Elections for the office of Wyoming State Senate consisted of a primary election on August 20, 2002, and a general election on November 5, 2002. A total of 15 seats were up for election.[1]
The signature filing deadline to run in these elections was May 31, 2002 for party candidates and August 26, 2002 for independent candidates.[2]
Qualifications
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."
List of candidates
District 1
August 20 Democratic primary:
August 20 Republican primary:
- Bill Barton
a
November 5 General election candidates:
Bill Barton 
District 3
August 20 Democratic primary:
August 20 Republican primary:
- Curt Meier
a
November 5 General election candidates:
Curt Meier 
District 5
August 20 Democratic primary:
August 20 Republican primary:
- Russ Brown: 764
- John Hanes: 1,568
a
November 5 General election candidates:
John Hanes 
District 7
August 20 Democratic primary:
- Kathryn Sessions
a
August 20 Republican primary:
November 5 General election candidates:
Kathryn Sessions 
District 9
August 20 Democratic primary:
- Mike Massie
a
August 20 Republican primary:
November 5 General election candidates:
Mike Massie 
District 11
August 20 Democratic primary:
- Bill Vasey
a
August 20 Republican primary:
- Larry Hicks
a
November 5 General election candidates:
Bill Vasey: 3,577 
Larry Hicks: 2,478
District 13
August 20 Democratic primary:
- Tex Boggs
a
August 20 Republican primary:
- John E. Radosevich
a
November 5 General election candidates:
Tex Boggs: 3,578 
John E. Radosevich: 1,980
District 15
August 20 Democratic primary:
- Ken Decaria
a
August 20 Republican primary:
- Randy Ottley
a
November 5 General election candidates:
Ken Decaria: 2,906 
Randy Ottley: 2,078
District 17
August 20 Democratic primary:
August 20 Republican primary:
- Grant Larson
a
November 5 General election candidates:
Grant Larson 
District 19
August 20 Democratic primary:
August 20 Republican primary:
- Jim Henderson: 519
- Laness Northrup: 2,084
a
- R. Ray Peterson: 1,953
November 5 General election candidates:
Laness Northrup 
District 21
August 20 Democratic primary:
- Kim D. Cannon
a
August 20 Republican primary:
- Bruce Burns
a
November 5 General election candidates:
Kim D. Cannon: 3,080
Bruce Burns: 4,066 
District 23
August 20 Democratic primary:
August 20 Republican primary:
- John Hines
a
November 5 General election candidates:
John Hines 
District 25
August 20 Democratic primary:
August 20 Republican primary:
- Cale Case
a
November 5 General election candidates:
Cale Case 
District 27
August 20 Democratic primary:
August 20 Republican primary:
- John Barrasso
a
November 5 General election candidates:
John Barrasso 
District 29
August 20 Democratic primary:
August 20 Republican primary:
- Bill Hawks
a
November 5 General election candidates:
Bill Hawks 
External links
Leadership
Senate President:Bo Biteman
Majority Leader:Tara Nethercott
Minority Leader:Mike Gierau
Senators
Republican Party (29)
Democratic Party (2)
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