United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2012

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United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2012
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Turnout 58.9% (voting eligible)[1]
  John Barrasso official portrait 112th Congress.jpg No image.svg
Nominee John Barrasso Tim Chesnut
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 184,531 52,596
Percentage 75.9% 21.6%
Wyoming Senate Election Results by County, 2012.svg
U.S. Senate election results map.
Red denotes counties/districts won by Barrasso.
U.S. senator before election

John Barrasso
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

John Barrasso
Republican
Elections in Wyoming
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The 2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 2012, alongside a U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Barrasso won re-election to a first full term.

The primary elections were held August 21, 2012.

Background

Republican state Senator John Barrasso was appointed to the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2007, by then-governor Dave Freudenthal after U.S. Senator Craig Thomas died on June 4, 2007.[2]

John Barrasso defeated Nick Carter with 73.4% of the vote in the 2008 special U.S. senatorial election to serve the remainder of the senatorial term. Barrasso remains highly popular in the state with 69% of voters approving of him.[3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Barrasso (incumbent) 73,516 89.9
Republican Thomas Bleming 5,080 6.2
Republican Emmett Mavy 2,873 3.5
Republican Write-in 279 0.3
Total votes 81,748 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tim Chesnut 9,173 53.7
Democratic Al Hamburg 4,630 27.1
Democratic William Bryk 3,047 17.8
Democratic Write-in 222 1.3
Total votes 17,072 100

General election

Candidates

  • John Barrasso (Republican), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Tim Chesnut (Democratic), member of the Albany County Board of Commissioners
  • Joel Otto (Wyoming Country), rancher[11]

Debates

  • October 31, 2012 (Wyoming PBS)

Polling

Results

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John Barrasso (incumbent) 184,531 75.90% +2.55%
Democratic Tim Chesnut 52,596 21.60% -4.93%
Wyoming Country Joel Otto 6,138 2.60%
Majority 131,935 54.30% +7.47%
Turnout 243,265
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

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External links

Campaign websites
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