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2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming

The 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Cynthia Lummis defeated Democrat Merav Ben-David by more than 46 percentage points, becoming the first female U.S. Senator from Wyoming and succeeding fellow Republican Mike Enzi, who did not run for reelection. This was the first open Senate seat since 1996, when Enzi was first elected. The Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on August 18, 2020. This was the first time since 1996 that Democrats won any county for this seat.

Cynthia Lummis won the election with 72.85% of the popular vote, winning 2.91% more than President Donald Trump had won in the concurrent presidential election in the state.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • R. Mark Armstrong, geologist
  • Devon Cade, businessman
  • John Holtz, attorney and U.S. Air Force veteran
  • Michael Kemler
  • Bryan Miller, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2014
  • Donna Rice, estate lawyer
  • Star Roselli, conspiracy theorist
  • Robert Short, Converse County commissioner and businessman
  • Joshua Wheeler, Wyoming Army National Guard veteran

Withdrawn

  • Patrick Dotson, retiree
  • Rolland Holthus

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Chuck Jagoda, teacher

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Post-primary endorsements

Polling

Results

Lummis outperformed fellow Republican Donald Trump in the concurrent presidential election by 2.9%, or 4,541 votes. She also won Albany County by 1%, or 182 raw votes, while Trump lost it by 2.7%, or 513 votes. She performed significantly better in the Democratic stronghold of Teton County, receiving 37.3% of the total vote, compared to Trump's 29.6%.

By county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

Partisan clients<br />

Voter samples and additional candidates<br />

References

External links

Official campaign websites