2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming

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2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming's at-large district

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Nominee Liz Cheney Greg Hunter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 127,963 59,903
Percentage 63.6% 29.8%

Wyoming House Election Results, 2018.svg
County results

Cheney:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Hunter:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Liz Cheney
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Liz Cheney
Republican

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming was held on November 6, 2018 to elect the U.S. Representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district, who would represent the state of Wyoming in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with the 2018 U.S. mid-term elections, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

Key 2018 races in Wyoming included elections for Governor, Secretary of State of Wyoming, U.S. Senate, 15 of the 30 seats in the Wyoming State Senate, and all 60 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives.

Incumbent Republican Liz Cheney won reelection to a second term.[1]

Primary elections to determine each party's nominee for the general election were held on August 21, 2018.[2]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

  • Liz Cheney, incumbent, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014[1]
  • Rod Miller, cowboy[3]
  • Blake E. Stanley[4]

Results[]

Results by county:
  Cheney—80–90%
  Cheney—70–80%
  Cheney—60–70%
  Cheney—50–60%
  Cheney—40–50%
Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Liz Cheney (incumbent) 75,183 63.7
Republican Rod Miller 22,045 18.7
Republican Blake E. Stanley 13,307 11.3
N/A Under votes 6,954 5.9
Republican Write-ins 478 0.4
N/A Over votes 134 0.1
Total votes 118,101 100.0

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

  • Travis Helm, businessman, attorney, and University of Wyoming College of Law graduate[6]
  • Greg Hunter, former oil geologist[7]

Results[]

Results by county:
  Hunter—60–70%
  Hunter—50–60%
  Helm—50–60%
Democratic primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Greg Hunter 10,332 53.1
Democratic Travis Helm 6,527 33.5
N/A Under votes 2,476 12.7
Democratic Write-ins 100 0.5
N/A Over votes 39 0.2
Total votes 19,474 100.0

General election[]

Polling[]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Liz
Cheney
(R)
Greg
Hunter
(D)
Richard
Brubaker
(L)
Daniel
Cummings (C)
Undecided
Change Research (D) November 2–4, 2018 858 55% 28% 7% 6%

Results[]

Wyoming's at-large congressional district, 2018[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Liz Cheney (incumbent) 127,963 63.58% +1.55%
Democratic Greg Hunter 59,903 29.77% -0.20%
Libertarian Richard Brubaker 6,918 3.44% -0.15%
Constitution Daniel Clyde Cummings 6,070 3.02% -1.10%
N/A Write-ins 391 0.19% -0.10%
Total votes 201,245 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

See also[]

  • United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
  • United States elections, 2018
  • United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2018
  • Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2018
  • Wyoming elections, 2018

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Cheney for Wyoming". Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Election Information". Wyoming Secretary of State. Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Rod Miller for Wyoming from Wyoming". Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  4. ^ Funk, Joel (June 7, 2018). "Blake Stanley enters race for Wyoming's U.S. House seat". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Election Results". Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  6. ^ "Helm for Wyoming". Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "Hunter for Wyoming". Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  8. ^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

External links[]

Official campaign websites
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