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2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election

The 2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican governor Mark Gordon won a second term against Democratic Wyoming State Facilities Commission member Theresa Livingston.

Livingston's vote percentage was the lowest for a Democratic candidate running for governor in Wyoming since it was admitted to the union in 1890, falling short of Leslie Petersen's 22.90% performance in 2010. Gordon won by the widest margin in the state's history, winning by 58 points and becoming the first Republican to win every county since 2010.

Livingston's 15.8% of the vote was the weakest performance by a major party nominee in any state since that of Republican Dan Maes in Colorado in 2010; however, that election featured a candidate from the Constitution Party taking 36.38% of the vote. Livingston's performance was also the worst in a contested race between only the two major parties since Republican Elvin McCary's 14.8% in Alabama in 1974.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Theresa Livingston, member of the Wyoming State School Facilities Commission

Eliminated in primary

  • Rex Wilde, cabinet maker and perennial candidate

Results

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

  • Jared Baldes

General election

Though Brent Bien had lost in the Republican primary to Mark Gordon, Bien's supporters ran a write-in campaign for him in the general election.

Candidates

  • Mark Gordon (Republican), incumbent governor
  • Theresa Livingston (Democratic), member of the Wyoming State School Facilities Commission
  • Brent Brien (Republican, write-in), civil engineer, retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, and candidate in the Republican primary
  • Jared Baldes (Libertarian)

Predictions

Results

By county

Source

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

References

External links

Official campaign websites