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2024 Wyoming State Senate election
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15 of the 31 seats in the Wyoming Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Ogden Driskill Chris Rothfuss
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 1st district 9th district
Last election 29 seats, 75.31% 2 seats, 17.28%
Seats before 29 2
Seats won 29 2
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 105,174 7,742
Percentage 89.78% 6.61%
Swing Increase 14.47% Decrease 10.67%

Results by district

President of the Senate before election

Ogden Driskill
Republican

Elected President of the Senate

Bo Biteman
Republican

The 2024 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect members of the Wyoming Legislature for its 68th session.[1] Partisan primaries were held on August 20.[2] Part of the 2024 United States elections, the election was held alongside races for state house, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and the presidential election.

Summary of the 2024 Wyoming Senate election results[3]
Party Candidates Votes % Seats
Before
67th Leg. 		Up Won After
68th Leg. 		+/–
Republican 15 105,174 89.78 29 15 15 29 Steady
Democratic 3 7,742 6.61 2 0 0 2 Steady
Write-in 4,227 3.61 —
Valid ballots 117,143 87.24 —
Blank or invalid ballots 17,139 12.76 —
Total 134,282 100% 31 15 31 Steady
Popular vote
Republican 89.78%
Democratic 6.61%
Write-ins 3.61%
Seats won
Republican 100.00%
Total senate seats
Republican 93.55%
Democratic 6.45%

Retiring incumbents

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Five incumbents will not seek re-election.

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Safe R October 23, 2024
District Republicans Democrats Write-ins Total
Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Vote % Total Maj. %
SD 2 Brian Boner 7,712 98.24 — — — 138 1.76 7,850 +7,574 +96.48
SD 4 Tara Nethercott 8,255 96.41 — — — 307 3.59 8,562 +7,948 +92.83
SD 6 Darin Smith 8,484 95.48 — — — 402 4.52 8,886 +8,082 +90.95
SD 8 Jared Olsen 3,444 57.91 Marguerite Herman 2,464 41.43 39 0.66 5,947 +980 +16.48
SD 10 Gary Crum 6,331 64.83 Mike Selmer 3,405 34.87 30 0.31 9,766 +2,926 +29.96
SD 12 John Kolb 4,359 69.47 Kenilynn S. Zanetti 1873 29.85 43 0.69 6,275 +4,316 +68.78
SD 14 Laura Taliaferro Pearson 8,025 94.20 — — — 494 5.80 8,519 +7,531 +88.40
SD 16 Dan Dockstader 8,830 96.99 — — — 274 3.01 9,104 +8,556 +93.98
SD 18 Tim French 8,568 94.43 — — — 505 5.57 9,073 +8,063 +88.87
SD 20 Ed Cooper 8,236 97.17 — — — 240 2.83 8,476 +7,996 +94.34
SD 22 Barry Crago 8,599 93.95 — — — 554 6.05 9,153 +8,045 +87.89
SD 24 Troy McKeown 5,305 92.15 — — — 452 7.85 5,757 +4,853 +84.30
SD 26 Tim Salazar 7,266 97.01 — — — 224 2.99 7,490 +7,042 +94.02
SD 28 Jim Anderson 5,354 94.49 — — — 312 5.51 5,666 +5,042 +88.99
SD 30 Charles Scott 6404 96.78 — — — 213 3.22 6,617 +6,191 +93.56

Only three races saw competition between Republicans and Democrats. All three were won by Republicans.

  1. SD 8, 16.48% (980 votes) – Jared Olsen (Rep.)
  2. SD 10, 29.96% (2,926 votes) – Gary Crum (Rep.)
  3. SD 12, 68.78% (4,316 votes) – John Kolb (Rep.)

Republican primaries

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For the sake of brevity, races in which no candidate filed will not be shown.[10]

District Winners Runners-up Write-ins Total
Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Vote % Total Maj. %
SD 2 Brian Boner 3,662 98.52 — — — — — — 55 1.48 3,717 3,607 97.04
SD 4 Tara Nethercott 2,942 72.68 Gregg Smith (withdrawn) 1,059 26.16 — — — 47 1.16 4,048 1,883 46.52
SD 6 Darin Smith 1780 37.60 Eric D. Johnston 1267 26.76 Four others 1,674 35.36 13 0.27 4734 513 10.84
SD 8 Jared Olsen 1,222 92.44 — — — — — — 100 7.56 1,322 1,122 84.87
SD 10 Gary E. Crum 1,712 59.99 Keith Kennedy 1,129 39.56 — — — 13 0.46 2,854 583 20.43
SD 12 John K. Kolb 1,313 61.33 Jeff Ramaj 814 38.02 — — — 14 0.65 2,141 499 23.31
SD 14 Laura Taliaferro Pearson 2,212 46.70 Albert Sommers 2,025 42.75 Bill Winney 490 10.34 10 0.21 4,737 187 3.95
SD 16 Dan Stockader 3,168 97.42 — — — — — — 84 2.58 3,252 3,084 94.83
SD 18 Tim A. French 3,192 57.81 Landon Greer 2,311 41.85 — — — 10 0.34 5,522 881 15.95
SD 20 Ed Cooper 2,652 51.96 Tom Olmstead 2,428 47.57 — — — 24 0.47 5,104 224 4.39
SD 22 Barry Crago 3,107 55.25 Mark Jennings 2,500 44.45 — — — 17 0.30 5,624 607 10.79
SD 24 Troy D. McKeown 1,602 57.11 Phil Christopherson 1,192 42.50 — — — 11 0.39 2,805 410 14.62
SD 26 Tim Salazar 2,626 60.24 Elizabeth Philp 1,726 39.60 — — — 7 0.16 4,359 900 20.65
SD 28 Jim Anderson 1,304 50.23 Bryce Reece 1,274 49.08 — — — 18 0.69 2,596 30 1.16
SD 30 Charles K. Scott 1,438 47.65 Robert L. Hendry 1,179 39.07 Charles H. Schoenwolf 394 13.06 7 0.23 3,018 259 8.58

Democratic primaries

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For the sake of brevity, races in which no candidate filed will not be shown.[10]

District Winners Write-ins Total
Candidate Vote % Vote % Total Maj. %
SD 8 Marguerite Herman 460 97.87 10 2.13 470 450 95.74
SD 10 Mike Selmer 670 99.26 5 0.74 675 665 98.52
SD 12 Kaylen S. Zanetti 356 99.72 1 0.28 357 355 99.44

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 7 write-in votes and 153 blank ballots were cast.[11]

  • Gregg Smith, army veteran[12]

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 104 write-in votes and 480 blank ballots were cast.[11]

  • Darin Smith, attorney, Christian Broadcasting Network executive and congressional candidate in 2016 and 2022

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 37 write-in votes and 281 blank ballots were cast.[11]

  • Keith Kennedy
  • Mike Selmer
  • Jeff Ramaj, businessman[17]

6275 318 6593 95.18 4.82

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 27 write-in votes and 206 blank ballots were cast.[11]

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 19 write-in votes and 258 blank ballots were cast.[11]

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 15 write-in votes and 164 blank ballots were cast.[11]

  • Ed Cooper, incumbent senator (2021–present)
  • Tom Olmstead

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 34 write-in votes and 259 blank ballots were cast.[11]

  • Barry Crago, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the 40th district (2021–present)
  • Mark Jennings, member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the 30th district (2015–present)

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 34 write-in votes and 246 blank ballots were cast.[11]

  • Phil Christopherson, former CEO

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 21 write-in votes and 88 blank ballots were cast.[11]

  • Elizabeth Philp

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 26 write-in votes and 238 blank ballots were cast.[11]

  • Bryce Reece, lobbyist

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 21 write-in votes and 235 blank ballots were cast.[11]

No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary. 25 write-in votes and 162 blank ballots were cast.[11]

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