1990 Wyoming Senate election November 6, 1990 (1990-11-06 )
Wyoming Senate Republican gain Republican hold Democratic holdWinner by party Best-performing candidate by county
Republicans: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% >90%Democrats: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%Margin of victory
The1990 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect 15 members of theWyoming Senate . This was the last election held beforeGorin v. Karpan struck down Wyoming's county-based legislative apportionment plan in favor ofsingle-member districts in 1992.[ 1]
Party Candidates Seats Num. Vote % Before Up Won After +/– Republicans 14 91,436 56.10% 19 9 10 20 Democrats 10 71,549 43.90% 11 6 5 10 Total 24 162,985 100.00% 30 15 15 30
For the sake of brevity, races in which no candidates filed are excluded.
To ease sorting, races won by a Republican candidate have a positive margin, while races won by Democratic candidates have negative margins.[ 6] [ 7]
District Republicans Democrats Total Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Total Maj. % Albany Terry Guice 4,680 50.61 Amber Travsky 4,568 49.39 9,248 +112 +1.21 Carbon Bob Grieve 3,762 63.35 Tom McGuire 2,176 36.65 5,938 +1,586 +26.71 Converse Jim Twiford 3,241 100.00 — — — 3,241 +3,241 +100.00 Crook –Weston Jerry Dixon 4,101 100.00 — — — 4,101 +4,101 +100.00 Fremont Sky Phifer 5,091 44.25 John Vinich 6,415 55.75 11,506 -1,324 -11.51 Hot Springs –Washakie Mike Healy 4,312 100.00 — — — 4,312 +4,312 +100.00 Lincoln Boyd Eddins 3,872 100.00 — — — 3,872 +3,872 +100.00 Sheridan George A. Meredith 3,717 39.30 Della Herbst 5,740 60.70 9,457 -2,023 -21.39 Sublette –Teton Bob LaLonde 3,983 50.97 H.L. Jensen 3,832 49.03 7,815 +151 +1.93
District Republicans Democrats Total Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Laramie Gary Yordy 12,958 29.20 Guy Cameron 15,175 34.20 44,370 Derrell Norman 7,635 17.21 Pamela Taylor 8,602 19.39 Natrona Charles Scott 15,510 40.72 Barbara Reese 9,254 24.30 38,090 Gail D. Zimmerman 13,326 34.99 — — — Sweetwater Bill Taliaferro 5,248 24.95 Frank Prevedel 8,611 40.94 21,035 — — — Robert Reese 7,176 34.11
Republican primary elections [ edit ] District Winners Total Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Laramie Gary Yordy 6,897 58.85 Derrell Norman 4,823 41.15 11,720 Natrona Gail Zimmerman 7,839 51.35 Charles Scott 7,428 48.65 15,267
Democratic primary elections [ edit ] District Winners Runners-up Total Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Total Maj. % Albany Amber Travsky 1,737 58.86 Marguerite Nelson 1,214 41.14 2,951 +523 +17.72 Carbon Tom McGuire 1,888 100.00 — — — 1,888 +1,888 +100.00 Fremont John Vinich 3,982 100.00 — — — 3,982 +3,982 +100.00 Sheridan Della Herbst 1,853 100.00 — — — 1,853 +1,853 +100.00 Sublette –Teton H. L. Jensen 1,048 100.00 — — — 1,048 +1,048 +100.00
District Winners Runners-up Total Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Candidate Vote % Laramie Guy Cameron 6,407 51.34 Pamela Taylor 3,408 27.31 E. Eugene Morris 2,665 21.35 12,480 Natrona Barbara Reese 4,690 100.00 — — — — — — 4,690 Sweetwater Frank Prevedel 6,201 53.94 Robert J. Reese 5,296 46.06 — — — 11,497
Republican gain Republican hold
Best-performing candidate by county
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