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Wyoming state legislative election results, 2024

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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for Wyoming in 2024.

General election results

Senate

See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2024

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House

See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2024
Candidate list
officecandidatepartystatus
Chip Neiman
Chip Neiman Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Abby Angelos
Abby Angelos Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Scott Smith
Scott Smith Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Tomi Strock
Tomi Strock Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Bob Nicholas
Bob Nicholas Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Republican
Won General
Landon Brown
Landon Brown Incumbent
Republican
Won General
John Eklund Jr.
John Eklund Jr. Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Independent
Lost General
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Clarence Styvar Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Ken Chestek
Ken Chestek Incumbent
Democratic
Won General
Republican
Lost General
Trey Sherwood
Trey Sherwood Incumbent
Democratic
Won General
Republican
Lost General
Republican
Won General
Mike Yin
Mike Yin Incumbent
Democratic
Won General
J.T. Larson
J.T. Larson Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Scott Heiner
Scott Heiner Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Andrew Byron
Andrew Byron Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Liz Storer
Liz Storer Incumbent
Democratic
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Dalton Banks
Dalton Banks Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Martha Lawley
Martha Lawley Incumbent
Republican
Won General
John Winter Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Ken Pendergraft
Ken Pendergraft Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Republican
Won General
John Bear
John Bear Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Ken Clouston
Ken Clouston Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Won General
Sarah Penn
Sarah Penn Incumbent
Republican
Lost General
Pepper Ottman
Pepper Ottman Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Tony Locke
Tony Locke Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Art Washut
Art Washut Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Steve Harshman
Steve Harshman Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Cody Wylie
Cody Wylie Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Karlee Provenza
Karlee Provenza Incumbent
Democratic
Won General
Republican
Lost General
Ocean Andrew
Ocean Andrew Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Robert Davis
Robert Davis Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Reuben Tarver
Reuben Tarver Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Bill Allemand
Bill Allemand Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General
Democratic
Lost General
Daniel Singh
Daniel Singh Incumbent
Republican
Won General
Republican
Won General

Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Retiring incumbents

See also: Impact of term limits on state legislative elections in 2024

Senate

Five incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] Between 2010 and 2022, the average number of retirements was 3. Those incumbents were:

Name Party Office
Anthony Bouchard Ends.png Republican District 6
Affie Ellis Ends.png Republican District 8
Dan Furphy Ends.png Republican District 10
Fred Baldwin Ends.png Republican District 14
Dave Kinskey Ends.png Republican District 22

House

Eleven incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] Between 2010 and 2022, the average number of retirements was 11.7. Those incumbents were:

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


Senate

The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Wyoming State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[3]

Open Seats in Wyoming State Senate elections: 2010 - 2024
Year Total seats Open seats Seats with incumbents running for re-election
2024 15 5 (33 percent) 10 (67 percent)
2022 16 2 (13 percent) 14 (87 percent)
2020 15 4 (27 percent) 11 (73 percent)
2018 15 2 (13 percent) 13 (87 percent)
2016 15 6 (40 percent) 9 (60 percent)
2014 15 2 (13 percent) 13 (87 percent)
2012 15 1 (7 percent) 14 (93 percent)
2010 15 4 (27 percent) 11 (73 percent)

House

The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[4]

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)

See also

Footnotes

  1. Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
  2. Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
  3. Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
  4. Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.