2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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Turnout69.78% Registered Decrease 3.82%
38.17% of Total Population Decrease 1.04%
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Nominee Matt Mead Leslie Petersen Taylor Haynes
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 123,780 43,240 13,796
Percentage 65.7% 22.9% 7.3%

2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Mead:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Dave Freudenthal
Democratic

Elected Governor

Matt Mead
Republican

The 2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor of Wyoming. Party primaries were held on August 17.

While it was initially thought that term limits would prevent incumbent Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal from running for re-election, the constitutionality of the term limit law has been questioned, leaving the possibility that if Freudenthal had successfully challenged the law, he might have been able to run for a third term.[1] On March 4, 2010, Freudenthal announced he would not run for a third term.[2]

Republican candidate Matt Mead defeated Democratic candidate Leslie Petersen in the general election.

Freudenthal won all counties in 2006, this was reversed in this election when Mead won all counties.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

  • Pete Gosar, teacher, commercial pilot, state employee and small business owner[3]
  • Al Hamburg, retired painter and perennial candidate
  • Leslie Petersen, former Teton County Commissioner and Chair of the Wyoming Democratic Party[4]
  • Rex Wilde, cabinet maker
  • Chris Zachary, former psychiatrist

Declined[]

  • Larry Clapp, attorney and former Mayor of Casper
  • Dave Freudenthal, incumbent Governor
  • Paul Hickey, attorney
  • Mike Massie, State Senator[5] (ran for Superintendent of Public Instruction)[6]

Polling[]

Poll source Dates administered Leslie
Petersen
Pete
Gosar
Al
Hamburg
Chris
Zachary
Rex
Wilde
Undecided
WTE/Aspen Media & Market Research July 26–29, 2010 34% 9% 5% 1% 4% 39%
Casper Star Tribune July 26–28, 2010 30% 22% 2% 1% <1% 45%

Results[]

Results by County:
Peterson
  •   Peterson—80-90%
  •   Peterson—50-60%
  •   Peterson—40-50%
Gosar
  •   Gosar—<40%
  •   Gosar—40-50%
  •   Gosar—50-60%
  •   Gosar—60-70%
Democratic primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leslie Petersen 10,785 47.2
Democratic Pete Gosar 8,409 36.8
Democratic Chris Zachary 1,139 5.0
Democratic Al Hamburg 1,092 4.8
Democratic Rex Wilde 1,042 4.6
Democratic write-ins 384 1.7
Total votes 22,851 100

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

  • Alan Kousoulos, 19-year WYDOT supervisor
  • Matt Mead, former U.S. Attorney
  • Rita Meyer, Wyoming State Auditor
  • Ron Micheli, former State Representative and former director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture
  • John Self, candidate for governor in 2002 and 2006
  • Colin M. Simpson, Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
  • Tom Ubben

Polling[]

Poll source Dates administered Rita
Meyer
Matt
Mead
Colin
Simpson
Ron
Micheli
Alan
Kousoulos
Undecided
WTE/Aspen Media & Market Research July 26–29, 2010 23% 18% 10% 20% 1% 25%
Casper Star-Tribune July 26–28, 2010 27% 24% 17% 12% 2% 18%

Results[]

Map showing the results of the 2010 Republican Gubernatorial primary in Wyoming by County.
Republican primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Mead 30,308 28.7
Republican Rita Meyer 29,605 28.0
Republican Ron Micheli 27,630 26.1
Republican Colin Simpson 16,722 15.8
Republican Alan Kousoulos 566 0.5
Republican Tom Ubben 432 0.4
Republican John Self 295 0.3
Republican write-ins 202 0.2
Total votes 105,760 100

General election[]

Candidates[]

  • Matt Mead (R)
  • Leslie Peterson (D)
  • Mike Wheeler (L)
  • Taylor Haynes (Write-in)

Predictions[]

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[8] Safe R (flip) October 14, 2010
Rothenberg[9] Safe R (flip) October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics[10] Safe R (flip) November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Safe R (flip) October 28, 2010
CQ Politics[12] Safe R (flip) October 28, 2010

Polling[]

Poll source Dates administered Matt
Mead (R)
Leslie
Petersen (D)
Rasmussen Reports September 30, 2010 61% 25%
Rasmussen Reports August 18, 2010 58% 24%
Rasmussen Reports June 22, 2010 49% 22%

Results[]

Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2010[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Matt Mead 123,780 65.68% +35.67%
Democratic Leslie Petersen 43,240 22.94% -47.05%
Independent Taylor Haynes 13,796 7.32%
Libertarian Mike Wheeler 5,362 2.85%
Write-in 2,285 1.21%
Majority 80,540 42.74% +2.75%
Turnout 190,822
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

References[]

  1. ^ Chris Cillizza And Ben Pershing (February 16, 2009). "Will Wyoming's Governor Buck Term Limits?". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ "US News - Mar 04, 2010 - Wyoming Gov. Freudenthal won't seek third term". RealClearPolitics. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  3. ^ "Gosar campaign site". gosar4gov.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Leslie Petersen Biography". People for Petersen. Archived from the original on 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  5. ^ Erika Lovely (2009-10-08). "Wyoming governor Dave Freudenthal to seek third term?". Politico. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  6. ^ bureau, JEREMY PELZER Star-Tribune capital. "Massie running for superintendent of public instruction, not governor". trib.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Wyoming Gubernatorial Primary Results". WY SOS. August 17, 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  8. ^ "2010 Governors Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  9. ^ "Governor Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  10. ^ "2010 Governor Races". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  11. ^ "THE CRYSTAL BALL'S FINAL CALLS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  12. ^ "Race Ratings Chart: Governor". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  13. ^ http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2010/Results/General/2010_Statewide_Candidates_Summary.pdf[bare URL PDF]

External links[]

Official campaign sites (Archived)
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