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Note: This article is not intended to serve as a guide to running for public office. Individuals should contact theirstate election agencies for further information.

In order to get on the ballot in Wyoming, a candidate for state or federal office must meet a variety of state-specific filing requirements and deadlines.These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an election ballot. These laws are set at the state level. A candidate must prepare to meet ballot access requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general election.

There are three basic methods by which an individual may become a candidate for office in a state.

1. An individual can seek the nomination of a state-recognized political party.
2. An individual can run as an independent. Independent candidates often must petition in order to have their names printed on the general election ballot.
3. An individual can run as a write-in candidate.

This article outlines the steps that prospective candidates for state-level and congressional office must take in order to run for office in Wyoming. For information about filing requirements for presidential candidates,click here. Information about filing requirements for local-level offices is not available in this article (contactstate election agencies for information about local candidate filing processes).

Seestate election laws

Year-specific filing information

2026

See also: Signature requirements and deadlines for 2026 U.S. Congress elections andWyoming elections, 2026

U.S. Senate

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Wyoming in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wyoming, clickhere.

U.S. House

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Wyoming in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wyoming, clickhere.

Governor

The table below details filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates in Wyoming in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wyoming, clickhere.

State House

The table below details filing requirements for Wyoming House of Representatives candidates in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wyoming, clickhere.

State Senate

The table below details filing requirements for Wyoming State Senate candidates in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Wyoming, clickhere.

For filing information from previous years, click "[Show more]" below.

Process to become a candidate

See statutes:Title 22-5 of the Wyoming Election Code

Major party candidates

A candidate seeking the nomination of a major party for state or federal office must be registered with the party whose nomination he or she seeks. The candidate must submit an application for nomination form to theWyoming Secretary of State. If running for state legislative office, the candidate must be a resident of the district in which he or she seeks election for at least 12 months preceding the election. If running forgovernor, the candidate must be a resident of the state for at least five years prior to the election. If running for another statewide office, the candidate must be a registered elector in the state.^[2][3][4][5]

The application must be accompanied by a filing fee. No application will be considered valid without a filing fee. The candidate must file the application and filing fee no later than 81 days before the primary election.^[6]

Minor and provisional party candidates

A candidate seeking the nomination of a minor or provisional party is nominated by party convention. To be certified as the nominee of a minor or provisional party at a party's state convention, the candidate must submit an application for nomination to theWyoming Secretary of State, along with the required filing fee (the filing fees are the same as those required of major party candidates). The candidate must file the requisite paperwork no later than 81 days prior the primary election.^[8]

Independent candidates

An independent candidate for partisan office must be nominated by filing a signed petition. The petition must be approved by theWyoming Secretary of State prior to circulation. The petition must be accompanied by the same fee required of party candidates. Petitions must be filed with theWyoming Secretary of State no later than 70 days before a general election.^[9][10][11]

For a statewide office, the petition must be signed by registered electors, which are defined as residents of the state eligible to vote for the petitioner, numbering at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast forUnited States Representative in the last general election for the entire state.^[12]

For a state legislative office, the petition must be signed by registered electors equaling at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office in that particular district in the last general election.^[12]

Write-in candidates

Each person who requests to have all votes cast for him or her as a write-in candidate counted must file an application for candidacy together with the appropriate filing fee withWyoming Secretary of State no later than two days after the election in which the person desires to have the write-in votes counted.^[13]

Petition requirements

See also:Methods for signing candidate nominating petitions

In some cases, candidates may need to obtain signatures via the petition process to gain access to the ballot. This section outlines the laws and regulations pertaining topetitions andcirculators inWyoming.

Format requirements

Petition for independent candidates

Independent candidates for office will complete and submit a petition containing the required signatures for the office being sought. The petition must include a declaration including the language below:

Petitions containing signatures must also be verified by circulators in the following format:

Circulation requirements

Petitions for a particular election may only be circulated during the calendar year in which the election is to be held.^[16] A petition circulator must also complete a declaration stating that he or she personally circulated a petition, that all signatures appearing on the petition were made in his or her presence, and that to the best of his or her knowledge, the signatures are the names they purport to be.^[17]

Election administration agencies

Election agencies

Seal of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission

See also:State election agencies

Individuals seeking additional information about election administration in Wyoming can contact the following local, state, and federal agencies.

Wyoming County Clerks

Click here for a list

Wyoming Secretary of State, Elections Division

Herschler Building East

122 West 25th Street, Suite 100

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002-0020

Phone: 307-777-5860

Email:elections@wyo.gov

Website:http://soswy.state.wy.us/elections/

U.S. Election Assistance Commission

633 3rd Street NW, Suite 200

Washington, DC 20001

Phone: 301-563-3919

Toll free: 1-866-747-1471

Email:clearinghouse@eac.gov

Website:https://www.eac.gov

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Term limits

State executives

See also:State executives with term limits andStates with gubernatorial term limits

The state executive term limits inWyoming are as follows:

• Thegovernor is eligible to serve for eight out of 16 years.
• Thecomptroller is limited to a total of two terms.
• Thetreasurer is limited to a total of two terms.

State legislators

See also:State legislatures with term limits

There are no term limits placed on Wyoming state legislators.

Congressional partisanship

See also:List of United States Representatives from Wyoming andList of United States Senators from Wyoming

Below is the current partisan breakdown of the congressional delegation fromWyoming.

State legislative partisanship

Below is the current partisan breakdown of the state legislature ofWyoming.

Wyoming State Senate

Wyoming House of Representatives

Related legislation

The table below lists bills related to ballot access requirements for candidates that have been introduced during (or carried over to) the current legislative session in Wyoming. The following information is included for each bill:

• State
• Bill number
• Official bill name or caption
• Most recent action date
• Legislative status
• Sponsor party
• Topics dealt with by the bill

Bills are organized by most recent action. The table displays up to 100 results. To view more bills, use the arrows in the upper-right corner. Clicking on a bill will open its page onBallotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker, which includes bill details and a summary.

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See also

• Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Wyoming
• Ballot access requirements for political parties in Wyoming
• Wyoming elections, 2024
• Campaign finance requirements in Wyoming
• Counties in Wyoming
• List of United States Representatives from Wyoming
• List of United States Senators from Wyoming
• Methods for signing candidate nominating petitions
• State executives with term limits
• States with gubernatorial term limits
• State legislatures with term limits

External links

Official state and federal links

• Wyoming Secretary of State
• Federal Election Commission
• Candidate information, from the Wyoming Secretary of State

Other information

• Ballot Access News – News updates and analysis of ballot access issues
• ThirdPartyPolitics.us – Blog about American third party and independent politics
• National Voter Outreach – Political consulting firm that specializes in organizing petition signature drives

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