Wyoming 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Wyoming 2009 General Election

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Wyoming
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

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

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Wyoming State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111^th 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 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 2	Republican	Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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. Note: 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

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

At-Large {map}	Republican	Congressman Cynthia Marie Lummis • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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
	• Republican: 7 incumbents
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.

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