Wyoming Secretary of State election, 2018

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Wyoming Secretary of State
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: June 1, 2018
	Primary: August 21, 2018; General: November 6, 2018; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Edward Buchanan (Republican)
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Wyoming
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2018; Impact of term limits in 2018; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
Wyoming; executive elections
	Governor; Secretary of State; Treasurer; Auditor; Superintendent of Public Instruction

Wyoming held an election for secretary of state on November 6, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2018.

For more information about the Democratic primary, click here.
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For more information about secretary of state elections in 2018, click here.

SETTING THE STAGE
Heading into the 2018 election, the secretary of state of Wyoming was Edward Buchanan (R), who was appointed to the position on March 1, 2018.
In 2018, Wyoming was under a Republican trifecta. It had held this status since Gov. Matt Mead (R) took office in 2011. Wyoming was also a Republican triplex.
Wyoming was won by the Republican candidate in each of the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016. The widest margin of victory was Donald Trump's 46 percent margin in 2016, while the narrowest was John McCain's 32 percent margin in 2008.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Wyoming Secretary of State

Incumbent Edward Buchanan defeated James Byrd and Kit Carson in the general election for Wyoming Secretary of State on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Edward Buchanan (R)	68.8	137,026
	James Byrd (D)	26.8	53,355
	Kit Carson (L)	4.3	8,561
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	156

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 199,098
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wyoming Secretary of State

James Byrd advanced from the Democratic primary for Wyoming Secretary of State on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Byrd	100.0	16,754

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,754
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming Secretary of State

Incumbent Edward Buchanan advanced from the Republican primary for Wyoming Secretary of State on August 21, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Edward Buchanan	100.0	94,603

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,603
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State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Wyoming heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

Following the 2014 elections, Republicans held both U.S. Senate seats in Wyoming.
Republicans held the state's at-large U.S. House seat.

State executives

As of September 2018, Republicans held six of seven state executive positions, with the remaining position held by a nonpartisan official.
The governor of Wyoming was Republican Matt Mead. The state held an election for governor on November 6, 2018.

State legislature

Republicans controlled both chambers of the Wyoming State Legislature. They had a 51-9 majority in the state House and a 27-3 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

Wyoming was under Republican trifecta control. Matt Mead (R) served as governor, while Republicans controlled the state legislature.

2018 elections

See also: Wyoming elections, 2018

Wyoming held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for Wyoming
	Wyoming	U.S.
Total population:	586,555	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	97,093	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	91%	73.6%
Black/African American:	1.1%	12.6%
Asian:	0.9%	5.1%
Native American:	2.2%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.7%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	9.6%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	92.3%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	25.7%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$58,840	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	12.7%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Wyoming. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

As of July 2017, Wyoming's three largest cities were Cheyenne (pop. est. 64,000), Casper (pop. est. 58,000), and Laramie (pop. est. 32,000).^[1]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Wyoming from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from the Wyoming Secretary of State.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

Election results (President of the United States), Wyoming 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Donald Trump	68.2%	Hillary Clinton	21.9%	46.3%
2012	Mitt Romney	68.6%	Barack Obama	27.8%	40.8%
2008	John McCain	64.8%	Barack Obama	32.5%	32.3%
2004	George W. Bush	68.9%	John Kerry	29.1%	39.8%
2000	George W. Bush	67.8%	Al Gore	27.7%	40.1%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in Wyoming from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Wyoming 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	Mike Enzi	72.2%	Charlie Hardy	17.5%	54.7%
2012	John Barasso	75.9%	Tim Chesnut	21.6%	54.3%
2008	Mike Enzi	75.6%	Chris Rothfuss	24.3%	51.3%
2008 (special election)	John Barasso	73.4%	Nick Carter	26.5%	46.9%
2006	Craig Thomas	70.0%	Dale Groutage	29.9%	40.1%
2002	Mike Enzi	73.0%	Joyce Corcoran	27.0%	46.0%
2000	Craig Thomas	73.8%	Mel Logan	22.0%	51.8%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Wyoming.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Wyoming 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	Matt Mead	58.3%	Pete Gosar	26.7%	31.6%
2010	Matt Mead	65.7%	Leslie Petersen	22.9%	42.8%
2006	Dave Freudenthal	70.0%	Ray Hunkins	30.0%	40.0%
2002	Dave Freudenthal	47.9%	Eli Bebout	47.9%	2.1%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Wyoming in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Wyoming 2000-2016
Year	Republicans	Republicans (%)	Democrats	Democrats (%)	Balance of power
2016	1	100%	0	0.0%	R+1
2014	1	100%	0	0.0%	R+1
2012	1	100%	0	0.0%	R+1
2010	1	100%	0	0.0%	R+1
2008	1	100%	0	0.0%	R+1
2006	1	100%	0	0.0%	R+1
2004	1	100%	0	0.0%	R+1
2002	1	100%	0	0.0%	R+1
2000	1	100%	0	0.0%	R+1

Trifectas, 1992-2017

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Wyoming Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-two years of Republican trifectas
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Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Wyoming. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Wyoming with 68.2 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 21.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Wyoming cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 76.7 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Wyoming supported Republican candidates more often than Democratic candidates, 76.7 to 23.3 percent. The state favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Wyoming. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.^[2]^[3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won five out of 60 state House districts in Wyoming with an average margin of victory of 13.7 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won three out of 60 state House districts in Wyoming with an average margin of victory of 24.1 points.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 55 out of 60 state House districts in Wyoming with an average margin of victory of 45 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 57 out of 60 state House districts in Wyoming with an average margin of victory of 51 points. Trump won seven districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	11.24%	85.71%	R+74.5	7.27%	88.99%	R+81.7	R
2	17.60%	79.70%	R+62.1	10.91%	83.36%	R+72.4	R
3	11.12%	87.05%	R+75.9	6.49%	89.45%	R+83	R
4	26.05%	70.84%	R+44.8	15.61%	77.84%	R+62.2	R
5	26.26%	71.59%	R+45.3	16.74%	76.88%	R+60.1	R
6	16.26%	81.21%	R+65	9.43%	85.01%	R+75.6	R
7	28.36%	70.01%	R+41.7	24.27%	68.70%	R+44.4	R
8	40.42%	57.13%	R+16.7	37.19%	54.48%	R+17.3	R
9	38.23%	59.50%	R+21.3	31.57%	58.11%	R+26.5	R
10	21.27%	76.44%	R+55.2	14.79%	78.21%	R+63.4	R
11	43.72%	52.36%	R+8.6	34.85%	55.04%	R+20.2	R
12	41.35%	55.47%	R+14.1	27.83%	62.31%	R+34.5	R
13	52.91%	41.43%	D+11.5	49.03%	37.02%	D+12	D
14	41.85%	53.44%	R+11.6	40.33%	48.15%	R+7.8	R
15	41.25%	56.03%	R+14.8	25.40%	64.63%	R+39.2	R
16	62.92%	34.31%	D+28.6	66.35%	25.25%	D+41.1	D
17	33.59%	62.81%	R+29.2	21.53%	70.03%	R+48.5	D
18	19.74%	77.99%	R+58.3	13.08%	80.74%	R+67.7	R
19	16.63%	80.47%	R+63.8	11.41%	80.74%	R+69.3	R
20	17.23%	80.53%	R+63.3	14.51%	79.68%	R+65.2	R
21	6.92%	92.19%	R+85.3	7.49%	86.40%	R+78.9	R
22	35.46%	62.06%	R+26.6	35.90%	57.66%	R+21.8	R
23	48.80%	48.93%	R+0.1	55.89%	36.72%	D+19.2	D
24	22.73%	75.27%	R+52.5	19.89%	73.40%	R+53.5	R
25	22.09%	75.00%	R+52.9	18.81%	73.50%	R+54.7	R
26	16.97%	80.82%	R+63.9	12.21%	79.51%	R+67.3	R
27	19.91%	77.45%	R+57.5	14.13%	78.83%	R+64.7	R
28	18.23%	78.86%	R+60.6	13.32%	79.44%	R+66.1	R
29	28.95%	68.57%	R+39.6	22.80%	67.97%	R+45.2	R
30	24.51%	72.88%	R+48.4	19.19%	74.01%	R+54.8	R
31	12.18%	85.70%	R+73.5	6.28%	88.41%	R+82.1	R
32	14.58%	83.77%	R+69.2	9.87%	85.48%	R+75.6	R
33	56.07%	42.24%	D+13.8	43.88%	48.71%	R+4.8	R
34	16.37%	81.33%	R+65	11.82%	83.41%	R+71.6	R
35	22.53%	75.07%	R+52.5	17.84%	76.07%	R+58.2	R
36	31.86%	64.88%	R+33	22.04%	70.04%	R+48	D
37	25.70%	72.32%	R+46.6	20.84%	72.35%	R+51.5	R
38	22.15%	75.32%	R+53.2	15.08%	78.87%	R+63.8	R
39	28.42%	67.88%	R+39.5	19.31%	72.59%	R+53.3	D
40	17.50%	79.96%	R+62.5	14.40%	80.28%	R+65.9	R
41	41.35%	55.66%	R+14.3	32.58%	57.38%	R+24.8	R
42	30.25%	67.49%	R+37.2	26.26%	65.94%	R+39.7	R
43	38.57%	58.11%	R+19.5	28.50%	61.55%	R+33.1	R
44	51.90%	44.70%	D+7.2	41.02%	48.67%	R+7.7	D
45	51.24%	43.62%	D+7.6	43.54%	43.68%	R+0.1	D
46	41.79%	54.50%	R+12.7	37.67%	52.51%	R+14.8	R
47	21.31%	75.47%	R+54.2	13.82%	80.13%	R+66.3	R
48	30.34%	66.16%	R+35.8	21.53%	71.35%	R+49.8	R
49	22.81%	74.97%	R+52.2	18.99%	71.40%	R+52.4	R
50	16.74%	81.25%	R+64.5	14.54%	79.22%	R+64.7	R
51	24.13%	73.76%	R+49.6	20.67%	73.60%	R+52.9	R
52	10.61%	87.04%	R+76.4	5.97%	89.88%	R+83.9	R
53	16.85%	80.53%	R+63.7	10.18%	84.03%	R+73.8	R
54	36.87%	60.26%	R+23.4	33.60%	57.34%	R+23.7	R
55	24.77%	72.52%	R+47.8	18.63%	74.01%	R+55.4	R
56	34.31%	61.96%	R+27.6	26.93%	64.03%	R+37.1	R
57	32.45%	63.83%	R+31.4	24.54%	66.50%	R+42	R
58	23.70%	73.45%	R+49.8	13.62%	79.63%	R+66	R
59	33.92%	61.68%	R+27.8	21.68%	69.96%	R+48.3	R
60	30.10%	66.75%	R+36.6	21.45%	69.85%	R+48.4	D
Total	28.05%	69.21%	R+41.2	22.48%	70.06%	R+47.6	-
Source: Daily Kos

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Footnotes

[1] Wyoming Demographics by Cubit, "Wyoming Cities by Population," accessed September 6, 2018

[2] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013

[3] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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