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John Holtz
John Holtz (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Wyoming. He lost in the Republican primary on August 20, 2024.
Elections
2020
See also: United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020
United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)
United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Wyoming
Cynthia Lummis defeated Merav Ben-David in the general election for U.S. Senate Wyoming on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Cynthia Lummis (R) | 72.8 | 198,100 |
![]() | Merav Ben-David (D) ![]() | 26.8 | 72,766 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,071 |
Total votes: 271,937 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Merav Ben-David ![]() | 40.3 | 9,584 |
Yana Ludwig ![]() | 20.7 | 4,931 | ||
![]() | Nathan Wendt ![]() | 17.7 | 4,212 | |
![]() | Ken Casner | 9.0 | 2,139 | |
![]() | Rex Wilde | 7.9 | 1,888 | |
![]() | James Kirk DeBrine ![]() | 3.6 | 865 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 173 |
Total votes: 23,792 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chuck Jagoda (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Cynthia Lummis | 59.7 | 63,511 |
Robert Short | 12.7 | 13,473 | ||
![]() | Bryan Miller | 10.3 | 10,946 | |
![]() | Donna Rice | 5.5 | 5,881 | |
![]() | R. Mark Armstrong ![]() | 3.7 | 3,904 | |
![]() | Joshua Wheeler | 3.5 | 3,763 | |
John Holtz ![]() | 1.7 | 1,820 | ||
![]() | Devon Cade | 1.0 | 1,027 | |
Michael Kemler | 0.9 | 985 | ||
Star Roselli | 0.6 | 627 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 501 |
Total votes: 106,438 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rolland Holthus (R)
- Patrick Dotson (R)
2018
See also: United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Wyoming
Incumbent John Barrasso defeated Gary Trauner and Joe Porambo in the general election for U.S. Senate Wyoming on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Barrasso (R) | 67.0 | 136,210 |
![]() | Gary Trauner (D) | 30.1 | 61,227 | |
![]() | Joe Porambo (L) | 2.8 | 5,658 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 325 |
Total votes: 203,420 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming
Gary Trauner advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Gary Trauner | 100.0 | 17,562 |
Total votes: 17,562 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Barrasso | 65.0 | 74,292 |
![]() | David Dodson | 28.6 | 32,647 | |
John Holtz | 2.6 | 2,981 | ||
![]() | Charlie Hardy | 1.9 | 2,184 | |
![]() | Roque De La Fuente | 1.1 | 1,280 | |
Anthony Van Risseghem | 0.7 | 844 |
Total votes: 114,228 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2020
John Holtz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Holtz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|My grandmother met my grandfather in Gillette in 1919 and her brothers had the livery stable. I was one of the youngest judges in Wyoming history and helped establish the Circuit Court system of today. I was president of my college fraternity and the president of the Alumni Association of the Delta Gamma chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at the University of Wyoming from 1988 to 1992. I was instrumental in placing the carrying of concealed weapon without a permit for Wyoming residents on the Wyoming Republican platform in 2010. I am a life member of the NRA. I still drive the car I had as a judge in 1992, it has over 600,000 miles on the original engine and transmission.
I was class president at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, where the Japanese first developed kamikaze tactics as a mass weapon of war. I was on the Bataan Death March 20th anniversary march with three of the original survivors.- Government is best that governs least. I will strengthen America's defense and reduce the deficit. I would make Social Security non-taxable once again.
- I will strengthen America's defense and reduce the deficit and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.
- More of the same will result in less and less.
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See also
2020 Elections
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