2010_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Wyoming Knowpia

2010 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming's at-large district
	County results; Lummis: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Wendt: 40–50%
U.S. Representative before election; Cynthia Lummis; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Cynthia Lummis; Republican

The 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 2, 2010, and determined who would represent the state of Wyoming in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; the elected served in the 112th Congress from January 4, 2011, until January 3, 2013. The election coincided with the 2010 midterm elections.

Wyoming has one seat in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Its 2008-2010 congressional House delegation consisted of one Republican.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

David Wendt, Director of the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs

Results edit

Democratic Party primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Wendt	20,410	99.04
	Democratic	Write-ins	198	0.96
Total votes			20,608	100.00

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Cynthia Lummis, incumbent Congresswoman
Evan Liam Slafter

Results edit

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cynthia Lummis (incumbent)	84,063	82.82
	Republican	Evan Liam Slafter	17,148	16.89
	Republican	Write-ins	289	0.28
Total votes			101,500	100.00

General election edit

Candidates edit

Cynthia Lummis, incumbent Congresswoman (R)
David Wendt, Director of the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs (D)
John V. Love (L)

Polling edit

Poll Source	Dates Administered	Cynthia Lummis (R)	David Wendt (D)
Rasmussen Reports	September 30, 2010	61%	29%
Mason-Dixon	July 26–28, 2010	59%	29%

Results edit

Wyoming's At-large congressional district election, 2010^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cynthia Lummis (incumbent)	131,661	70.42
	Democratic	David Wendt	45,768	24.48
	Libertarian	John V. Love	9,253	4.95
	Write-ins		287	0.15
Total votes			186,969	100.00
	Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

Albany (Largest city: Laramie)
Sweetwater (Largest city: Rock Springs)
Laramie (Largest city: Cheyenne)

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Statewide Candidates Official Summary Wyoming Primary Election - August 17, 2010" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State.
^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" (PDF). p. 56.

Preceded by 2008 elections	United States House elections in Wyoming 2010	Succeeded by 2012 elections

External links edit

Elections at Wyoming Secretary of State
U.S. Congress Candidates for Wyoming at Project Vote Smart
Wyoming U.S. House - At-Large from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Wyoming from OpenSecrets
2010 Wyoming General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
House - Wyoming from the Cook Political Report
Race ranking and details^{[permanent dead link]} from CQ Politics
Race profile^{[permanent dead link]} at The New York Times
Candidates: United States House of Representatives at Decision 2010 at Wyoming PBS