{
 "topic": "senate",
 "site": "electiondata.dev",
 "place": {
  "id": "us-wy",
  "name": "Wyoming",
  "level": "us-state",
  "parent": "usa",
  "path": "us/wy",
  "slug": "wy",
  "state": "wy",
  "state_name": "Wyoming",
  "state_id": "us-wy"
 },
 "question": "How did Wyoming vote for the Senate?",
 "answer": {
  "verdict": "John Barrasso (Republican) won by 51.0 points",
  "value": 51,
  "unit": " pts",
  "digits": 1,
  "label": "Senate, 2024: winner's margin",
  "lines": [
   "John Barrasso (Republican) 75.1%, Scott D. Morrow (Democrat) 24.1%",
   "264,162 votes for Senate candidates"
  ]
 },
 "as_of": "2024",
 "as_of_label": "2024",
 "charts": [
  {
   "id": "senate-margin",
   "title": "Every regular Senate election in Wyoming since 1976",
   "description": "17 regular elections; Democrats were ahead in 1 and Republicans in 15.",
   "indicator": "Democratic candidate's share of Senate votes minus the Republican's, points (regular elections; special elections are in the table)",
   "subtitle": "Democratic share minus Republican share, in points. Above the line: the Democrat got more votes.",
   "x": {
    "kind": "year"
   },
   "y": {
    "digits": 1,
    "unit": " pts",
    "format": "party-margin"
   },
   "layers": [
    {
     "type": "bars",
     "name": "Margin",
     "base": 0,
     "points": [
      [
       1976,
       -9.174,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1978,
       24.334,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       1982,
       -13.314,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1984,
       -56.634,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1988,
       -0.73,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1990,
       -27.872,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1994,
       -19.567,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       1996,
       -11.85,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2000,
       -51.735,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2002,
       -45.908,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2006,
       -40.129,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2008,
       -51.377,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2012,
       -54.002,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2014,
       -54.74,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2018,
       -36.861,
       "rep"
      ],
      [
       2020,
       0,
       "dem"
      ],
      [
       2024,
       -50.988,
       "rep"
      ]
     ],
     "legend": [
      {
       "label": "Democrat ahead",
       "cls": "dem"
      },
      {
       "label": "Republican ahead",
       "cls": "rep"
      }
     ]
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "limits": [
  "A candidate the source data records with no party is shown as 'party not recorded' rather than guessed.",
  "Statewide totals say nothing about who voted or why.",
  "Candidates with a party's support under another name (Minnesota's DFL, New York's fusion lines) are counted with that party, as the MIT data's simplified party does; independents stay independents."
 ],
 "method": "Each candidate's votes are summed over every ballot line; blank, over- and under-votes are left out. The margin is the winner's share of the votes minus the runner-up's. A runoff, where held, is the result.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "electiondata.dev senate-results, version 2026-10-25.247421eda6",
   "url": "https://electiondata.dev/",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024",
   "url": "https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PEJ5QU",
   "license": "CC0 1.0"
  }
 ],
 "check": {
  "races": [
   {
    "year": 1976,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 155368,
    "votes": {
     "Malcolm Wallop": 84810,
     "Gale Mcgee": 70558
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1978,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 133364,
    "votes": {
     "Raymond B. Whitaker": 82908,
     "Alan Kooi Simpson": 50456
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1982,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 167191,
    "votes": {
     "Malcolm Wallop": 94725,
     "Rodger Mcdaniel": 72466
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1984,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 186898,
    "votes": {
     "Al Simpson": 146373,
     "Victor A. Ryan": 40525
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1988,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 180964,
    "votes": {
     "Malcolm Wallop": 91143,
     "John P. Vinich": 89821
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1990,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 157632,
    "votes": {
     "Alan K. Simpson": 100784,
     "Kathy Helling": 56848
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1994,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 201710,
    "votes": {
     "Craig Thomas": 118754,
     "Mike Sullivan": 79287,
     "Craig Alan Mccune": 3669
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 1996,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 211077,
    "votes": {
     "Michael B. Enzi": 114116,
     "Kathy Karpan": 89103,
     "W. David Herbert": 5289,
     "Lloyd Marsden": 2569
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2000,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 213659,
    "votes": {
     "Craig Thomas": 157622,
     "Mel Logan": 47087,
     "Margaret Dawson": 8950
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2002,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 183280,
    "votes": {
     "Michael B. Enzi": 133710,
     "Joyce Jansa Corcoran": 49570
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2006,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 193136,
    "votes": {
     "Craig Thomas": 135174,
     "Dale Groutage": 57671
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2008,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 249946,
    "votes": {
     "Michael B. Enzi": 189046,
     "Chris Rothfuss": 60631
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2008,
    "special": true,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 249558,
    "votes": {
     "John Barrasso": 183063,
     "Nick Carter": 66202
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2012,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 244862,
    "votes": {
     "John Barrasso": 185250,
     "Tim Chesnut": 53019,
     "Joel Otto": 6176
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2014,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 168390,
    "votes": {
     "Michael B. Enzi": 121554,
     "Charlie Hardy": 29377,
     "Curt Gottshall": 13311,
     "Joseph S. Porambo": 3677
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2018,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 203420,
    "votes": {
     "John Barrasso": 136210,
     "Gary Trauner": 61227,
     "Joseph Porambo": 5658
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2020,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 278503,
    "votes": {
     "Cynthia M. Lummis": 198100,
     "Merav Ben David": 72766,
     "Under Votes": 6401,
     "Over Votes": 165
    }
   },
   {
    "year": 2024,
    "special": false,
    "runoff": false,
    "total": 264162,
    "votes": {
     "John Barrasso": 198418,
     "Scott D. Morrow": 63727
    }
   }
  ],
  "dataset": "senate-results",
  "version": "2026-10-25.247421eda6"
 },
 "table": {
  "title": "Every Senate race since 1976",
  "columns": [
   "Race",
   "Winner",
   "Runner-up",
   "Margin",
   "Votes"
  ],
  "num": [
   3,
   4
  ],
  "rows": [
   [
    "2024",
    "John Barrasso (R) 75.1%",
    "Scott D. Morrow (D) 24.1%",
    "51.0 pts",
    "264,162"
   ],
   [
    "2020",
    "Cynthia M. Lummis (?) 71.1%",
    "Merav Ben David (?) 26.1%",
    "45.0 pts",
    "278,503"
   ],
   [
    "2018",
    "John Barrasso (R) 67.0%",
    "Gary Trauner (D) 30.1%",
    "36.9 pts",
    "203,420"
   ],
   [
    "2014",
    "Michael B. Enzi (R) 72.2%",
    "Charlie Hardy (D) 17.4%",
    "54.7 pts",
    "168,390"
   ],
   [
    "2012",
    "John Barrasso (R) 75.7%",
    "Tim Chesnut (D) 21.7%",
    "54.0 pts",
    "244,862"
   ],
   [
    "2008 special",
    "John Barrasso (R) 73.4%",
    "Nick Carter (D) 26.5%",
    "46.8 pts",
    "249,558"
   ],
   [
    "2008",
    "Michael B. Enzi (R) 75.6%",
    "Chris Rothfuss (D) 24.3%",
    "51.4 pts",
    "249,946"
   ],
   [
    "2006",
    "Craig Thomas (R) 70.0%",
    "Dale Groutage (D) 29.9%",
    "40.1 pts",
    "193,136"
   ],
   [
    "2002",
    "Michael B. Enzi (R) 73.0%",
    "Joyce Jansa Corcoran (D) 27.0%",
    "45.9 pts",
    "183,280"
   ],
   [
    "2000",
    "Craig Thomas (R) 73.8%",
    "Mel Logan (D) 22.0%",
    "51.7 pts",
    "213,659"
   ],
   [
    "1996",
    "Michael B. Enzi (R) 54.1%",
    "Kathy Karpan (D) 42.2%",
    "11.9 pts",
    "211,077"
   ],
   [
    "1994",
    "Craig Thomas (R) 58.9%",
    "Mike Sullivan (D) 39.3%",
    "19.6 pts",
    "201,710"
   ],
   [
    "1990",
    "Alan K. Simpson (R) 63.9%",
    "Kathy Helling (D) 36.1%",
    "27.9 pts",
    "157,632"
   ],
   [
    "1988",
    "Malcolm Wallop (R) 50.4%",
    "John P. Vinich (D) 49.6%",
    "0.7 pts",
    "180,964"
   ],
   [
    "1984",
    "Al Simpson (R) 78.3%",
    "Victor A. Ryan (D) 21.7%",
    "56.6 pts",
    "186,898"
   ],
   [
    "1982",
    "Malcolm Wallop (R) 56.7%",
    "Rodger Mcdaniel (D) 43.3%",
    "13.3 pts",
    "167,191"
   ],
   [
    "1978",
    "Raymond B. Whitaker (D) 62.2%",
    "Alan Kooi Simpson (R) 37.8%",
    "24.3 pts",
    "133,364"
   ],
   [
    "1976",
    "Malcolm Wallop (R) 54.6%",
    "Gale Mcgee (D) 45.4%",
    "9.2 pts",
    "155,368"
   ]
  ]
 },
 "api": {
  "now": "/data/places/us-wy/senate.json",
  "source": "https://api.electiondata.dev/v1/senate-results/download/senate-results.csv",
  "source_label": "Every Senate race, every state, from electiondata.dev (live, no key)"
 },
 "generated_at": "2026-10-26T20:05:12+00:00"
}