Wyoming 2004 General Election

The Green Papers: Wyoming 2004 General Election

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Wyoming
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 17 August 2004
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:	495,304	(0.18% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	358,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	220,012
Capital:	Cheyenne
Tuesday 17 August 2004 polls close 7:00p MDT (0100 UTC)
Tuesday 2 November 2004 polls close 7:00p MST (0200 UTC)

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Wyoming State and Local Government

Wyoming 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats Republicans Third Parties



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details.

	Republican	167,629	68.86%	President George W. Bush (3 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004
	Democrat	70,776	29.07%	Senator John Kerry • Vice President: Senator John Edwards
	Independent	2,741	1.13%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Peter Camejo
	Libertarian	1,171	0.48%	Michael Badnarik • Vice President: Richard Campagna
	Independent	631	0.26%	Michael Anthony Peroutka • Vice President: Chuck Baldwin Constitution Party
	--scatter--	480	0.20%	Presidential Write-Ins • In addition, the Wyoming Secretary of State reports 433 Presidential Over Votes.
Total		243,428	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 108^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Republican			Senator Craig Thomas • First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Class 2	Republican			Senator Michael B. Enzi • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. 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

	Democrat			Governor Dave Freudenthal • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

108^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Renominated)

At-Large	Republican			Congressman Barbara Cubin • Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 • Renominated - 17 August 2004 Primary
	Republican	132,107	55.27%	Congressman Barbara Cubin
	Democrat	99,989	41.83%	Ted Ladd
	Libertarian	6,581	2.75%	Lewis Stock
	--scatter--	357	0.15%	Write-in
Total		239,034	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican			Secretary of State Joe Meyer • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican			Treasurer Cynthia M. Lummis • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican			Auditor Max Maxfield • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican			Public Instruction Superintendent Trent Blankenship • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

2002-2010 Congressional District 2002-2010 CDs

Wyoming has been allocated only 1 Representative in Congress at large; therefore, the entire state consists of, in effect, only one statewide Congressional District.