouseNebraska SenateNevada SenateNevada HouseNew Hampshire SenateNew Hampshire HouseNew Mexico SenateNew Mexico HouseNew York SenateNew York HouseNorth Carolina SenateNorth Carolina HouseNorth Dakota SenateNorth Dakota HouseOhio SenateOhio HouseOklahoma SenateOklahoma HouseOregon SenateOregon HousePennsylvania SenatePennsylvania HouseRhode Island SenateRhode Island HouseSouth Carolina SenateSouth Carolina HouseSouth Dakota SenateSouth Dakota HouseTennessee SenateTennessee HouseTexas SenateTexas HouseUtah SenateUtah HouseVermont SenateVermont HouseWashington SenateWashington HouseWest Virginia SenateWest Virginia HouseWisconsin SenateWisconsin HouseWyoming SenateWyoming HouseSubmit

Elections for the Wyoming House of Representatives took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was August 20, 2024. The filing deadline was May 31, 2024.

The Wyoming House of Representatives was one of 85 state legislative chambers with elections in 2024. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

There were 42 contested primaries for the Wyoming House of Representatives on August 20, 2024. An incumbent ran in 33 of those primaries, and nine of those primaries were open, meaning an incumbent did not seek re-election in those districts.

Ballotpedia identified the Republican primaries in districts 7, 9, 24, 30, 43, 50, and 57 as battleground primaries. The primaries in districts 24 and 30 were for open seats, while incumbents faced primary challengers in districts 7, 9, 43, 50, and 57.

The 2024 elections took place in the context of a conflict among House Republicans. While 57 of 62 House members were Republican, 26 voted with the Freedom Caucus, and 12 officially identified with the Freedom Caucus. This was a significant increase from 2017 when just five members identified with the Freedom Caucus. According to the Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson, "While Republicans have a supermajority in Wyoming, there’s a growing division between the Freedom Caucus and others in the party who say they’re too far right. Conversely, members of the Freedom Caucus have said these more centrist Republicans as being 'liberals' and couch them as adversaries who side with Democrats. There are 25-26 Republican members of the Wyoming House who are politically aligned with the Freedom Caucus. That leaves about 31 other Republicans and the five Democrats. Based on those numbers, the Freedom Caucus could gain as few as three seats to claim a majority of the Republican seats in the House. It would have to gain at least five or six seats to take a full majority."

According to WyoFile's Maya Shimizu Harris, "In recent years, Republicans in Wyoming’s GOP-dominated Legislature have calcified into two distinct factions. That’s particularly the case in the House of Representatives where, last year, a group of lawmakers called the Wyoming Freedom Caucus staked their claim after partnering with a Washington, D.C.-based organization — the State Freedom Caucus Network — that aims to establish similar groups across the nation.... The partnership provides the group with a state director — Jessica Rubino, the spouse of Secretary of State Chief Policy Officer and Hageman nephew Joe Rubino — to research bills and provide vote recommendations."

Over the past two years, the Wyoming Freedom Caucus has supported legislation to lower taxes, eliminate gun-free zones, ban abortions, ensure the state has closed primaries, and prohibit certain medical procedures for minors. Because two-thirds of the chamber must approve measures for them to be included in the budget, the Freedom Caucus had sufficient numbers to block measures from being proposed in the budget.

Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. John Bear (R) said the group "will not be deterred from exposing waste at all levels of government, nor the loss of our society’s moral compass by so many in the name of progress. It is what our voters sent us to Cheyenne to do."

Freedom Caucus opponents formed a group called the Wyoming Caucus. State Rep. Clark Stith (R), a member of the Wyoming Caucus, said, "The most striking feature of the House Freedom Caucus this last session was they were voting in lockstep in accordance with text-message instructions that they would receive...The interesting effect of that is that it, to some extent, forced the remaining members of the House to become slightly more organized."

Some Democratic representatives expressed alignment with the Wyoming Caucus during budget negotiations. Rep. Karlee Provenza (D) said, "Team Wyoming and the Democrats were voting on how to spend government money to benefit the people of Wyoming, knowing that some money has to be spent. The other side doesn’t think any money should be spent on anything and that churches and private organizations should save us."

For more information on the November general elections for the Wyoming House of Representatives, click here.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses and State government trifectas

Wyoming House of Representatives
Party		As of November 5, 2024	After November 6, 2024
	Democratic Party	5	6
	Republican Party	57	56
Total		62	62

Primary

Wyoming House of Representatives primary 2024
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Chip Neiman (i)
District 2	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Allen Slagle (i) J.D. Williams
District 3	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Abby Angelos (i)
District 4	Charles Randolph	Jeremy Haroldson (i) Jeffery Thomas
District 5	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Scott Smith (i) Jackie Van Mark
District 6	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Tomi Strock (i) Aaron Clausen
District 7	Jordan Evans	Bob Nicholas (i) Kathy Russell
District 8	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	David Zwonitzer (i) Cayd Batchelor Steve Johnson
District 9	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Landon Brown (i) Exie Brown   Did not make the ballot: Perry Helgeson
District 10	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	John Eklund Jr. (i) Jennifer James
District 11	Sara Burlingame Did not make the ballot: Teresa Wolff	Seth Ulvestad Jacob Wasserburger
District 12	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Clarence Styvar (i) Thomas Lear
District 13	Ken Chestek (i)	Shane Swett
District 14	Trey Sherwood (i)	Joe Giustozzi
District 15	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Sheryl Foland Pam Thayer Terry Weickum
District 16	Mike Yin (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 17	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	J.T. Larson (i) Terry Ellison
District 18	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Scott Heiner (i) Thomas Crank
District 19	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Jon Conrad (i) Joseph Webb
District 20	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Michael Schmid Cat Urbigkit
District 21	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	McKay Erickson T. Deb Wolfley
District 22	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Andrew Byron (i)
District 23	Liz Storer (i)	No candidates filed for the Republican primary
District 24	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Matt Hall Nina Webber
District 25	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	David Northrup (i) Paul Hoeft
District 26	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Dalton Banks (i)
District 27	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Martha Lawley (i) Tami Young
District 28	Larry Alwin (Write-in)	John Winter (i) Kevin Skates
District 29	Martha Wright (Write-in)	Ken Pendergraft (i)
District 30	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Thomas Kelly Gail Symons
District 31	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	John Bear (i)
District 32	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Ken Clouston (i) George Dunlap
District 33	Ivan Posey	Sarah Penn (i)
District 34	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Pepper Ottman (i) Reg Phillips
District 35	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Tony Locke (i) Christopher Dresang
District 36	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Art Washut (i)
District 37	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Steve Harshman (i)
District 38	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Tom Walters (i) Jayme Lien
District 39	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Cody Wylie (i) Marshall Burt Laura Mckee
District 40	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Marilyn Connolly Mark Jones Liberty Poley
District 41	Jen Solis	Bill Henderson (i) Gary Brown
District 42	Bob Ray	Ben Hornok (i) Rob Geringer
District 43	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Dan Zwonitzer (i) Ann Lucas
District 44	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Tamara Trujillo (i) Lee Filer John Romero-Martinez
District 45	Karlee Provenza (i)	Paul Crouch Did not make the ballot: Eric Henderson
District 46	Chris Lowry	Ocean Andrew (i)
District 47	James Wilson	Robert Davis (i)
District 48	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Clark Stith (i) Darin McCann
District 49	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Ryan Berger (i) Robert Wharff
District 50	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (i) David Hill
District 51	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Laurie Bratten
District 52	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Reuben Tarver (i)
District 53	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Christopher Knapp (i)
District 54	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Lloyd Charles Larsen (i) Tina Clifford
District 55	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Ember Oakley (i) Joel Guggenmos
District 56	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Elissa Campbell Pete Fox Pamela Mertens
District 57	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Jeanette Ward (i) Julie Jarvis
District 58	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Bill Allemand (i) Tom Jones
District 59	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	J.R. Riggins
District 60	Carmen Whitehead (Write-in)	Tony Niemiec (i) Marlene Brady
District 61	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Daniel Singh (i) Matt Malcom
District 62	No candidates filed for the Democratic primary	Edis Allen Kevin Campbell

General election

Voting information

See also: Voting in Wyoming

Election information in Wyoming: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
• By mail: Received by Oct. 21, 2024
• Online: N/A

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

Yes

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

• In-person: Nov. 4, 2024
• By mail: Received by Nov. 4, 2024
• Online: N/A

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

• In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
• By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 8, 2024 to Nov. 4, 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)

Battleground primaries

Ballotpedia identified the Republican primaries in districts 7, 9, 24, 30, 43, 50, and 57 as battleground primaries. The primaries in districts 24 and 30 were for open seats, while incumbents faced primary challengers in districts 7, 9, 43, 50, and 57.

District 7

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes

What made this a battleground race?

Incumbent Rep. Bob Nicholas (R) and Kathy Russell (R) ran for the Republican primary in District 7. Russel was the director of the Wyoming GOP. The Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson described Russel as "one of the most public faces within the Wyoming Republican Party." On his campaign website, Nicholas said he ran, "To protect you from being taxed in the future, smart savings now will make the difference. Over the last two years, by the actions of the Appropriations committee, that I chair, we saved nearly $2 billion dollars and gave it a job – to earn investment returns so that you aren’t taxed. If elected I promise to double down on savings so that your taxes are lowered and so that your future and your children’s future is strong and secure." Russel said, "Conservatives are not thrilled with the leadership coming out of the Capitol. It’s all political games and bowing to a Democrat agenda, and not nearly enough of conservative priorities like protecting children, taxpayers and jobs. I will fight for conservatives. I have the business experience to keep our jobs on track. I am ready to go to work for the people of Wyoming."

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 7

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Nicholas	60.6	1,068
	Submit photo	Kathy Russell	38.7	682
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	12

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,762
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

District 9

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes

What made this a battleground race?

Incumbent Rep. Landon Brown (R) and Exie Brown (R) ran for the Republican primary in District 9. At an August 2024 candidate forum, Exie Brown criticized Rep. Landon Brown for his votes in the legislature. According to the Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson, "The most mud was slung toward the end of the forum, when Exie Brown accused his opponent of “flip-flopping” on votes, comparing him to 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. During that race, former President George W. Bush frequently accused Kerry of flip-flopping on issues. Exie Brown threw this dig when mentioning how his opponent voted against a bill prohibiting transgender females from participating in female-designated youth sports in 2022, but then voted to support it in 2023." Rep. Landon Brown responded by saying: "I will not run a campaign that is negative against my opponent. You will always hear, 'Why me?' Not, 'Why not my opponent?'" In an interview with the Cowyboy State Daily, Rep. Landon Brown said, "If it’s built better it’s easier to vote for. Original pieces of legislation, when they make it to a final vote and they’re not worth voting for, but they work on it the following year and make it a bill that’s worth it, and it fits the Wyoming model, then yeah, I’ll vote for it." Both candidates commented on why they ran for the Wyoming House. In a press release, Rep. Landon Brown said, "Representing the people of House District 9 has been a true honor, and I am grateful for the trust and support of the community. I am proud of the progress we've made in securing funding for our schools, addressing transportation challenges, and supporting our military. There is still work to be done, and I am committed to continuing the fight for the betterment of our district and the state of Wyoming." Exie Brown said, "I am very excited to announce my candidacy. Like many other voters in Wyoming, I don't think we are always adequately represented. We need representation that actually listens to the will of the citizens. I spent over 20 years serving this great country and one thing I've always believed it is about 'We the People'. Too many times politicians lose sight of why they were elected and instead focus on personal and professional interests."

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 9

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Landon Brown	50.3	725
		Exie Brown	49.2	708
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	7

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,440
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Perry Helgeson (R)

District 24

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

No

What made this a battleground race?

Matt Hall (R) and Nina Webber] (R) ran in the open Republican primary in District 24. Incumbent Rep. Sandy Newsome (R) did not run for re-election. Newsome endorsed Hall to succeed her in the state House. At the time of the election, Hall was the mayor of Wyoming, and Webber was the Republican Party national committeewoman. Both candidates commented on their priorities. On his campaign website, Hall said, "I will avoid the dysfunctional fights and performance artistry, and focus on nuts-and-bolts policy issues to improve our state. I will finish what I start when working on the state budget to ensure services and economic growth. [I will] take responsibility and do the hard work of governing, and do not become distracted by obstruction" On her campaign website, Webber said, "In Cheyenne, I pledge to: demand an audit of all state-funded entities, work towards a cash-based budget, work on reducing government spending instead of raising taxes and fees on the people of Wyoming, work on repealing outdated, unused laws, [and] attend both local and state Republican meetings to actively represent the people of House District 24. This is something our present HD 24 rep does not do. I further pledge to: vote no on any new taxes, vote no on Medicaid Expansion, vote no on marijuana in any form, vote no on any type of "hate crime" bills, [and] vote no for the adoption of any radical school curriculum in the state of Wyoming."

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 24

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nina Webber	52.9	1,406
	Submit photo	Matt Hall	46.4	1,233
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	18

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,657
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

District 30

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

No

What made this a battleground race?

Thomas Kelly (R) and Gail Symons] (R) ran in the open Republican primary in District 30. Incumbent Rep. Mark Jennings (R) did not run for re-election. Both candidates stated their views on the Wyoming Freedom Caucus. Kelly, who was endorsed by the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, said, "The difference I see between the two [factions] right now is: it's the conservative grassroots wing of the party, and it's the more moderate, established, I would say almost insider [group]—those who have been connected within politics for a long period of time. This is a dynamic you see throughout the country, not just in Wyoming. I think the Freedom Caucus has been unfairly maligned in some ways. I've seen characters of it as being out-of-staters funded by D.C. billionaires to bring Washington politics to Wyoming, and it's absolutely not true at all." Symons said, "When you see the world as a battlefield, and you see everything as a fight, then if you don't find resistance, you make up enemies that did not otherwise exist. I think that's what we see happening because we do not have a strong Democratic party. If your view of the world is that you need to fight somebody or [the] the enemy, you turn within—start eating your young, or in this case, you old. As to the Freedom Caucus: I will not belong to the Freedom Caucus. I happily am not endorsed and in fact am dealing with a fallout of an attack mailer they sent out that is complete fabrication."

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 30

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Kelly	58.8	1,313
	Submit photo	Gail Symons	41.0	916
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	3

---

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,232
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

District 50

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes

What made this a battleground race?

Incumbent Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R) and David Hill (R) ran in the Republican primary in District 50. Rep. Rodriguez-Williams was a member of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus. According to the Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson, "State Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams, R-Cody, has built a reputation around the state over the last three years as one of the biggest pro-life advocates in the Wyoming Legislature. Now, she has a Republican primary reelection opponent for House District 50 in Cody attorney David Hill. Hill said he agrees with most of Rodriguez-Williams’ conservative views, including her stance on abortion. But he wants to run for office because he believes the incumbent has been ineffective in getting legislation passed into law." Rodriguez-Williams said, "Each session, I have successfully passed pro-life legislation and strongly defended our Second Amendment rights,” Rodriguez-Williams said. “My proven conservative voting record is popular with the people of HD 50 — this is made clear by the fact that my opponent has chosen to mirror my stance on issues because he knows I represent the district well." Hill said, "With Wyoming's alarming suicide rates and mental health challenges, exacerbated by the COVID hysteria, it's clear that our battle to protect life extends far beyond birth. Social media and mental health is a huge concern for kids and we need to be able to find a way to solve that problem."

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 50

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rachel Rodriguez-Williams	62.4	1,778
	Submit photo	David Hill	37.2	1,061
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	11

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,850
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

District 57

Did the incumbent file to run for re-election?

Yes

What made this a battleground race?

Incumbent Rep. Jeanette Ward (R) and Julie Jarvis (R) ran in the Republican primary in District 57. Jarvis was a member of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus. According to WyoFile's Maggie Mullen, "Many see the race as a test case for the 2024 election season in which voters are expected to weigh the value of Wyoming bona fides and determine the balance of power between rival Republican factions. Ward, who has described herself as a political refugee from Illinois moved here in 2021. Jarvis was born and raised on a farm outside Buffalo." In a campaign announcement on Facebook, Ward said, "As promised, I fought for the dignity and privacy of women, medical and parental freedom, parental rights, gun rights, fiscal restraint, and property tax reform and relief...I am announcing my candidacy for reelection and with your vote, I will continue to fight for the things you hold dear." Jarvis said, "If you’re from Wyoming, you know we value the right to make our own decisions for our families, health, pocketbooks, businesses, safety and local communities. We’re not fans of people trying to come in and change us or take our individual rights away...Our current representative is supporting an incoming gravel pit at the base of Casper Mountain that will benefit very few and holds the potential of having devastating effects on Casper’s residents. This is one example of how our representative isn’t listening to our local community or people."

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 57

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Julie Jarvis	55.9	623
		Jeanette Ward	43.5	485
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	6

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,114
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Incumbents who did not advance to the general election

See also: Annual State Legislative Competitiveness Report: Vol. 14, 2024

Incumbents defeated in primaries

See also: Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections, 2024

Thirteen incumbents lost in primaries. As of August 22, 2024, two races featuring incumbents remained uncalled.

Name	Party	Office
Allen Slagle	Republican	House District 2
David Zwonitzer	Republican	House District 8
Jon Conrad	Republican	House District 19
David Northrup	Republican	House District 25
Tom Walters	Republican	House District 38
Bill Henderson	Republican	House District 41
Dan Zwonitzer	Republican	House District 43
Tamara Trujillo	Republican	House District 44
Clark Stith	Republican	House District 48
Ryan Berger	Republican	House District 49
Ember Oakley	Republican	House District 55
Jeanette Ward	Republican	House District 57
Tony Niemiec	Republican	House District 60

Retiring incumbents

Eleven incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024. Between 2010 and 2022, the average number of retirements was 11.7. Those incumbents were:

Name	Party	Office
Jared Olsen	Republican	District 11
Donald Burkhart	Republican	District 15
Albert Sommers	Republican	District 20
Lane Allred	Republican	District 21
Sandy Newsome	Republican	District 24
Mark Jennings	Republican	District 30
Barry Crago	Republican	District 40
Cyrus Western	Republican	District 51
Jerry Obermueller	Republican	District 56
Kevin O'Hearn	Republican	District 59
Forrest Chadwick	Republican	District 62

Primary election competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Wyoming. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Wyoming in 2024. Information below was calculated on July 23, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Wyoming had 54 contested state legislative primaries on August 20, 2024, the most the state has had since Ballotpedia began tracking in 2010. 

All contested primaries were Republican primaries, marking a record high for Republicans and a record low for Democrats.

About 35.1% of all possible state legislative primaries were contested, the highest percentage since Ballotpedia started tracking them in 2010. The average percentage of contested state legislative primaries from 2010 to 2022 was 24.6%.

There were 157 candidates running for 77 seats. Among those running were 16 Democrats and 141 Republicans. That was the highest number of Republicans and the lowest number of Democrats since Ballotpedia started tracking.

Sixty-one incumbents ran for re-election in the primaries. The average number of incumbents running between 2010 and 2022 was 60.1. Of them, a record high of 41, or 67.2%, faced primary challengers. Between 2010 and 2022, the average number of contested incumbents was 22.6.

Sixteen incumbents, including five in the Senate and 11 in the House, did not file for re-election in 2024. All retiring incumbents were Republicans. The average number of retirements from 2010 to 2022 was 11.7.

Wyoming has had a Republican trifecta since 2011. Since 1992, the state has had 22 years of Republican trifectas and no Democratic trifectas.

Open seats

The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024. It will be updated as information becomes available following the state’s candidate filing deadline.

Open Seats in Wyoming House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024
Year	Total seats	Open seats	Seats with incumbents running for re-election
2024	62	11 (18 percent)	51 (82 percent)
2022	62	19 (31 percent)	43 (69 percent)
2020	60	11 (18 percent)	49 (82 percent)
2018	60	7 (12 percent)	53 (88 percent)
2016	60	13 (22 percent)	47 (78 percent)
2014	60	9 (15 percent)	51 (85 percent)
2012	60	14 (23 percent)	46 (77 percent)
2010	60	11 (18 percent)	89 (82 percent)

Legislative referrals

See also: Legislative referral

A legislative referral, or legislatively referred ballot measure, is a ballot measure that appears on the ballot due to a vote of the state legislature. A legislative referral can be a constitutional amendment, state statute, or bond issue.

As of the 2024 election, a two-thirds vote was required during one legislative session for the Wyoming State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounted to a minimum of 42 votes in the Wyoming House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Wyoming State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

At the time of the 2024 election, Republicans held a 29-2 majority in the Senate and a 57-5 majority in the House. Democrats needed to win 19 Senate seats and 37 House seats to be able to pass legislative referrals without Republican votes. Republicans needed to lose 9 Senate seats and 16 House seats to lose the same ability.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Wyoming

See statutes: Title 22-5 of the Wyoming Election Code

Major party candidates

A candidate seeking the nomination of a major party for state or federal office must be registered with the party whose nomination he or she seeks. The candidate must submit an application for nomination form to the Wyoming Secretary of State. If running for state legislative office, the candidate must be a resident of the district in which he or she seeks election for at least 12 months preceding the election. If running for governor, the candidate must be a resident of the state for at least five years prior to the election. If running for another statewide office, the candidate must be a registered elector in the state.

The application must be accompanied by a filing fee. No application will be considered valid without a filing fee. The candidate must file the application and filing fee no later than 81 days before the primary election.

Filing fees by office
Office	Filing fee
Governor United States Senator Secretary of state State auditor State treasurer	$300
Wyoming House of Representatives Wyoming State Senate	$100

Minor and provisional party candidates

A candidate seeking the nomination of a minor or provisional party is nominated by party convention. To be certified as the nominee of a minor or provisional party at a party's state convention, the candidate must submit an application for nomination to the Wyoming Secretary of State, along with the required filing fee (the filing fees are the same as those required of major party candidates). The candidate must file the requisite paperwork no later than 81 days prior the primary election.

Independent candidates

An independent candidate for partisan office must be nominated by filing a signed petition. The petition must be approved by the Wyoming Secretary of State prior to circulation. The petition must be accompanied by the same fee required of party candidates. Petitions must be filed with the Wyoming Secretary of State no later than 70 days before a general election.

For a statewide office, the petition must be signed by registered electors, which are defined as residents of the state eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the last general election for the entire state.

For a state legislative office, the petition must be signed by registered electors equaling at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office in that particular district in the last general election.

Write-in candidates

Each person who requests to have all votes cast for him or her as a write-in candidate counted must file an application for candidacy together with the appropriate filing fee with Wyoming Secretary of State no later than two days after the election in which the person desires to have the write-in votes counted.

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Section 2 of Article 3 of the Wyoming Constitution states, "Senators shall be elected for the term of four (4) years and representatives for the term of two (2) years. The senators elected at the first election shall be divided by lot into two classes as nearly equal as may be. The seats of senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first two years, and of the second class at the expiration of four years. No person shall be a senator who has not attained the age of twenty-five years, or a representative who has not attained the age of twenty-one years, and who is not a citizen of the United States and of this state and who has not, for at least twelve months next preceding his election resided within the county or district in which he was elected."

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries

State legislative salaries, 2024
Salary	Per diem
$150/day	$109/day

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Wyoming legislators assume office the first Monday in January in odd-numbered years.

Wyoming political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

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

Presidential politics in Wyoming

2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020

Presidential election in Wyoming, 2020

		Candidate/Running mate	%	Popular votes	Electoral votes
✔		Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)	69.5	193,559	3
		Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)	26.4	73,491	0
		Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)	2.1	5,768	0
		Brock Pierce/Karla Ballard (Independent)	0.8	2,208	0
		Other write-in votes	1.2	3,477	0

---

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 278,503

2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016

U.S. presidential election, Wyoming, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine	21.9%	55,973	0
	Republican	Donald Trump/Mike Pence	68.2%	174,419	3
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson/Bill Weld	5.2%	13,287	0
	Green	Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka	1%	2,515	0
	Constitution	Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley	0.8%	2,042	0
	Independent	Roque De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg	0.3%	709	0
	-	Write-in votes	2.7%	6,904	0
Total Votes				255,849	3
Election results via: Wyoming Secretary of State

Wyoming presidential election results (1900-2024)

• 7 Democratic wins
• 25 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	2024
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	R

External links

Suggest a link

• Wyoming House of Representatives

Footnotes

[show]

Current members of the Wyoming House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Chip Neiman

Majority Leader:Scott Heiner

Minority Leader:Mike Yin

Representatives

District 1

Chip Neiman (R)

District 2

J.D. Williams (R)

District 3

Abby Angelos (R)

District 4

Jeremy Haroldson (R)

District 5

Scott Smith (R)

District 6

Tomi Strock (R)

District 7

Bob Nicholas (R)

District 8

Steve Johnson (R)

District 9

Landon Brown (R)

District 10

John Eklund (R)

District 11

Jacob Wasserburger (R)

District 12

Clarence Styvar (R)

District 13

Ken Chestek (D)

District 14

Trey Sherwood (D)

District 15

Pam Thayer (R)

District 16

Mike Yin (D)

District 17

J.T. Larson (R)

District 18

Scott Heiner (R)

District 19

Joseph Webb (R)

District 20

Michael Schmid (R)

District 21

McKay Erickson (R)

District 22

Andrew Byron (R)

District 23

Liz Storer (D)

District 24

Nina Webber (R)

District 25

Paul Hoeft (R)

District 26

Dalton Banks (R)

District 27

Martha Lawley (R)

District 28

John Winter (R)

District 29

Ken Pendergraft (R)

District 30

Thomas Kelly (R)

District 31

John Bear (R)

District 32

Ken Clouston (R)

District 33

Ivan Posey (D)

District 34

Pepper Ottman (R)

District 35

Tony Locke (R)

District 36

Art Washut (R)

District 37

Steve Harshman (R)

District 38

Jayme Lien (R)

District 39

Cody Wylie (R)

District 40

Marilyn Connolly (R)

District 41

Gary Brown (R)

District 42

Rob Geringer (R)

District 43

Ann Lucas (R)

District 44

Lee Filer (R)

District 45

Karlee Provenza (D)

District 46

Ocean Andrew (R)

District 47

Robert Davis (R)

District 48

Darin McCann (R)

District 49

Robert Wharff (R)

District 50

Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R)

District 51

Laurie Bratten (R)

District 52

Reuben Tarver (R)

District 53

Christopher Knapp (R)

District 54

Lloyd Larsen (R)

District 55

Joel Guggenmos (R)

District 56

Elissa Campbell (R)

District 57

Julie Jarvis (R)

District 58

Bill Allemand (R)

District 59

J.R. Riggins (R)

District 60

Marlene Brady (R)

District 61

Daniel Singh (R)

District 62

Kevin Campbell (R)

Republican Party (56)

Democratic Party (6)