2018 Wyoming elections


A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on November 6, 2018. All of Wyoming's executive offices were up for election, as well as a United States Senate seat and Wyoming's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 21, 2018.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Mead was term-limited and could not run for a third term. Republican State Treasurer Mark Gordon defeated attorney Harriet Hageman, businessmen Bill Dahlin, Foster Friess, Sam Galeotos, and physician Taylor Haynes.
Former Democratic Minority Leader of the Wyoming House of Representatives Mary Throne ran for the Democratic nomination with minimal opposition.

Results

Secretary of State

, who had first been elected in 2014, intended to run for governor, but resigned February 9, 2018 following claims of sexual assault. Governor Matt Mead appointed former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives Edward Buchanan to fill the remainder of Murray's term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Candidates

projected the race as "safe Republican".

State Treasurer

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Mark Gordon declined to run for a third full term and is instead running for Governor of Wyoming.

Republican primary

Candidates

Candidates

No candidate filed to run; however, Chris Lowry qualified for the general election by receiving enough sufficient write-in votes.

Results

State Auditor

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Cynthia Cloud declined to run for a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Candidates

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent Republican Superintendent Jillian Balow is running for a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Incumbent Republican Senator John Barrasso is running for a third term.
Businessman and nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 and 2008 Gary Trauner is running for the Democratic nomination.
Businessman Dave Dodson initially ran as an independent, but later ran in the Republican primary and was defeated.

United States House of Representatives

Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, who has represented the state in Congress since 2017, is running for reelection. She defeated Rod Miller, a former federal land planning coordinator, and Blake Stanley for the Republican nomination.
Oil geologist Greg Hunter defeated attorney Travis Helm for the Democratic nomination.

State Legislature

Wyoming Senate

Of the 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate, 15 were up for election in 2018.
DistrictRepresentativePartyResultsCandidates
1Ogden DriskillRepublicanIncumbent re-electedOgden Driskill
3Curt MeierRepublicanIncumbent retired to run for State Treasurer
New member elected
Republican hold		Marci Shaver
Cheri Steinmetz
5Fred EmerichRepublicanIncumbent lost renomination
New member elected
Republican hold		Lynn Hutchings
7Stephan PappasRepublicanIncumbent re-electedStephan Pappas
9Chris RothfussDemocraticIncumbent re-electedChris Rothfuss
11Larry S. HicksRepublicanIncumbent re-electedLarry S. Hicks
Lee Ann Stephenson
13John HastertDemocraticIncumbent lost re-election
New member elected
Republican gain		John Hastert
Tom James
Ted Barney
15Paul BarnardRepublicanIncumbent lost renomination
New member elected
Republican hold		Wendy Davis Schuler
17Leland ChristensenRepublicanIncumbent retired to run for State Treasurer
New member elected
Democratic gain		Mike Gierau
Kate Mead
19R. Ray PetersonRepublicanIncumbent lost renomination
New member elected
Republican hold		R.J. Kost
21Bruce BurnsRepublicanIncumbent retired
New member elected
Republican hold		Bo Biteman
Hollis Hackman
23Jeff WasserburgerRepublicanIncumbent re-electedJeff Wasserburger
25Cale CaseRepublicanIncumbent re-electedCale Case
Sergio Maldonado
27Bill LandenRepublicanIncumbent re-electedBill Landen
29Drew PerkinsRepublicanIncumbent re-electedDrew Perkins

Wyoming House of Representatives

All 60 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.
DistrictRepresentativePartyResultsCandidates
1Tyler LindholmRepIncumbent re-electedTyler Lindholm
2Hans HuntRepIncumbent re-electedHans Hunt
3Eric BarlowRepIncumbent re-electedEric Barlow
4Dan KirkbrideRepIncumbent re-electedDan Kirkbride
5Cheri SteinmetzRepIncumbent retired to run for State Senate
New member elected
Republican hold		Joan Brinkley
Shelly Duncan
6Aaron ClausenRepIncumbent re-electedAaron Clausen
7Sue WilsonRepIncumbent re-electedSue Wilson
8Bob NicholasRepIncumbent re-electedMitch Guthrie
Bob Nicholas
9Landon BrownRepIncumbent re-electedLandon Brown
10John Eklund, Jr.RepIncumbent re-electedJohn Eklund, Jr.
Jenefer Pasqua
11Jared OlsenRepIncumbent re-electedJared Olsen
Calob Taylor
12Clarence StyvarRepIncumbent re-electedRyan Lindsey
Clarence Styvar
13Cathy ConnollyDemIncumbent re-electedCathy Connolly
14Dan FurphyRepIncumbent re-electedDan Furphy
Lorraine Saulino-Klein
15Donald BurkhartRepIncumbent re-electedDonald Burkhart
16Mike GierauDemIncumbent retired to run for State Senate
New member elected
Democratic hold		Barbara Allen
Mike Yin
17JoAnn Dayton-SelmanDemIncumbent re-electedTraci Ciepiela
JoAnn Dayton-Selman
18Thomas CrankRepIncumbent re-electedThomas Crank
19Danny EyreRepIncumbent re-electedDanny Eyre
20Albert SommersRepIncumbent re-electedAlbert Sommers
21Evan SimpsonRepIncumbent re-electedEvan Simpson
22Marti HalversonRepIncumbent lost re-election
New member elected
Independent gain		Marti Halverson
Jim Roscoe
23Andy SchwartzDemIncumbent re-electedAlex Muromcew
Andy Schwartz
24Scott CourtRepIncumbent retired
New member elected
Republican hold		Paul Fees
Sandy Newsome
25Dan LaursenRepIncumbent re-electedDan Laursen
26Jamie FlitnerRepIncumbent re-electedJamie Flitner
27Mike GreearRepIncumbent re=electedMike Greear
28Nathan WintersRepIncumbent retired to run for State Auditor
New member elected
Republican hold		Howie Samelson
John Winter
29Mark KinnerRepIncumbent re-electedMark Kinner
30Mark JenningsRepIncumbent re-electedMark Jennings
31Scott ClemRepIncumbent re-electedScott Clem
Dave Hardesty
32Timothy HallinanRepIncumbent re-electedTimothy Hallinan
Chad Trebby
33Jim AllenRepIncumbent lost re-election
New member elected
Democratic gain		Jim Allen
Andi Clifford
34Tim SalazarRepIncumbent re-electedTim Salazar
35Joe MacGuireRepIncumbent re-electedJoe MacGuire
36Debbie BoveeDemIncumbent lost re-election
New member elected
Republican gain		Debbie Bovee
Art Washut
37Steve HarshmanRepIncumbent re-electedSteve Harshman
38Tom WaltersRepIncumbent re-electedTom Walters
39Stan BlakeDemIncumbent re-electedStan Blake
40Mike MaddenRepIncumbent retired
New member elected
Republican hold		Chris Schock
Richard Tass
41Bill HendersonRepIncumbent re-electedSean Castaneda
Bill Henderson
42Jim BlackburnRepIncumbent re-electedJim Blackburn
Juliet Daniels
43Dan ZwonitzerRepIncumbent re-electedDan Zwonitzer
44James W. ByrdDemIncumbent retired to run for Secretary of State
New member elected
Democratic hold		Sara Burlingame
John Romero-Martinez
45Charles PelkeyDemIncumbent re-electedRoxie Jackson Hensley
Charles Pelkey
46Bill HaleyRepIncumbent re-electedJackie Grimes
Bill Haley
47Jerry PaxtonRepIncumbent re-electedJerry Paxton
48Clark StithRepIncumbent re-electedClark Stith
49Garry PiiparinenRepIncumbent re-electedGarry Piiparinen
50David NorthrupRepIncumbent re-electedDavid Northrup
Mike Specht
51Bo BitemanRepIncumbent retired to run for State Senate
New member elected
Republican hold		Cyrus Western
52William PownallRepIncumbent re-electedWilliam Pownall
53Roy EdwardsRepIncumbent re-electedRoy Edwards
54Lloyd LarsenRepIncumbent re-electedMark Calhoun
Lloyd Larsen
55David MillerRepIncumbent re-electedBethany Baldes
David Miller
56Jerry ObermuellerRepIncumbent re-electedJerry Obermueller
57Chuck GrayRepIncumbent re-electedChuck Gray
Jane Ifland
58Pat SweeneyRepIncumbent re-electedPat Sweeney
59Bunky LoucksRepIncumbent re-electedLaurie Longtine
Bunky Loucks
60John FreemanDemIncumbent re-electedJohn Freeman