2000 Wyoming Senate election

2000 Wyoming Senate election
November 7, 2000 (2000-11-07)
15 of 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate
Even-numbered seats up
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Jim Twiford Mark O. Harris
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 2nd district 14th district
Seats before 20 10
Seats after 20 10
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 64,703 31,844
Percentage 66.75% 32.85%
Results by district
Senate President before election

Hank Coe
Republican

 Elected Senate President

April Brimmer-Kunz
Republican

The 2000 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 7, 2000, to elect members to the Wyoming Senate for its 56th session as part of the 2000 United States elections. Partisan primaries were held on August 22. All even-numbered seats were up for election. Neither party made any gains in the chamber. Of the fifteen seats up for election, seven went to either party unopposed.

Summary

General election summary[1]
Party Candidates Votes % Seats
Before
55th Leg.		 Up Won After
56th Leg.		 +/–
Republican 13 64,703 66.75 20 10 10 20 Steady
Democratic 10 31,844 32.85 10 5 5 10 Steady
Libertarian 1 387 0.40 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 96,934 100% 30 15 30 Steady
District Incumbent[2] Party Elected senator[1] Party
2nd Jim Twiford Rep Jim Anderson Rep
4th April Brimmer-Kunz Rep April Brimmer-Kunz Rep
6th Rich Cathcart Dem Rich Cathcart Dem
8th E. Jayne Mockler Dem E. Jayne Mockler Dem
10th Irene Devin Rep Irene Devin Rep
12th Rae Lynn Job Dem Rae Lynn Job Dem
14th Mark O. Harris Dem Mark O. Harris Dem
16th Delaine Roberts Rep Delaine Roberts Rep
18th Hank Coe Rep Hank Coe Rep
20th Gerald Geis Rep Gerald Geis Rep
22nd John Schiffer Rep John Schiffer Rep
24th Dick Erb Rep Dick Erb Rep
26th Robert A. Peck Rep Robert A. Peck Rep
28th Keith Goodenough Dem Keith Goodenough Dem
30th Charles K. Scott Rep Charles K. Scott Rep

District 2

Democratic primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 2 Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brian J. Beckstead 830 100.00%
Total votes 830 100.00%

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 2 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Anderson 2,630 100.00%
Total votes 2,630 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 2 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Anderson 4,578 62.13%
Democratic Brian J. Beckstead 2,791 37.87%
Total votes 7,369 100.00%

District 4

Democratic primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 4 Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ken Tuma 1,144 100.00%
Total votes 1,144 100.00%

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 4 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican April Brimmer-Kunz (inc.) 2,331 100.00%
Total votes 2,331 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 4 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican April Brimmer-Kunz (inc.) 5,583 65.12%
Democratic Ken Tuma 2,990 34.88%
Total votes 8,573 100.00%

District 6

Democratic primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 6 Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rich Cathcart (inc.) 907 100.00%
Total votes 907 100.00%

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 6 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Moore 1,734 100.00%
Total votes 1,734 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 6 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rich Cathcart (inc.) 4,363 57.05%
Republican Bill Moore 3,285 42.95%
Total votes 7,648 100.00%

District 8

Democratic primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 8 Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic E. Jayne Mockler (inc.) 930 100.00%
Total votes 930 100.00%

Republican primary

No candidates qualified for the Republican primary election.[3]

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 8 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic E. Jayne Mockler (inc.) 4,092 100.00%
Total votes 4,092 100.00%

District 10

Democratic primary

No candidates qualified for the Democratic primary election.[3]

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 10 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Irene Devin (inc.) 1,180 71.73%
Republican Nyla Murphy 465 28.27%
Total votes 1,645 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 10 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Irene Devin (inc.) 4,190 56.94%
Democratic Nyla Murphy 2,782 37.80%
Libertarian Patrick O’Reilly 387 5.26%
Total votes 7,359 100.00%

District 12

Democratic primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 12 Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rae Lynn Job (inc.) 1,883 100.00%
Total votes 1,883 100.00%

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 12 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clark Stith 1,022 100.00%
Total votes 1,022 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 12 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rae Lynn Job (inc.) 2,985 55.57%
Republican Clark Stith 2,387 44.43%
Total votes 5,372 100.00%

District 14

Democratic primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 14 Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark O. Harris (inc.) 1,659 100.00%
Total votes 1,659 100.00%

Republican primary

No candidates qualified for the Republican primary election.[3]

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 14 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark O. Harris (inc.) 4,560 100.00%
Total votes 4,560 100.00%

District 16

Democratic primary

No candidates qualified for the Democratic primary election.[3]

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 16 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Delaine Roberts (inc.) 2,597 100.00%
Total votes 2,597 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 16 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Delaine Roberts (inc.) 7,221 100.00%
Total votes 7,221 100.00%

District 18

Democratic primary

No candidates qualified for the Democratic primary election.[3]

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 18 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Hank Coe (inc.) 3,769 100.00%
Total votes 3,769 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 18 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Hank Coe (inc.) 7,801 100.00%
Total votes 7,801 100.00%

District 20

Democratic primary

No candidates qualified for the Democratic primary election.[3]

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 20 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Geis (inc.) 3,240 100.00%
Total votes 3,240 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 20 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Geis (inc.) 5,972 100.00%
Total votes 5,972 100.00%

District 22

Democratic primary

No candidates qualified for the Democratic primary election.[3]

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 22 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Schiffer (inc.) 6,772 100.00%
Total votes 6,772 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 22 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Schiffer (inc.) 2,837 100.00%
Total votes 2,837 100.00%

District 24

Democratic primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 24 Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James C. Calhoun 273 100.00%
Total votes 273 100.00%

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 24 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dick Erb (inc.) 1,211 50.06%
Republican Kim Sorensen 1,208 49.94%
Total votes 2,419 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 24 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dick Erb (inc.) 4,037 70.73%
Democratic James C. Calhoun 1,671 29.27%
Total votes 5,708 100.00%

District 26

Democratic primary

No candidates qualified for the Democratic primary election.[3]

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 26 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert A. Peck (inc.) 2,699 100.00%
Total votes 2,699 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 26 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert A. Peck (inc.) 5,464 100.00%
Total votes 5,464 100.00%

District 28

Democratic primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 28 Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Keith Goodenough (inc.) 918 100.00%
Total votes 918 100.00%

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 28 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Walsh 1,564 100.00%
Total votes 1,564 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 28 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Keith Goodenough (inc.) 3,431 50.66%
Republican Tom Walsh 3,341 49.34%
Total votes 6,772 100.00%

District 30

Democratic primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 30 Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry D. Horton 912 100.00%
Total votes 912 100.00%

Republican primary

2000 Wyoming Senate District 30 Republican primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles K. Scott (inc.) 1,714 100.00%
Total votes 1,714 100.00%

General election

2000 Wyoming Senate District 30 general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles K. Scott (inc.) 4,072 34.86%
Democratic Larry D. Horton 2,179 65.14%
Total votes 6,251 100.00%

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Statewide Legislative Abstract -- General Election -- November 7, 2000" (PDF). WY SOS. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  2. ↑ Roberts, Phillip J. (2008). Wyoming Blue Book Volume V (PDF). Cheyenne, Wyoming: Wyoming State Archives State Parks and Cultural Resources Department. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-9789829-2-8. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "Statewide Legislative Abstract -- Primary Election -- August 22, 2000" (PDF). WY SOS. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
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