Wyoming school board elections, 2026

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No Wyoming school districts that overlap with the nation's 100 largest cities or that are among the nation's 200 largest school districts and for which Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage are holding school board elections in 2026.

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Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Wyoming are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in even-numbered years.

See law: Wyoming Statute Section 22-22-102

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

• Filing deadline date: August 25, 2026
• General election date: November 3, 2026

Election system

School board members in Wyoming are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

See law: Wyoming Statute Section 22-22-102

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Wyoming are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Wyoming Statute states that there must be a nonpartisan ballot containing school board elections as well as judge and magistrate retention elections, municipal office elections, community college trustee elections, special district director elections, county subdivision office elections, and ballot measures.

See law: Wyoming Statute Section 22-6-125

Winning an election

The school board candidates that receive the largest number of votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

See law: Wyoming Statute Title 22

Term length and staggering

School board members are elected to four-year terms at regular elections.

See law: Wyoming Statute Section 21-6-215

State law requires that not more than a simple majority (50% + 1) of board members can be elected at any regular election. Because school board members have four-year terms, and school board elections are held every two years in each district, this means that as close to half of school board members as possible are elected every two years.

See law: Wyoming Statute Section 22-22-102

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

All school board members are elected at large by voters from the entire district. The school board can pass a resolution to establish residence areas (sub-districts) for some school board seats. If the school board establishes sub-districts, two or more school board seats must remain elected at large without candidate residency requirements. Candidates for the other seats can be required to reside within one of the established sub-districts. School boards must pass resolutions abolishing all residence areas by January 1 of a general election year. School boards can only pass resolutions establishing residence areas for some school board seats as of January 1 of the first general election year following a decennial federal census.

See law: Wyoming Statute Section 21-3-109

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The deadline for school board candidates to file an application for election to be nominated is 70 days before the election. The filing window for school board candidates is 20 days long.

See law: Wyoming Statute Section 22-22-202

School board candidates can file an application for election to be nominated beginning when the filing window opens 90 days before the election.

See law: Wyoming Statute Section 22-22-202

Newly elected school board members must take the oath of office ten days after receiving notification of their election. They officially take office at noon on the first day of December following the election.

See law: Wyoming Statute Section 21-6-215

Recalls

See also: Recall campaigns in Wyoming and School board recalls

Wyoming does not allow for the recall of school board members. Click here for a list of states that do.

State profile

Demographic data for Wyoming
	Wyoming	U.S.
Total population:	586,555	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	97,093	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	91%	73.6%
Black/African American:	1.1%	12.6%
Asian:	0.9%	5.1%
Native American:	2.2%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.7%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	9.6%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	92.3%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	25.7%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$58,840	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	12.7%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Wyoming. **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.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Wyoming

Wyoming voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

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