2022 Wyoming Senate election

2022 Wyoming State Senate election

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16 of the 31 seats in the Wyoming Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Dan Dockstader
(stepped down)
Chris Rothfuss
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 16th district 9th district
Last election 28 seats, 86.86% 2 seats, 11.57%
Seats before 28 2
Seats won 29 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 67,440 15,477
Percentage 75.31% 17.28%
Swing Decrease 11.55% Increase 5.71%

Results:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

President of the Senate before election

Dan Dockstader
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Ogden Driskill
Republican

The 2022 Wyoming State Senate election was held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Wyoming voters elected state senators in 16 of the 31 state Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Wyoming State Senate.[1]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] Safe R May 19, 2022

Results summary[edit]

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Wyoming Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before Up Won After +/–
Republican 15 67,440 75.31% 28 13 13 29 Increase 1
Democratic 6 15,477 17.28% 2 2 2 2 Steady
Independent 1 1,369 1.53% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Libertarian 1 1,104 1.23% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Constitution 1 421 0.47% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Write-in 3,735 4.17% 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 89,546 100.00% 30 15 15 31 Steady
Source: Wyoming Elections Results
Popular vote
Republican
75.31%
Democratic
17.28%
Other
7.41%
Senate seats
Republican
93.55%
Democratic
6.45%

Summary of results by State Senate district[edit]

State Senate District[3] Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
1st Ogden Driskill Rep Ogden Driskill Rep
3rd Cheri Steinmetz Rep Cheri Steinmetz Rep
5th Lynn Hutchings Rep Lynn Hutchings Rep
7th Stephan Pappas Rep Stephan Pappas Rep
9th Chris Rothfuss Dem Chris Rothfuss Dem
11th Larry S. Hicks Rep Larry S. Hicks Rep
13th Tom James Rep Stacy Jones Rep
15th Wendy Davis Schuler Rep Wendy Davis Schuler Rep
17th Mike Gierau Dem Mike Gierau Dem
19th R. J. Kost Rep Dan Laursen Rep
21st Bo Biteman Rep Bo Biteman Rep
23rd Jeff Wasserburger Rep Eric Barlow Rep
25th Cale Case Rep Cale Case Rep
27th Bill Landen Rep Bill Landen Rep
29th Drew Perkins Rep Bob Ide Rep
31st New seat Evie Brennan Rep

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wyoming Secretary of State". sos.wyo.gov.
  2. ^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  3. ^ "Wyoming State Senate elections, 2022". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 26, 2020.

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