The Green Papers: Wyoming 2008 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2008. Find 2009 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 19 August 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
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 19 August 2008 polling hours 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 7:00p MDT (0100 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a MST (1400 UTC) to 7:00p MST (0200 UTC).
 

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Wyoming State and Local Government

Wyoming 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


22 November 2008: Statewide Candidates Official Summary Wyoming General Election - November 4, 2008


14 September 2008: Synchronized with Wyoming Elections Division - 2008 General Election


Tuesday 19 August 2008 State/Local PRIMARIES:
Results from a media source.
Returns from an offical source.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. 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 Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2008
  Elected Republican 164,958 64.43% Senator John Sidney McCain, III
(3 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin

FEC P80002801: $399,826,076
  Candidate Democratic 82,868 32.37% Senator Barack Hussein Obama
Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338: $778,642,047
  Candidate Independent 2,525 0.99% Ralph Nader
Vice President: Matt Gonzalez

FEC P20000527: $4,520,160
  Candidate Libertarian 1,594 0.62% former Congressman Bob Barr
Vice President: Wayne Allyn Root

FEC P80005580: $1,405,899
  Candidate Scattering 1,521 0.59% Write-Ins
  Candidate Independent; (Constitution) 1,192 0.47% Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin
Vice President: Darrell L. Castle

FEC P80005499: $262,010
  Candidate Scattering 1,131 0.44% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 246 0.10% Over Votes
  Candidate Write-in; (Green)     former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney
Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente

FEC P80004930: $240,360
  Candidate Write-in     Frank Moore
Vice President: Susan Block
Total 256,035 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1
Seat up for election
Republican Senator John A. Barrasso
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
Appointed: 22 June 2007 by Governor Dave Freudenthal; first elected in a special election: 4 November 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 19 August 2008 Primary.
Next Special Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008; Next regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Polls: Republican Senator John A. Barrasso
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 183,063 71.50% Senator John A. Barrasso
FEC S6WY00068: $2,585,977
  Candidate Democratic 66,202 25.86% Nicholas H. "Nick" Carter
Very close primary win.

FEC S8WY00155: $210,914
  Candidate Scattering 6,414 2.51% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 293 0.11% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 61 0.02% Over Votes
Total 256,033 100.00%  

Class 2
Seat up for election
Republican Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi
• Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Renominated - 19 August 2008 Primary
 Polls: Republican Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi
  Elected Republican 189,046 73.84% Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi
FEC S6WY00126: $1,648,563
  Candidate Democratic 60,631 23.68% Christopher J. "Chris" Rothfuss
FEC S8WY00163: $32,326
  Candidate Scattering 6,026 2.35% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 269 0.11% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 61 0.02% Over Votes
Total 256,033 100.00%  

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. 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

  Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit

110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Open)

At-Large
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Seat up for election
Open
Republican Congressman Barbara L. Cubin
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Open Seat - Announced retirement 9 November 2007
 Polls: Leans Republican - Republican former state Treasurer Cynthia Marie Lummis
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 131,244 51.26% former state Treasurer Cynthia Marie Lummis
FEC H8WY00148: $1,530,454
  Candidate Democratic 106,758 41.70% Gary S. Trauner
FEC H6WY01025: $1,672,702
  Candidate Libertarian 11,030 4.31% Walter David "David" Herbert
FEC H6WY00100: Financial report not available
  Candidate Scattering 6,458 2.52% Under Votes
  Candidate Scattering 363 0.14% Write-Ins
  Candidate Scattering 180 0.07% Over Votes
Total 256,033 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Secretary of State Max Maxfield
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Treasurer Joseph B. "Joe" Meyer
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Auditor Rita C. Meyer
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent Jim McBride
Appointed: August 2005; first elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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): 1 incumbent, 4 candidates
  Republican: 7 incumbents, 4 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 12 candidates
  Write-in: 2 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 an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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