Wyoming State Senate District 6

Incumbent

Taft Love

Assumed office: September 9, 2025

Wyoming State Senate District 6 is represented byTaft Love (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Wyoming state senators represented an average of18,636 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented18,943 residents.

About the office

Members of theWyoming State Senate servefour-year terms and are not subject toterm limits. Wyoming legislators assume office the first Monday in January in odd-numbered years.^[1]

Qualifications

See also:State legislature candidate requirements by state

Section 2 of Article 3 of theWyoming Constitution states, "No person shall be a senator who has not attained the age of twenty-five years, or a representative who has not attained the age of twenty-one years, and who is not a citizen of the United States and of this state and who has not, for at least twelve months next preceding his election resided within the county or district in which he was elected."^[2]

Candidates must be qualified electors.^[3][4]

Salaries

See also:Comparison of state legislative salaries

Vacancies

See also:How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in theWyoming State Legislature, the board of county commissioners representing the vacant district must select a replacement. The meeting to pick the candidates should take place no later than 15 days after the state central committee is notified of the vacancy. The state central committee of the political party that last held the seat must submit a list of three candidates to the board of county commissioners. Within five days of receiving the list of three candidates, the board of county commissioners shall appoint one of the candidates to fill the vacancy.^[6]

See sources:Wyoming Const. Art. 3, Sec. 51 andWyoming Stat., §22-18-111(a)(iii)

District map

Redistricting

2020 redistricting cycle

See also:Redistricting in Wyoming after the 2020 census

On March 25, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) allowed the state’s legislative maps to become law without signing the redistricting bill approved by the legislature. The legislature approved Wyoming HB100 on March 11.The bill added one Senate seat and two House of Representatives seats to the state legislature. The Senate passed legislative redistricting plans, voting 20-10 to approve an amended version of the Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee's proposal.^[7] The House rejected maps approved by the Senate in a 46-11 vote on March 8. Legislative leaders formed a committee of three representatives and three senators to resolve disputes over the proposals.^[8] On March 11, the House passed the maps in a 44-12 vote, and the Senate passed the maps in a 17-12 vote.^[9]

How does redistricting in Wyoming work? Wyoming is home to one at-large congressional district, making congressional redistricting unnecessary. State legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature. State legislative district plans are subject to veto by thegovernor.^[10]

In 2011, a joint legislative committee adopted the following guidelines for state legislative redistricting:^[10]

1. Districts should be contiguous and compact.
2. Districts should "reflect a community of interest."
3. Districts should "consider significant geographic features."
4. "A majority of the population of each county" should reside within a single district.
5. "Consideration should be given to nesting two House districts in each state Senate district."

Elections

2024

See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wyoming State Senate District 6

Darin Smith won election in the general election for Wyoming State Senate District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Darin Smith (R)	95.5	8,484
		Other/Write-in votes	4.5	402

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,886
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 6 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Darin Smith	37.6	1,780
		Eric Johnston	26.8	1,267
		Taft Love	12.5	593
		Marc Torriani	9.2	434
		Kim Withers	8.1	383
		Gary Bjorklund	5.6	264
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	13

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,734
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2020

See also:Wyoming State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wyoming State Senate District 6

IncumbentAnthony Bouchard defeatedBritney Wallesch in the general election for Wyoming State Senate District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony Bouchard (R)	64.7	6,879
	Submit photo	Britney Wallesch (D)	35.0	3,724
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	32

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 10,635
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wyoming State Senate District 6

Britney Wallesch advanced from the Democratic primary for Wyoming State Senate District 6 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Britney Wallesch	99.3	858
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	6

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 864
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 6

IncumbentAnthony Bouchard defeatedErin Johnson in the Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 6 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony Bouchard	51.8	2,069
	Submit photo	Erin Johnson	47.7	1,906
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	20

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,995
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2016

See also:Wyoming State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theWyoming State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 16, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 27, 2016.IncumbentWayne Johnson (R) did not seek re-election.

Anthony Bouchard defeatedKym Zwonitzer in the Wyoming State Senate District 6 general election.^[11]

Wyoming State Senate, District 6 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Anthony Bouchard	51.98%	4,670
	Independent	Kym Zwonitzer	48.02%	4,314
Total Votes				8,984
Source:Wyoming Secretary of State

Anthony Bouchard defeatedDavid Zwonitzer andLindi Kirkbride in the Wyoming State Senate District 6 Republican primary.^[12][13]

Wyoming State Senate, District 6 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Anthony Bouchard	35.02%	1,137
	Republican	David Zwonitzer	34.86%	1,132
	Republican	Lindi Kirkbride	30.12%	978
Total Votes				3,247

2012

See also:Wyoming State Senate elections, 2012

Elections for the office ofWyoming State Senate consisted of a primary election on August 21, 2012, and a general election onNovember 6, 2012. IncumbentWayne Johnson (R) defeatedWilliam R. Hill (Wyoming Country Party) in the general election. Johnson defeatedAnthony Bouchard in theRepublican primary election.^[14][15][16]

Wyoming State Senate, District 6, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Wayne JohnsonIncumbent	75.1%	5,981
	Country	William Hill	20.9%	1,663
	Write-Ins	Various	4%	317
Total Votes				7,961

Wyoming State Senate, District 6 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Wayne JohnsonIncumbent	50.7%	1,551
Anthony Bouchard	49.3%	1,509
Total Votes		3,060

Campaign contributions

From 2000 to 2024, candidates for Wyoming State Senate District 6 raised a total of $543,881. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $22,662 on average. All figures come fromFollow the Money

See also

Suggest a link

• Wyoming State Legislature
• Wyoming State Senate
• Wyoming House of Representatives

External links

• Wyoming State Legislature

Footnotes

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