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Ageneral election was held in theU.S. state ofWyoming on November 6, 2018. All of Wyoming's executive offices were up for election, as well as aUnited States Senate seat and Wyoming's at-large seat in theUnited States House of Representatives.Primary elections were held on August 21, 2018.

2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election

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Turnout	73.45% Registered 10.08% 41.16% of Total Population 7.16%
Nominee Mark Gordon Mary Throne Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 136,412 55,965 Percentage 67.1% 27.5%
County results Gordon:     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Throne:     40–50%     50–60%
Governor before election Matt Mead Republican ElectedGovernor Mark Gordon Republican

IncumbentRepublicanGovernorMatt Mead was term-limited and could not run for a third term. Republican State TreasurerMark Gordon defeated attorneyHarriet Hageman, businessmen Bill Dahlin,Foster Friess, Sam Galeotos, and physician Taylor Haynes.

FormerDemocratic Minority Leader of theWyoming House of RepresentativesMary Throne ran for the Democratic nomination with minimal opposition.

2018 Wyoming Secretary of State election

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Nominee Edward Buchanan James W. Byrd Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 136,939 53,384 Percentage 68.8% 26.8%

County results Precinct results Buchanan:     40–50%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90%+ Byrd:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Tie:     40–50%

Secretary of State before election Edward Buchanan Republican ElectedSecretary of State Edward Buchanan Republican

Ed Murray, who had first been elected in 2014, intended to run for governor, but resigned February 9, 2018 following claims of sexual assault.^[1] GovernorMatt Mead appointed formerSpeaker of the Wyoming House of RepresentativesEdward Buchanan to fill the remainder of Murray's term.

• Edward Buchanan, incumbentSecretary of State of Wyoming and formerSpeaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives^[2]

• Leland Christensen, state senator and candidate for theU.S. House of Representatives in2016 (running for State Treasurer)^[3]

• James W. Byrd, state representative^[5]

2018 Wyoming State Treasurer election

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Nominee Curt Meier Chris Lowry Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 141,732 54,894 Percentage 72.1% 27.9%

County results Precinct results County results Meier:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Lowry:     60–70%

Treasurer before election Mark Gordon Republican Elected Treasurer Curt Meier Republican

Incumbent Republican State TreasurerMark Gordon declined to run for a third full term and instead ran successfully forgovernor of Wyoming.

• Leland Christensen, state senator and candidate for theU.S. House of Representatives in2016^[3]
• Curt Meier, state senator^[7]
• Ron Redo, candidate for State Treasurer in 2014

No candidate filed to run; however, Chris Lowry qualified for the general election by receiving enough write-in votes.

2018 Wyoming State Auditor election

← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 →

Nominee Kristi Racines Jeff Dockter Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 143,887 52,488 Percentage 73.3% 26.7%

County results Precinct results County results Racines:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Dockter:     50–60%

Auditor before election Cynthia Cloud Republican ElectedAuditor Kristi Racines Republican

Incumbent Republican State AuditorCynthia Cloud declined to run for a third term.

• Kristi Racines, certified public accountant^[8]
• Nathan Winters, state representative^[9]

• Jeff Dockter, Wyoming Department of Enterprise Technology Services supervisor^[10]

2018 Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction election

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Nominee Jillian Balow Party Republican Popular vote 163,790 Percentage 98.1%

County results Precinct results County results Balow:     90–100%

Instruction before election Jillian Balow Republican ElectedInstruction Jillian Balow Republican

Incumbent Republican SuperintendentJillian Balow ran for a second term.

• Jillian Balow, incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction^[11]

Incumbent Republican SenatorJohn Barrasso ran for a third term.^[12]

Businessman and nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in2006 and2008Gary Trauner ran for the Democratic nomination.^[13]

Businessman Dave Dodson initially ran as an independent, but later ran in the Republican primary and was defeated.^[14]

Incumbent Republican U.S. RepresentativeLiz Cheney, who had represented the state in theUnited States House of Representatives since 2017, successfully ran for reelection. She defeated Rod Miller, a former federal land planning coordinator, and Blake Stanley for the Republican nomination.^[15]

Oil geologist Greg Hunter defeated attorney Travis Helm for the Democratic nomination.^[16]

Of the 30 seats in theWyoming Senate, 15 were up for election in 2018.

All 60 seats in theWyoming House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.

• Candidates atVote Smart
• Candidates atBallotpedia
• Campaign finance atOpenSecrets

Official Secretary of State campaign websites

• Ed Buchanan (R) for Secretary of State
• James W. Byrd (D) for Secretary of State
• Kit Carson (L) for Secretary of StateArchived 2018-10-06 at theWayback Machine

Official Treasurer campaign websites

• Chris Lowry (D) for Treasurer^{[permanent dead link]}
• Curt Meier (R) for TreasurerArchived 2018-10-06 at theWayback Machine

Official Auditor campaign websites

• Jeff Dockter (D) for Auditor
• Kristi Racines (R) for Auditor

Official Superintendent of Public Instruction campaign websites

• Jillian Balow (R) for Superintendent

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