2020 Wyoming House of Representatives election
2020 Wyoming House of Representatives election
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Steve Harshman
Cathy Connolly
Party
Republican
Democratic
Leader since
January 10, 2017
January 10, 2017
Leader's seat
37th
13th
Last election
50 seats, 75.2%
9 seats, 19.4%
Seats before
50
9
Seats won
51
7
Seat change
1
2
Popular vote
191,197
39,962
Percentage
76.9%
16.1%
Swing
1.7%
3.3%
Third party
Fourth party
Party
Libertarian
Independent
Last election
0 seats, 0.9%
1 seat, 3.3%
Seats before
0
1
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
1
Popular vote
6,322
4,807
Percentage
2.5%
1.9%
Swing
1.6%
1.4%
Results of the election:
Republican gain Republican hold Democratic gain Democratic hold Libertarian gain Independent hold
Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives were elected on November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 Wyoming elections .[ 1]
Primary elections were held on August 18, 2020. This election featured the first Libertarian state legislator elected anywhere in the United States since 2000, District 39 Representative Marshall Burt .[ 2]
Retirements
Eleven incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:
Republicans
District 14: Dan Furphy : Retiring
District 31: Scott Clem : Retiring
District 34: Tim Salazar : Retiring
District 46: Bill Haley : Retiring
District 49: Garry Piiparinen : Retiring
District 50: David Northrup : Retiring
District 55: David Miller : Retiring
District 59: Bunky Loucks : Retiring
Democrats
District 17: JoAnn Dayton-Selman : Retiring
District 45: Charles Pelkey : Retiring
District 60: John Freeman : Retiring
Incumbents defeated
In primary elections
Republicans
Five Republicans lost renomination.
District 1: Tyler Lindholm lost renomination to Chip Neiman.
District 4: Dan Kirkbride lost renomination to Jeremy Haroldson .
District 18: Thomas Crank lost renomination to Scott Heiner.
District 40: Richard Tass lost renomination to Barry Crago .
District 52: William Pownall lost renomination to Bill Fortner.
In the general election
Democrats
District 39: Stan Blake lost to Marshall Burt .
District 44: Sara Burlingame lost to John Romero-Martinez.
Predictions
Results summary
Popular vote
Republican
76.85%
Democratic
16.06%
Libertarian
2.54%
Independent
1.93%
Write-in
2.62%
House seats
Republican
85.00%
Democratic
11.67%
Libertarian
1.67%
Independent
1.67%
Close races
District
Winner
Margin
District 55
Republican
0.8%
District 44
Republican (flip)
1.5%
District 14
Democratic (flip)
2.0%
District 33
Democratic
3.0%
District 45
Democratic
4.1%
District 8
Republican
6.0%
District 22
Independent
7.01%
District 39
Libertarian (flip)
8.7%
District 11
Republican
10.3%
District 54
Republican
16.8%
District 60
Republican (flip)
37.8%
Summary of results by State House District
Detailed results by State House District
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
Speaker of House Steve Harshman won the Republican primary.[ 8] He ran unopposed.
District 38
District 39
District 40
District 41
District 42
District 43
District 44
District 45
District 46
District 47
District 48
District 49
District 50
District 51
District 52
District 53
District 54
District 55
District 56
District 57
District 58
District 59
District 60
References
^ "Wyoming Secretary of State" . sos.wyo.gov . Retrieved September 3, 2020 .
^ Aspegren, Elinor. "Not a Republican, not a Democrat: Wyoming's Marshall Burt wins Libertarian Party's first statehouse seat since 2002" . USA Today . Retrieved November 12, 2022 .
^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races" . The Cook Political Report . Retrieved November 1, 2020 .
^ "Wyoming Secretary of State" . sos.wyo.gov . Retrieved November 18, 2020 . .
^ "Total Ballots Cast Summary" (PDF) . sos.wyo.gov . Retrieved November 18, 2020 . .
^ "Wyoming Lawmaker Appointed to Fill Vacant House Seat" . November 25, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Statewide House Candidates Official Summary Wyoming General Election - November 3, 2020" (PDF) . Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved September 19, 2022 .
^ "Harshman wins Rep. primary for House District 37" . Oil City News . Casper, Wyoming. August 19, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020 .
Notes
^ Edwards died on November 2, 2020, a day before the general election. Chris Knapp was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Edwards' death.[ 6]
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