The1902 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902. Incumbent Republican GovernorDeForest Richards ran for re-election. He was once again nominated by the Republican Party, and facedCody MayorGeorge T. Beck, the Democratic nominee, and Socialist Party nominee Henry Breitenstein in the general election. Richards won re-election in a landslide, becoming the first Governor of Wyoming to win re-election. However, Richards did not end up serving a full second term; on April 28, 1903, he died in office, elevating Secretary of StateFenimore Chatterton to the Governorship and triggering a special election in1904.
At the Republican convention on July 15, 1902, Richards, along with the other eligible Republican incumbents, was unanimously nominated for re-election.[1] Similarly,George T. Beck, the newly elected Mayor ofCody, faced no opposition at the Democratic convention and was nominated unanimously.[2]
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