The 2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 2012, alongside a
U.S. presidential election
The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not direc ...
as well as other elections to the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
and
House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator
John Barrasso won re-election to a first full term.
The primary elections were held August 21, 2012.
Background
Republican state Senator
John Barrasso was appointed to the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2007, by then-governor
Dave Freudenthal
David Duane Freudenthal (born October 12, 1950) is an American attorney, economist, and politician who served as the 31st Governor of Wyoming from 2003 to 2011. Freudenthal previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming ...
after U.S. Senator
Craig Thomas died on June 4, 2007.
John Barrasso defeated Nick Carter with 73.4% of the vote in the 2008 special U.S. senatorial election to serve the remainder of the senatorial term. Barrasso remains highly popular in the state with 69% of voters approving of him.
Republican primary
Candidates
*
John Barrasso, incumbent U.S. Senator
* Thomas Bleming, former
soldier of fortune
* Emmett Mavy, management consultant
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
* William Bryk, attorney from
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
and
perennial candidate[
* Tim Chesnut, member of the Albany County Board of Commissioners][
* Al Hamburg, retired painter and perennial candidate
]
Results
General election
Candidates
* John Barrasso (Republican), incumbent U.S. Senator
* Tim Chesnut (Democratic), member of the Albany County Board of Commissioners
* Joel Otto ( Wyoming Country), rancher
Debates
Complete video of debate
October 31, 2012 - C-SPAN
Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN ) is an American cable and satellite television network that was created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service. It televises many proceedings of the United States ...
Predictions
Polling
;John Barrasso vs. Dave Freudenthal
Results
See also
* 2012 United States Senate elections
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...
*
References
External links
Elections
from the Wyoming Secretary of State
Campaign contributions
at OpenSecrets.org
OpenSecrets is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that tracks data on campaign finance and lobbying. It was created from a merger of the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) and the National Institute on Money in Politics (NIMP). ...
Outside spending
at Sunlight Foundation
The Sunlight Foundation was an American 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocated for open government. The organization was founded in April 2006 with the goal of increasing transparency and accountability in the United States ...
Candidate issue positions
at On the Issues
;Official campaign websites
John Barrasso for U.S. Senate
Joel Otto for U.S. Senate
{{2012 United States elections
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...