United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2018

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Nominee John Barrasso Gary Trauner Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 136,210 61,227 Percentage 67.0% 30.1%

County results Barrasso:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Trauner:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Senator before election John Barrasso Republican Elected U.S. Senator John Barrasso Republican

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The 2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 2018 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming. The primary election took place August 21, 2018.^[1] Although Republican John Barrasso won reelection with a super-majority of 67% percent, this was still the smallest voting margin of his U.S. Senate career and the closest a Democrat got to winning a seat since the 1996 election.

Background

In 2012, incumbent John Barrasso (R) was re-elected with 76% of the vote. Due in large part to Wyoming’s low population and rural setting, it is considered the most Republican state in the nation. It has not voted for a Democratic senate candidate since 1970. In 2008, John McCain won the state with 64%. Mitt Romney won it in 2012 with 68% of the vote, and Donald Trump won it in 2016 with 67% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominated[edit]

• John Barrasso, incumbent U.S. Senator^[2]

Declared[edit]

• Dave Dodson, businessman^[3]
• Rocky De La Fuente, candidate for President of the United States in 2016^[4]
• John Holtz, attorney^[3]
• Anthony Van Risseghem^[3]

Declined[edit]

• Foster Friess, businessman (running for Governor of Wyoming)^[5][6]
• Erik Prince, founder of Academi^[7]

Withdrawn[edit]

• Charlie Hardy, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014 and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in 2016^[3] (endorsed Dave Dodson)

Results

Results by county:

  Barrasso—70–80%

  Barrasso—60–70%

  Barrasso—50–60%

  Dodson—40–50%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominated[edit]

• Gary Trauner, businessman and nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 and 2008^[9]

Declined[edit]

• Mary Throne, former Minority Leader of the Wyoming House of Representatives (running for Governor)^[10][11]

Results

Results by county:

  Trauner—100%

  Trauner—>90%

Independents

Candidates

Withdrew[edit]

• Dave Dodson, businessman^[12] (running as a Republican)^[3]

General election

Predictions

^Highest rating given

Polling

Endorsements

Results

References

External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at FEC
• Campaign finance at Center for Responsive Politics

Official campaign websites

• John Barrasso (R) for Senate
• Gary Trauner (D) for Senate