2012 Wyoming Senate election explained

Election Name:2012 Wyoming Senate election
Country:Wyoming
Type:legislative
Previous Election:2010 Wyoming Senate election
Previous Year:2010
Next Election:2014 Wyoming Senate election
Next Year:2014
Seats For Election:15 of 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate
(even-numbered seats up)
Leader1:Jim Anderson
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Leaders Seat1:2nd district
Seats Before1:26
Seats After1:26
Popular Vote1:89,939
Percentage1:82.12%
Leader2:John Hastert
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Leaders Seat2:13th district
Seats Before2:4
Seats After2:4
Popular Vote2:10,686
Percentage2:9.76%
Map Size:400px
Senate President
Before Election:Jim Anderson
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Tony Ross
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 2012 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect members to the Wyoming Senate for its 62nd session as part of the 2012 United States elections. Partisan primaries were held on August 21. Neither Republicans nor Democrats made any gains in the state senate. Of the fifteen seats up for election, only two saw competition between Republicans and Democrats, with each party winning one.

This election saw the newly-formed Country Party stand a handful of candidates against incumbent Republicans, who they saw as "essentially progressive big-government liberals."[1] No Country candidate won a seat.

Summary

General election summary[2]
PartyCandidatesVotes%Seats
Before
UpWonAfter
+/–
Republican1489,93982.1226131326
Democratic310,6869.764224
Country33,7533.430000
Write-in5,1504.70
Valid ballots109,52887.12
Blank or invalid ballots16,19812.88
Total125,726100%301530

Notes and References

  1. News: Payne . Nathan . New party puts up candidate . 9 November 2024 . Gilette News Record . 27 August 2012.
  2. Web site: Statewide Senate Candidates Official Summary . WY SOS . 9 November 2024.