All 62 members of the

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were elected on November 8, 2022, as part of the

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were held on August 16. Republicans expanded their supermajority, gaining six seats.

Background

The election will be the first after redistricting based on the 2020 census. New legislative districts were approved on March 25, 2022. Two seats were added in the redistricting plan enacted by the

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Predictions

Results summary

Close races

Incumbents defeated in general

Democrats

*District 17: Chad Banks lost to Republican J. T. Larson *District 33: Andi LeBeau lost to Republican Sarah Penn

Libertarian

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Marshall Burt Marshall A. Burt (born May 6, 1976) is an American politician who served in the Wyoming House of Representatives. A member of the Libertarian Party, Burt represented the 39th district from 2021 to 2023. Burt is the first Libertarian candidate t ...

lost to Republican

Cody Wylie Cody Wylie is an American businessman and politician. He was elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives in the 2022 Wyoming House of Representatives General Election to the 39th district. Early life Wylie was born in Rock Springs, Wyomin ...

Open seats changing parties

*District 22: Republican Andrew Byron won the seat held by retiring independent Jim Roscoe *District 61: Republican Daniel Singh won the new seat *District 62: Republican Forrest Chadwick won the new seat

Primary elections

Major party (

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and Democratic) candidates filed for the August 16

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between May 12 and May 27, 2022. Minor parties (

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and

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) nominated candidates by convention and submitted their nominations to the secretary of state by August 15.

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s submitted

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s by August 29. The general election candidates list was finalized on September 6; the Democrats made one substitution.

Retiring incumbents

Republicans

*District 3:

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(

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; running for state senator) *District 7: Sue Wilson *District 19:

Danny Eyre Danny Eyre is an American politician and a Republican former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 19 from January 10, 2017 until January 10, 2023. Elections 2016 When incumbent Republican Representative Allen Jag ...

*District 21: Evan Simpson *District 25: Dan Laursen *District 26: Jamie Flitner *District 27: Mike Greear (speaker pro tempore) *District 29: Mark Kinner *District 42: Jim Blackburn *District 47: Jerry Paxton *District 49: Robert Wharff *District 52: Bill Fortner *District 57: Chuck Gray ( running for secretary of state) *District 60: Mark Baker

Democrats

*District 13: Cathy Connolly (minority leader) *District 23: Andy Schwartz

Independents

*District 22: Jim Roscoe

Incumbents defeated in primary

Republicans

*District 2:

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*District 5: Shelly Duncan *District 6:

Aaron Clausen Aaron Clausen (born May 30, 1977) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 6 since January 10, 2017. Elections 2016 When incumbent Republican Representative Richard Cannady ...

*District 32: Timothy Hallinan *District 35:

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*District 44: John Romero-Martinez *District 58: Pat Sweeney

Democrats

None of the five Democrats running for re-election faced a

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Results

Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding and the inclusion of write-ins.

General election

The general election was held on November 8.

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

Independent Dan Brecht challenged incumbent Republican representative

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District 5

Republican Scott Smith and independent Todd Peterson ran.

District 6

Republican Tomi Strock, Democrat Hank Szramkowski (who was substituted for primary winner Tania Malone), and independent Bruce Jones ran.

District 7

District 8

Independent LCCC Board of Trustees member Brenda Lyttle challenged former Republican representative David Zwonitzer of District 9.

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

Libertarian Patrick Gonzales challenged incumbent Republican representative Donald Burkhart.

District 16

District 17

District 18

Libertarian Dennis Laughlin challenged incumbent Republican representative Scott Heiner.

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

Independent Bob Strobel and Republican Andrew Byron ran to succeed retiring independent Jim Roscoe, who endorsed Strobel.

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

District 35

District 36

District 37

District 38

District 39

Incumbent Libertarian representative

sought re-election.

District 40

District 41

Democrat Jen Solis and Constitution nominee Matt Freeman challenged incumbent Republican representative Bill Henderson.

District 42

District 43

District 44

District 45

District 46

District 47

District 48

Libertarian Misty Morris challenged incumbent Republican representative Clark Stith.

District 49

District 50

Libertarian Carrie Satterwhite challenged incumbent Republican representative Rachel Rodriguez-Williams.

District 51

District 52

District 53

Constitution nominee Larry Williamson challenged incumbent Republican representative Chris Knapp.

District 54

Independent candidate Jeff Martin challenged incumbent Republican representative Lloyd Larsen.

District 55

Libertarian Bethany Baldes challenged incumbent Republican representative Ember Oakley.

District 56

District 57

District 58

District 59

District 60

District 61

District 62

Notes

References

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