Wyoming State Senate elections, 2008

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Elections for the office of Wyoming State Senate consisted of a primary election on August 19, 2008, and a general election on November 4, 2008. A total of 16 seats were up for election.

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."

Campaign contributions

During the 2008 election, the total contributions to Senate candidates amounted to $232,124. The top 10 contributors were:

2008 Donors, Wyoming State Senate
Donor	Amount
Wyoming Realtors Association	$15,250
Campaign For A Great State	$14,200
Dockstader, Dan	$9,635
Wyoming Democratic Party	$8,600
Sherard, Robert & Phyllis	$7,000
Wyoming Education Association	$6,735
Findlater, Christopher (Chris)	$6,500
Walters, Tom	$5,000
Wyoming Contractors Association	$4,550
Questar	$4,350

List of candidates

District 2

August 19 Democratic primary:

• Jay Wright a

August 19 Republican primary:

• Jim Anderson a

November 4 General election candidates:

Jay Wright: 2,213

Jim Anderson: 6,395

District 4

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• Tony Ross a

November 4 General election candidates:

Tony Ross

District 6

August 19 Democratic primary:

• Phyllis Sherard a

August 19 Republican primary:

• Wayne Johnson a

November 4 General election candidates:

Phyllis Sherard: 3,078

Wayne Johnson: 6,400

District 8

August 19 Democratic primary:

• Floyd Esquibel a

August 19 Republican primary:

• No candidates filed.

November 4 General election candidates:

Floyd Esquibel

District 10

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• Phil Nicholas a

November 4 General election candidates:

Neil Harrison: 3,524

Phil Nicholas: 5,024

District 12

August 19 Democratic primary:

• Marty Martin a

August 19 Republican primary:

• No candidates filed.

November 4 General election candidates:

Marty Martin

District 14

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• Stan Cooper a

November 4 General election candidates:

Stan Cooper

District 16

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• Dan Dockstader a

November 4 General election candidates:

Dan Dockstader

District 18

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• Hank Coe a

November 4 General election candidates:

Hank Coe

District 20

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• Gerald Geis a

November 4 General election candidates:

Gerald Geis

District 22

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• John Schiffer: 2,967 a
• Al Snell: 559

November 4 General election candidates:

John Schiffer

District 24

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• Michael Von Flatern a

November 4 General election candidates:

Michael Von Flatern

District 26

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• Eli Bebout a

November 4 General election candidates:

Eli Bebout

District 27 (2 years)

August 19 Democratic primary:

• Bert Toews a

August 19 Republican primary:

• Bill Landen a

November 4 General election candidates:

Bert Toews: 3,523

Bill Landen: 5,563

District 28

August 19 Democratic primary:

• Erich Frankland a

August 19 Republican primary:

• Kit Jennings a

November 4 General election candidates:

Erich Frankland: 2,961

Kit Jennings: 4,219

District 30

August 19 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 19 Republican primary:

• Charles Scott: 1,253 a
• Tom Walters: 804

November 4 General election candidates:

Charles Scott

External links

• Wyoming Secretary of State, 2008 general election results
• Wyoming Secretary of State, 2008 primary election results

Footnotes

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Current members of the Wyoming State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Bo Biteman

Majority Leader:Tara Nethercott

Minority Leader:Mike Gierau

Senators

District 1

Ogden Driskill (R)

District 2

Brian Boner (R)

District 3

Cheri Steinmetz (R)

District 4

Tara Nethercott (R)

District 5

Lynn Hutchings (R)

District 6

Taft Love (R)

District 7

Stephan Pappas (R)

District 8

Jared Olsen (R)

District 9

Chris Rothfuss (D)

District 10

Gary Crum (R)

District 11

Larry Hicks (R)

District 12

John Kolb (R)

District 13

Stacy Jones (R)

District 14

Laura Taliaferro Pearson (R)

District 15

Wendy Davis Schuler (R)

District 16

Dan Dockstader (R)

District 17

Mike Gierau (D)

District 18

Tim French (R)

District 19

Dan Laursen (R)

District 20

Ed Cooper (R)

District 21

Bo Biteman (R)

District 22

Barry Crago (R)

District 23

Eric Barlow (R)

District 24

Troy McKeown (R)

District 25

Cale Case (R)

District 26

Tim Salazar (R)

District 27

Bill Landen (R)

District 28

James Anderson (R)

District 29

Robert Ide (R)

District 30

Charles Scott (R)

District 31

Evie Brennan (R)

Republican Party (29)

Democratic Party (2)

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