2020 Wyoming Senate election

See also: 2020 Wyoming elections

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.

2020 Wyoming State Senate election

November 3, 2020
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 1 1 Popular vote 109,312 14,559 Percentage 86.86% 11.57% Swing 23.19% 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 Republican

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.

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	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	1
	Democratic	5	14,559	11.57%	3	1	0	2	1
	Libertarian	1	1,762	1.40%	0	0	0	0
	Write-in		221	0.17%	0	0	0	0
Total			125,854	100.00%	30	15	15	30
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	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

• 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming
• 2020 United States presidential election in Wyoming
• 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

External links

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Wyoming", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Wyoming: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Wyoming". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Wyoming at Ballotpedia