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Wyoming's At-Large Congressional District

General Election Date November 8, 2016

Primary Date August 16, 2016

District history •Candidates

November 8 General Election Winner: Liz Cheney

Incumbent prior to election: Cynthia Lummis

Race Ratings Cook Political Report:Solid R[1] Sabato's Crystal Ball:Safe R[2] Rothenberg & Gonzales:Safe R[3]

Wyoming U.S. House ElectionsAt-Large District

2016 U.S. Senate Elections

2016 U.S. House Elections

The2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections inWyoming took place onNovember 8, 2016. Voterselected one candidate to serve in theU.S. House fromthe state's At-Large Congressional District.

Heading into the election, Ballotpediarated this race as safely Republican. IncumbentCynthia Lummis (R) did not seek re-election in 2016.Liz Cheney (R) defeatedRyan Greene (D),Lawrence Struempf (Libertarian), andDaniel Clyde Cummings (Constitution Party) in the general election on November 8, 2016. The margin of victory in Wyoming's U.S. House race was32.1%. Cheney defeated seven other Republican candidates in the primary election, while Greene defeatedCharlie Hardy to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 16, 2016.^[4][5]

Primary: Aprimary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Wyoming utilizes aclosed primary process.^[6][7]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.

Incumbent: Heading into the election, the incumbent wasCynthia Lummis (R), who was first elected in 2008. Lummis announced her retirement on November 12, 2015.^[8]

As of the2010 redistricting cycle,Wyoming had a singleAt-Large Congressional District, which was made up of the entirestate.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 8 election, the Republican Party held the one congressional seat fromWyoming.

Election results

General election

U.S. House, Wyoming's At-large District General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Liz Cheney	62%	156,176
	Democratic	Ryan Greene	30%	75,466
	Constitution	Daniel Clyde Cummings	4.1%	10,362
	Libertarian	Lawrence Struempf	3.6%	9,033
	N/A	Write-in	0.3%	739
Total Votes				251,776
Source:Wyoming Secretary of State

Primary election

U.S. House, Wyoming At-Large District Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Liz Cheney	39.9%	35,043
Leland Christensen	22%	19,330
Tim Stubson	17.7%	15,524
Darin Smith	15.2%	13,381
Mike Konsmo	1.6%	1,363
Jason Senteney	1.1%	976
Rex Rammell	1%	890
Paul Paad	1%	886
Heath Beaudry	0.6%	534
Total Votes		87,927
Source:Wyoming Secretary of State

U.S. House, Wyoming At-Large District Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ryan Greene	58.2%	10,955
Charlie Hardy	41.8%	7,868
Total Votes		18,823
Source:Wyoming Secretary of State

Candidates

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General election candidates: Liz Cheneya Ryan Greene Lawrence Struempf Daniel Clyde Cummings

Democratic Charlie Hardy[4] Ryan Greene[4]a

Republican Darin Smith[4] Heath Beaudry[4] Jason Senteney[10] Leland Christensen - State sen.[11] Liz Cheney[12][13]a Mike Konsmo[14] Paul Paad[4] Tim Stubson - State rep.[15]

Third Party/Other Lawrence Struempf (Libertarian)[4]a Daniel Clyde Cummings (Constitution)[4]a

Important dates and deadlines

See also:Wyoming elections, 2016

The calendar below listed important dates for political candidates in Wyoming in 2016.

District history

2014

Wyoming's At-Large Congressional District held an election for theU.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. IncumbentCynthia Lummis (R) defeatedRichard Grayson (D),Richard Brubaker (L), andDaniel Clyde Cummings (Constitution) in the general election.

U.S. House, Wyoming's At-Large District General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cynthia LummisIncumbent	68.5%	113,038
	Democratic	Richard Grayson	22.9%	37,803
	Libertarian	Richard Brubaker	4.3%	7,112
	Constitution	Daniel Clyde Cummings	4.1%	6,749
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	398
Total Votes				165,100
Source:Wyoming Secretary of State

2012

On November 6, 2012,Cynthia Lummis (R) won re-election to theUnited States House. She defeatedChris Henrichsen (D),Richard Brubaker (L),Daniel Clyde Cummings, andDon Willis in the general election.

U.S. House, Wyoming At-Large District General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cynthia LummisIncumbent	69%	166,452
	Democratic	Chris Henrichsen	23.9%	57,573
	Libertarian	Richard Brubaker	3.5%	8,442
	Constitution	Daniel Clyde Cummings	2.1%	4,963
	Country	Don Willis	1.6%	3,775
Total Votes				241,205
Source:Wyoming Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2016
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
• U.S. House primaries, 2016

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