2020 Wyoming Senate election

See also: 2020 Wyoming elections
2020 Wyoming State Senate election
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15 of the 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Drew Perkins Chris Rothfuss
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since January 8, 2019 January 7, 2013
Leader's seat 29th district 9th district
Last election 27 seats, 63.37% 3 seats, 22.29%
Seats before 27 3
Seats won 28 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 109,312 14,559
Percentage 86.86% 11.57%
Swing Increase 23.19% Decrease 10.72%
Results:
     Republican hold      Republican gain
     No election
President of the Senate before election

Drew Perkins
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Dan Dockstader[1]
Republican

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The 2020 Wyoming State Senate elections was held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Wyoming voters elected state senators in 15 of the 30 state Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Wyoming State Senate.

Elections for the office of Wyoming State Senate took place in 2020. The general election was held on November 3, 2020. A primary was scheduled for August 18, 2020. The filing deadline was May 29, 2020.[2]

Retirements

Four incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:

Republicans

  1. District 10: Glenn Moniz: Retiring
  2. District 18: Hank Coe: Retiring
  3. District 20: Wyatt Agar: Retiring
  4. District 26: Eli Bebout: Retiring

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Republicans

One Republicans lost renomination.

  1. District 24: Michael Von Flatern lost renomination to Troy McKeown.

In the general election

Democrats

  1. District 12: Liisa Anselmi-Dalton lost to John Kolb.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Safe R October 21, 2020

Results summary

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Wyoming Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 15 109,312 86.86% 27 14 15 28 Increase 1
Democratic 5 14,559 11.57% 3 1 0 2 Decrease 1
Libertarian 1 1,762 1.40% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Write-in 221 0.17% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 125,854 100.00% 30 15 15 30 Steady
Source: Wyoming Elections Results
Popular vote
Republican
 
 86.86%
Democratic
 
 11.57%
Other
 
 1.57%
Senate seats
Republican
 
 100.0%

Close races

District Winner Margin
District 12 Republican (flip) 12.0%
District 10 Republican 12.5%

Summary of results by State Senate district

State Senate district[4] Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
2nd Brian Boner Rep Brian Boner Rep
4th Tara Nethercott Rep Tara Nethercott Rep
6th Anthony Bouchard Rep Anthony Bouchard Rep
8th Affie Ellis Rep Affie Ellis Rep
10th Glenn Moniz Rep Dan Furphy Rep
12th Liisa Anselmi-Dalton Dem John Kolb Rep
14th Fred Baldwin Rep Fred Baldwin Rep
16th Dan Dockstader Rep Dan Dockstader Rep
18th Hank Coe Rep Tim French Rep
20th Wyatt Agar Rep Edward Cooper Rep
22nd Dave Kinskey Rep Dave Kinskey Rep
24th Michael Von Flatern* Rep Troy McKeown Rep
26th Eli Bebout Rep Tim Salazar Rep
28th James Lee Anderson Rep James Lee Anderson Rep
30th Charles Scott Rep Charles Scott Rep

District 2

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Boner (incumbent) 4,940 99.1%
Write-in 46 0.9%
Total votes 4,986 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 2nd State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Boner (incumbent) 9,372 100.0%
Total votes 9,372 100.0%
Republican hold

District 4

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tara Nethercott (incumbent) 3,787 97.2%
Write-in 110 2.8%
Total votes 3,897 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 4th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tara Nethercott (incumbent) 9,299 100.0%
Total votes 9,299 100.0%
Republican hold

District 6

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anthony Bouchard (incumbent) 2,069 51.8%
Republican Erin Johnson 1,906 47.7%
Write-in 20 0.5%
Total votes 3,995 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Britney Wallesch 858 99.3%
Write-in 6 0.7%
Total votes 864 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 6th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Anthony Bouchard (incumbent) 6,879 64.7%
Democratic Britney Wallesch 3,724 35.0%
Write-in 32 0.3%
Total votes 10,635 100.0%
Republican hold

District 8

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Affie Ellis (incumbent) 1,120 64.1%
Republican Dan Young 623 35.7%
Write-in 4 0.2%
Total votes 1,747 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Byrd 912 99.3%
Write-in 6 0.7%
Total votes 918 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 8th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Affie Ellis (incumbent) 4,231 61.3%
Democratic James Byrd 2,623 38.0%
Write-in 47 0.7%
Total votes 6,901 100.0%
Republican hold

District 10

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Furphy 1,577 62.5%
Republican Craig Malmstrom 934 37.0%
Write-in 11 0.4%
Total votes 2,522 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jackie Grimes 1,554 99.4%
Write-in 9 0.6%
Total votes 1,563 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 10th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Furphy 5,593 56.0%
Democratic Jackie Grimes 4,343 43.5%
Write-in 45 0.5%
Total votes 9,981 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Liisa Anselmi-Dalton (incumbent) 907 99.1%
Write-in 8 0.9%
Total votes 915 100.0%

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Kolb 1,254 92.2%
Write-in 106 7.8%
Total votes 1,360 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 12th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Kolb 3,278 55.8%
Democratic Liisa Anselmi-Dalton (incumbent) 2,576 43.8%
Write-in 24 0.4%
Total votes 5,878 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Fred Baldwin (incumbent) 1,866 46.1%
Republican Lyle Williams 1,305 32.2%
Republican Rex Rammell 866 21.4%
Write-in 15 0.4%
Total votes 4,052 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 14th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Fred Baldwin (incumbent) 7,779 100.0%
Total votes 7,779 100.0%
Republican hold

District 16

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Dockstader (incumbent) 3,405 98.5%
Write-in 51 1.5%
Total votes 3,456 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 16th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Dockstader (incumbent) 9,231 100.0%
Total votes 9,231 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim French 2,177 41.7%
Republican David Northrup 1,444 27.6%
Republican Stefanie Bell 1,269 24.3%
Republican Richard Jones 322 6.2%
Write-in 12 0.2%
Total votes 5,224 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 18th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim French 9,153 100.0%
Total votes 9,153 100.0%
Republican hold

District 20

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edward Cooper 2,300 47.6%
Republican Linda Weeks 2,084 43.1%
Republican Roland Luehne 440 9.1%
Write-in 7 0.1%
Total votes 4,831 100.0%

Democratic primary

Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Theresa Livingston 418 99.3%
Write-in 3 0.7%
Total votes 421 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 20th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Edward Cooper 7,497 85.0%
Democratic Theresa Livingston 1,293 14.7%
Write-in 26 0.3%
Total votes 8,816 100.0%
Republican hold

District 22

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Kinskey (incumbent) 4,201 97.0%
Write-in 132 3.0%
Total votes 4,333 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 22nd State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Kinskey (incumbent) 8,516 100.0%
Total votes 8,516 100.0%
Republican hold

District 24

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Troy McKeown 2,374 63.4%
Republican Michael Von Flatern (incumbent) 1,360 36.3%
Write-in 11 0.3%
Total votes 3,745 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 24th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Troy McKeown 8,516 100.0%
Total votes 8,516 100.0%
Republican hold

District 26

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Salazar 2,883 62.3%
Republican Michael Bailey 1,738 37.6%
Write-in 3 0.1%
Total votes 4,624 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 26th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Salazar 7,790 100.0%
Total votes 7,790 100.0%
Republican hold

District 28

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Lee Anderson (incumbent) 1,623 67.0%
Republican Ryan Jackson 787 32.5%
Write-in 14 0.6%
Total votes 2,424 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 28th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Lee Anderson (incumbent) 6,132 100.0%
Total votes 6,132 100.0%
Republican hold

District 30

Republican primary

Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Scott (incumbent) 1,740 57.7%
Republican Charles Schoenwolf 1,269 42.0%
Write-in 9 0.3%
Total votes 3,018 100.0%

General election

Wyoming's 30th State Senate District general election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Scott (incumbent) 6,046 77.0%
Libertarian Wendy Degroot 1,762 22.4%
Write-in 47 0.6%
Total votes 7,855 100.0%
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dan Dockstader President of the Senate". Wyoming Legislature.
  2. ^ "Wyoming 2020 Election Calendar". Wyoming Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 6, 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "Wyoming State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.