2024 Wyoming Senate election

Not to be confused with 2024 United States Senate election in Wyoming.

2024 Wyoming State Senate election
November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)
15 of the 31 seats in the Wyoming Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ogden Driskill Chris Rothfuss
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 1st district 9th district
Last election 29 seats, 75.31% 2 seats, 17.28%
Seats before 29 2
Seats won 29 2
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 105,174 7,742
Percentage 89.78% 6.61%
Swing Increase 14.47% Decrease 10.67%
Results by district
President of the Senate before election

Ogden Driskill
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Bo Biteman
Republican

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The 2024 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect members of the Wyoming Legislature for its 68th session.[1] Partisan primaries were held on August 20.[2] Part of the 2024 United States elections, the election was held alongside races for state house, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and the presidential election.

Summary

Summary of the 2024 Wyoming Senate election results[3]
Party Candidates Votes % Seats
Before
67th Leg. 		Up Won After
68th Leg. 		+/–
Republican 15 105,174 89.78 29 15 15 29 Steady
Democratic 3 7,742 6.61 2 0 0 2 Steady
Write-in 4,227 3.61 —
Valid ballots 117,143 87.24 —
Blank or invalid ballots 17,139 12.76 —
Total 134,282 100% 31 15 31 Steady
Popular vote
Republican
 
 89.78%
Democratic
 
 6.61%
Write-ins
 
 3.61%
Seats won
Republican
 
 100.00%
Total senate seats
Republican
 
 93.55%
Democratic
 
 6.45%

Retiring incumbents

Five incumbents will not seek re-election.

Republicans

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Safe R October 23, 2024

Detailed results

General election

District Republicans Democrats Write-ins Total
Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Vote % Total Maj. %
SD 2 Brian Boner 7,712 98.24 — — — 138 1.76 7,850 +7,574 +96.48
SD 4 Tara Nethercott 8,255 96.41 — — — 307 3.59 8,562 +7,948 +92.83
SD 6 Darin Smith 8,484 95.48 — — — 402 4.52 8,886 +8,082 +90.95
SD 8 Jared Olsen 3,444 57.91 Marguerite Herman 2,464 41.43 39 0.66 5,947 +980 +16.48
SD 10 Gary Crum 6,331 64.83 Mike Selmer 3,405 34.87 30 0.31 9,766 +2,926 +29.96
SD 12 John Kolb 4,359 69.47 Kenilynn S. Zanetti 1873 29.85 43 0.69 6,275 +4,316 +68.78
SD 14 Laura Taliaferro Pearson 8,025 94.20 — — — 494 5.80 8,519 +7,531 +88.40
SD 16 Dan Dockstader 8,830 96.99 — — — 274 3.01 9,104 +8,556 +93.98
SD 18 Tim French 8,568 94.43 — — — 505 5.57 9,073 +8,063 +88.87
SD 20 Ed Cooper 8,236 97.17 — — — 240 2.83 8,476 +7,996 +94.34
SD 22 Barry Crago 8,599 93.95 — — — 554 6.05 9,153 +8,045 +87.89
SD 24 Troy McKeown 5,305 92.15 — — — 452 7.85 5,757 +4,853 +84.30
SD 26 Tim Salazar 7,266 97.01 — — — 224 2.99 7,490 +7,042 +94.02
SD 28 Jim Anderson 5,354 94.49 — — — 312 5.51 5,666 +5,042 +88.99
SD 30 Charles Scott 6404 96.78 — — — 213 3.22 6,617 +6,191 +93.56

Closest races

Only three races saw competition between Republicans and Democrats. All three were won by Republicans.

  1. SD 8, 16.48% (980 votes) – Jared Olsen (Rep.)
  2. SD 10, 29.96% (2,926 votes) – Gary Crum (Rep.)
  3. SD 12, 68.78% (4,316 votes) – John Kolb (Rep.)

Republican primaries

For the sake of brevity, races in which no candidate filed will not be shown.[10]

District Winners Runners-up Write-ins Total
Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Vote % Total Maj. %
SD 2 Brian Boner 3,662 98.52 — — — — — — 55 1.48 3,717 3,607 97.04
SD 4 Tara Nethercott 2,942 72.68 Gregg Smith (withdrawn) 1,059 26.16 — — — 47 1.16 4,048 1,883 46.52
SD 6 Darin Smith 1780 37.60 Eric D. Johnston 1267 26.76 Four others 1,674 35.36 13 0.27 4734 513 10.84
SD 8 Jared Olsen 1,222 92.44 — — — — — — 100 7.56 1,322 1,122 84.87
SD 10 Gary E. Crum 1,712 59.99 Keith Kennedy 1,129 39.56 — — — 13 0.46 2,854 583 20.43
SD 12 John K. Kolb 1,313 61.33 Jeff Ramaj 814 38.02 — — — 14 0.65 2,141 499 23.31
SD 14 Laura Taliaferro Pearson 2,212 46.70 Albert Sommers 2,025 42.75 Bill Winney 490 10.34 10 0.21 4,737 187 3.95
SD 16 Dan Stockader 3,168 97.42 — — — — — — 84 2.58 3,252 3,084 94.83
SD 18 Tim A. French 3,192 57.81 Landon Greer 2,311 41.85 — — — 10 0.34 5,522 881 15.95
SD 20 Ed Cooper 2,652 51.96 Tom Olmstead 2,428 47.57 — — — 24 0.47 5,104 224 4.39
SD 22 Barry Crago 3,107 55.25 Mark Jennings 2,500 44.45 — — — 17 0.30 5,624 607 10.79
SD 24 Troy D. McKeown 1,602 57.11 Phil Christopherson 1,192 42.50 — — — 11 0.39 2,805 410 14.62
SD 26 Tim Salazar 2,626 60.24 Elizabeth Philp 1,726 39.60 — — — 7 0.16 4,359 900 20.65
SD 28 Jim Anderson 1,304 50.23 Bryce Reece 1,274 49.08 — — — 18 0.69 2,596 30 1.16
SD 30 Charles K. Scott 1,438 47.65 Robert L. Hendry 1,179 39.07 Charles H. Schoenwolf 394 13.06 7 0.23 3,018 259 8.58

Democratic primaries

For the sake of brevity, races in which no candidate filed will not be shown.[10]

District Winners Write-ins Total
Candidate Vote % Vote % Total Maj. %
SD 8 Marguerite Herman 460 97.87 10 2.13 470 450 95.74
SD 10 Mike Selmer 670 99.26 5 0.74 675 665 98.52
SD 12 Kaylen S. Zanetti 356 99.72 1 0.28 357 355 99.44

District 2

Republican primary

Nominee

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 2 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Boner (inc.) 3,662 98.52%
Write-in 55 1.48%
Valid ballots 3,717 87.32%
Invalid or blank votes 540 12.68%
Total votes 4,257 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 7 write-in votes and 153 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 2 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Boner (inc.) 7,712 98.24%
Write-in 138 1.76%
Valid ballots 7,850 87.17%
Invalid or blank votes 1,155 12.83%
Total votes 9,005 100.00%

District 4

Republican primary

Nominee

Withdrawn

  • Gregg Smith, army veteran[12]

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 4 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tara Nethercott (inc.) 2,942 72.68%
Republican Gregg Smith (withdrawn) 1,059 26.16%
Write-in 47 1.16%
Valid ballots 4,048 95.25%
Invalid or blank votes 202 4.75%
Total votes 4,250 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 104 write-in votes and 480 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 4 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tara Nethercott (inc.) 8,255 96.41%
Write-in 307 3.59%
Valid ballots 8,562 87.69%
Invalid or blank votes 1,202 12.31%
Total votes 9,764 100.00%

District 6

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Darin Smith, attorney, Christian Broadcasting Network executive and congressional candidate in 2016 and 2022

Candidates

Declined

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 6 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Darin Smith 1,780 37.60%
Republican Eric D. Johnston 1,267 26.76%
Republican Taft C. Love 593 12.53%
Republican Marc Torriani 434 9.17%
Republican Kim Withers 383 8.09%
Republican Gary Bjorklund 264 5.58%
Write-in 13 0.28%
Valid ballots 4,734 98.18%
Invalid or blank votes 88 1.82%
Total votes 4,822 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 37 write-in votes and 281 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 6 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Darin Smith 8,484 95.48%
Write-in 402 4.52%
Valid ballots 8,886 89.41%
Invalid or blank votes 1,052 10.59%
Total votes 9,938 100.00%

District 8

Republican primary

Nominee

Declined

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 8 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jared Olsen 1,222 92.44%
Write-in 100 7.56%
Valid ballots 1,322 89.02%
Invalid or blank votes 163 10.98%
Total votes 1,485 100.00%

Democratic primary

Nominee

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 8 Democratic primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marguerite Herman 460 97.87%
Write-in 100 2.13%
Valid ballots 470 94.19%
Invalid or blank votes 29 5.81%
Total votes 499 100.00%

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 8 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jared Olsen 3,444 57.91%
Democratic Marguerite Herman 2,464 41.43%
Write-in 39 0.66%
Valid ballots 5,947 98.09%
Invalid or blank votes 116 1.91%
Total votes 6,063 100.00%

District 10

Republican primary

Nominee

Candidates

  • Keith Kennedy

Declined

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 10 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gary Crum 1,712 59.99%
Republican Keith Kennedy 1,129 39.56%
Write-in 13 0.46%
Valid ballots 2,854 96.81%
Invalid or blank votes 94 3.19%
Total votes 2,948 100.00%

Democratic primary

Nominee

  • Mike Selmer

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 10 Democratic primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Selmer 670 99.26%
Write-in 5 0.74%
Valid ballots 675 96.29%
Invalid or blank votes 26 3.71%
Total votes 701 100.00%

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 10 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gary Crum 6,331 64.83%
Democratic Mike Selmer 3,405 34.87%
Write-in 30 0.31%
Valid ballots 9,766 97.87%
Invalid or blank votes 210 2.13%
Total votes 9,979 100.00%

District 12

Republican primary

Nominee

Candidates

  • Jeff Ramaj, businessman[17]

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 12 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Kolb (inc.) 1,313 61.33%
Republican Jeff Ramaj 814 38.02%
Write-in 14 0.65%
Valid ballots 2,141 96.79%
Invalid or blank votes 71 3.21%
Total votes 2,212 100.00%

Democratic primary

Nominee

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 12 Democratic primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenilynn S. Zanetti 356 99.72%
Write-in 1 0.28%
Valid ballots 357 95.45%
Invalid or blank votes 17 4.55%
Total votes 374 100.00%

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 12 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Kolb (inc.) 4,359 69.47%
Democratic Kenilynn S. Zanetti 1,873 29.85%
Write-in 43 0.69%
Valid ballots 6,275 95.18%
Invalid or blank votes 318 4.82%
Total votes 6,593 100.00%

6275 318 6593 95.18 4.82

District 14

Republican primary

Nominee

Candidates

Declined

Withdrawn

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 14 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Laura Taliaferro Pearson 2,212 46.70%
Republican Albert Sommers 2,025 42.75%
Republican Bill Winney 490 10.34%
Write-in 10 0.21%
Valid ballots 4,737 97.25%
Invalid or blank votes 134 2.75%
Total votes 4,871 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 27 write-in votes and 206 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 14 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Laura Taliaferro Pearson 8,025 94.20%
Write-in 494 5.80%
Valid ballots 8,519 86.79%
Invalid or blank votes 1,297 13.21%
Total votes 9,816 100.00%

District 16

Republican primary

Nominee

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 16 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Dockstader (inc.) 3,168 97.42%
Write-in 84 2.58%
Valid ballots 3,252 89.78%
Invalid or blank votes 370 10.22%
Total votes 3,622 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 19 write-in votes and 258 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 16 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Dockstader (inc.) 8,830 97.00%
Write-in 274 3.00%
Valid ballots 9,104 82.62%
Invalid or blank votes 1,915 17.38%
Total votes 11,019 100.00%

District 18

Republican primary

Nominee

Candidates

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 18 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim French (inc.) 3,192 57.81%
Republican Landon Greer 2,311 41.85%
Write-in 19 0.34%
Valid ballots 5,522 97.22%
Invalid or blank votes 158 2.78%
Total votes 5,680 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 15 write-in votes and 164 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 18 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim French (inc.) 8,568 94.43%
Write-in 505 5.57%
Valid ballots 9,073 83.02%
Invalid or blank votes 1,856 16.98%
Total votes 10,929 100.00%

District 20

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Ed Cooper, incumbent senator (2021–present)

Candidates

  • Tom Olmstead

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 20 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed Cooper (inc.) 2,652 51.96%
Republican Tom Olmstead 2,428 47.57%
Write-in 24 0.47%
Valid ballots 5104 96.30%
Invalid or blank votes 196 3.70%
Total votes 5,300 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 34 write-in votes and 259 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 20 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ed Cooper (inc.) 8,236 97.17%
Write-in 240 2.83%
Valid ballots 8,476 88.34%
Invalid or blank votes 1,119 11.66%
Total votes 9,595 100.00%

District 22

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Barry Crago, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the 40th district (2021–present)

Candidates

  • Mark Jennings, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the 30th district (2015–present)

Declined

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 22 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barry Crago 3,107 55.25%
Republican Mark Jennings 2,500 44.45%
Write-in 17 0.30%
Valid ballots 5,624 98.01%
Invalid or blank votes 114 1.99%
Total votes 5,738 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 34 write-in votes and 246 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 22 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barry Crago 8,599 93.95%
Write-in 554 6.05%
Valid ballots 9,153 86.04%
Invalid or blank votes 1,485 13.96%
Total votes 10,638 100.00%

District 24

Republican primary

Nominee

Candidates

  • Phil Christopherson, former CEO

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 24 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Troy McKeown (inc.) 1,602 57.11%
Republican Phil Christopherson 1,192 42.50%
Write-in 11 0.39%
Valid ballots 2,805 95.96%
Invalid or blank votes 118 4.04%
Total votes 2,923 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 21 write-in votes and 88 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 24 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Troy McKeown (inc.) 5,305 92.15%
Write-in 452 7.85%
Valid ballots 5,757 81.93%
Invalid or blank votes 1,270 18.07%
Total votes 7,027 100.00%

District 26

Republican primary

Nominee

Candidates

  • Elizabeth Philp

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 26 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Salazar (inc.) 2,626 60.24%
Republican Elizabeth Philp 1,726 39.60%
Write-in 7 0.16%
Valid ballots 4,359 97.04%
Invalid or blank votes 133 2.96%
Total votes 4,492 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 26 write-in votes and 238 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 26 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Salazar (inc.) 7,266 97.01%
Write-in 224 2.99%
Valid ballots 7,490 85.12%
Invalid or blank votes 1,309 14.88%
Total votes 8,799 100.00%

District 28

Republican primary

Nominee

Candidates

  • Bryce Reece, lobbyist

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 28 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Lee Anderson (inc.) 1,304 50.23%
Republican Bryce Reece 1,274 49.08%
Write-in 18 0.69%
Valid ballots 2,596 93.92%
Invalid or blank votes 168 6.08%
Total votes 2,764 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 21 write-in votes and 235 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 28 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Lee Anderson (inc.) 5,354 94.49%
Write-in 312 5.51%
Valid ballots 5,666 78.23%
Invalid or blank votes 1,578 21.77%
Total votes 7,244 100.00%

District 30

Republican primary

Nominee

Candidates

Results

2024 Wyoming Senate District 30 Republican primary[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Scott (inc.) 1,438 47.65%
Republican Robert L. Hendry 1,179 39.07%
Republican Charles H. Schoenwolf 394 13.06%
Write-in 7 0.23%
Valid ballots 3,018 95.24%
Invalid or blank votes 151 4.76%
Total votes 3,169 100.00%

Democratic primary

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 25 write-in votes and 162 blank ballots were cast.[11]

General election

2024 Wyoming Senate District 30 general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Scott (inc.) 6,404 96.78%
Write-in 213 3.22%
Valid ballots 6,617 84.07%
Invalid or blank votes 1,254 15.93%
Total votes 7,871 100.00%

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