2022 Wyoming Senate election

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16 of the 31 seats in theWyoming Senate 16 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Dan Dockstader Chris Rothfuss Party Republican Democratic Leader since January 12, 2021 January 7, 2013 Leader's seat 16th -Afton 9th -Laramie Last election 28 seats, 86.86% 2 seats, 11.57% Seats before 28 2 Seats after 29[a] 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 67,440 15,477 Percentage 75.31% 17.28% Swing 11.55% 5.71%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold      No election
President of the Senate before election Dan Dockstader Republican ElectedPresident of the Senate Ogden Driskill Republican

The2022Wyoming Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election held on Tuesday, August 16, 2022.^[4][5]Wyoming voters selected state senators in the 16 odd-numbered districts of theSenate to serve four-year terms.^[6]

The election coincided withUnited States national elections andWyoming state elections, includingU.S. House,Governor, andWyoming House.^[7][8]

Following theprevious election in 2020,Republicans held a 28-to-2-seat supermajority overDemocrats.^[9][10] These were the first elections in the odd-numbered Wyoming Senate districts following the2020 United States redistricting cycle, which resulted in redrawn legislative district boundaries and the creation of a new 31st district.^[1][2][3]Republicans expanded their supermajority to 29-to-2 overDemocrats by gaining a seat in the new 31st district in 2022.^[11]

Summary of the November 8, 2022Wyoming Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republican	15	67,440	75.31%	28	13	13	29	1
	Democratic	6	15,477	17.28%	2	2	2	2
	Independent	1	1,369	1.53%	0	0	0	0
	Constitution	1	1,104	1.23%	0	0	0	0
	Libertarian	1	421	0.47%	0	0	0	0
	Write-in		3,735	4.17%	0	0	0	0
Total			89,546	100.00%	30	15	15	31
Source:Wyoming Elections Results

Italics denote an open seat held by the incumbent party;bold text denotes a gain for a party.^[4][7][8]

Sources for election results:^[4][7][8]

• 2022 United States elections
• 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming
• 2022 Wyoming elections
• 2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election
• 2022 Wyoming Secretary of State election
• 2022 Wyoming House of Representatives election
• Wyoming State Legislature
• Wyoming Senate

• State Senate
• Wyoming atBallotpedia
• Election atBallotpedia
• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association,"Wyoming",Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Wyoming: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links",Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Wyoming". (State affiliate of the U.S.League of Women Voters)

• 2022 Wyoming elections
• 2022 state legislature elections in the United States
• Wyoming Senate elections

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