The Green Papers: Wyoming 2014 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 19 August 2014
✓ General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Friday 30 May 2014 - Filing Deadline - Primary.
Tuesday 19 August 2014 - Primary. Polling hours 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 7:00p MDT (0100 UTC).
Monday 25 August 2014 - Filing Deadline - Independent.
Tuesday 4 November 2014 - General Election. Polling hours 7:00a MST (1400 UTC) to 7:00p MST (0200 UTC).
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:568,300 (0.18% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
Capital:Cheyenne
 

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Wyoming State and Local Government

Wyoming 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


2014 election certified returns of 26 November 2014 from the Wyoming Secretary of State.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 113th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator John A. Barrasso
Appointed: 22 June 2007 by Governor Dave Freudenthal; first elected in a special election: 4 November 2008; re-elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list
  Candidate Republican     Senator John A. Barrasso
FEC S6WY00068; 30 Sep 14; Tot $767,589; Dsb $766,381

Class 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 19 August 2014 Primary
 Candidate list
  Elected Republican 121,554 71.02% Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi
FEC S6WY00126; 24 Nov 14; Tot $3,308,309; Dsb $2,645,150
  Candidate Democratic 29,377 17.16% Charles E. "Charlie" Hardy
FEC S4WY00097; 24 Nov 14; Tot $87,192; Dsb $75,918
  Candidate Independent 13,311 7.78% Curt Gottshall
FEC S4WY00105; 03 Dec 14; Tot $76,631; Dsb $76,431
  Candidate Libertarian 3,677 2.15% Joseph S. "Joe" Porambo
FEC S4WY00154
  Candidate Scattering 2,633 1.54% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 471 0.28% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 130 0.08% Over Votes
Total 171,153 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period. The Wyoming Supreme Court determined on 4 May 2004 that term limits require an amendment to the state constitution rather than, as they were, imposed by a 1992 ballot initiative. At the time, the ruling was not applied to statewide offices. Reference: CATHCART v. MEYER, 2004 WY 49, 88 P.3d 1050, Case Number: 04-32, 04-33, 04-34, Decided: 05/04/2004, All Governors

Chair up for regular election Republican Governor Matt Mead
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2010
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated - 19 August 2014 Primary
 Candidate list
  Elected Republican 99,700 58.25% Governor Matt Mead
  Candidate Democratic 45,752 26.73% Pete Gosar
  Candidate Independent 9,895 5.78% Don Wills
  Candidate Scattering 8,490 4.96% Write-Ins
  Candidate Libertarian 4,040 2.36% Dee Cozzens
  Candidate Scattering 3,214 1.88% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 62 0.04% Over Votes
Total 171,153 100.00%  

113th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2014, 2016. No Term Limit. 113th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 113th Congress
At-Large
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Cynthia Marie Lummis
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 19 August 2014 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress
  Elected Republican 113,038 66.05% Congressman Cynthia Marie Lummis
FEC H8WY00148; 24 Nov 14; Tot $432,666; Dsb $297,525
  Candidate Democratic 37,803 22.09% Richard Grayson
Lives in Apache Junction, Arizona

FEC H4WY00170
  Candidate Libertarian 7,112 4.16% Richard P. Brubaker
FEC H2WY00125
  Candidate Constitution 6,749 3.94% Daniel Clyde Cummings
FEC H2WY00133; 24 Nov 14; Tot $600; Dsb $194
  Candidate Scattering 5,683 3.32% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 398 0.23% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 370 0.22% Over Votes
Total 171,153 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Secretary of State Max Maxfield
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - 14 March 2014: Announced retirement.
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list
  Elected Republican 119,772 69.98% Ed Murray
  Candidate Constitution 18,918 11.05% Jennifer Young
  Candidate Libertarian 16,858 9.85% Howard "Kit" Carson
  Candidate Scattering 14,699 8.59% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 859 0.50% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 47 0.03% Over Votes
Total 171,153 100.00%  

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

Seat up for regular election Republican Treasurer Mark Gordon
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
Sworn 1 November 2012 after being appointed by Governor Matt Mead (re: passing of Treasurer Joseph B. "Joe" Meyer [Republican] on 6 October 2012)
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 19 August 2014 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list
  Elected Republican 138,831 81.12% Treasurer Mark Gordon
  Candidate Scattering 31,044 18.14% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 1,262 0.74% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 16 0.01% Over Votes
Total 171,153 100.00%  
  

Treasurer Joseph B. "Joe" Meyer (Republican) who was first elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2010 lost his battle to cancer on 6 March 2012 at the age of 71.

The Wyoming Republican Party Central Committee sent Governor Matt Mead (Republican) a list of 3 replacement candidates and the Governor chose Mark Gordon on 26 October 2012. Mr. Gordon was sworn in as the new state Treasurer on 1 November 2012.


Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

Seat up for regular election Republican Auditor Cynthia I. Cloud
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2014
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Renominated - 19 August 2014 Primary
 ** Uncontested Race **
 Candidate list
  Elected Republican 138,216 80.76% Auditor Cynthia I. Cloud
  Candidate Scattering 31,597 18.46% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 1,325 0.77% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 15 0.01% Over Votes
Total 171,153 100.00%  

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

Seat up for regular election
Open
Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Cynthia Jo "Cindy" Hill
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Open Seat - 24 March 2013: Running for Governor in 2014
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list
  Elected Republican 99,244 57.99% Jillian Balow
  Candidate Democratic 62,208 36.35% Mike Ceballos
  Candidate Scattering 8,758 5.12% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 894 0.52% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 49 0.03% Over Votes
Total 171,153 100.00%  
 

29 January 2013: Superintendent of Public Instruction Cynthia Jo "Cindy" Hill who was first elected in 2010, was relegated to a ceremonial position by legislation (SF0104) signed by Governor Matt Mead (Republican). The change was due to alleged mismanaged. The department will be run by an appointed state education director.

 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 4 candidates
  Republican: 8 incumbents, 8 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 21 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"Apparently not a candidate" indicates that someone we once listed as a candidate for an elective office will not, in fact, be running for that office (primarily because said candidate is not listed on an official ballot provided by a jurisdiction's election authorities, where that candidate has not previously withdrawn his/her candidacy or otherwise indicated no longer [or even ever] being a candidate for that office).

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


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