The Green Papers: Wyoming 2007 Off Year Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:495,304 (0.18% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):358,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):220,012
Capital:Cheyenne
 

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Wyoming State and Local Government

           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Republican Senator John A. Barrasso
• Appointed: 22 June 2007 by Governor Dave Freudenthal
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Next Special Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008; Next regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
    Republican     Bruce S. Asay - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
  Elected Republican     state Senator John Barrasso
• The 71-member state Republican Central Committee met on 19 June 2007 to select three nominees to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat. Mr. Barrasso received 56 votes. Being in the top three, his name is forwarded to Governor Dave Freudenthal (Democrat) who will choose the replacement. On 22 June 2007 Governor Dave Freudenthal selected Republican state Senator John Barrasso as Wyoming's new Senator.
• FEC: $653,440
    Republican     Cale Case - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Doug Chamberlain - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Ben H. Collins, Jr. - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     state Representative David R. "Dave" Edwards - apparently not a candidate
• Withdrew
    Republican     Dennis Fox - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Larry J. French - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Brian Gamroth - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Jan Gray - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     John Allan Holtz - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Ray Hunkins - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Paul Kruse - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Nora Lewis - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Republican     former State Treasurer Cynthia M. Lummis
• The 71-member state Republican Central Committee met on 19 June 2007 to select three nominees to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat. Ms. Lummis received 44 votes. Being in the top three, her name is forwarded to Governor Dave Freudenthal (Democrat) who will choose the replacement.
    Republican     former state House Speaker Randall Luthi - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Clif McCrady - apparently not a candidate
• Withdrew circa 16 June 2007
    Republican     former Wyoming U.S. Attorney Matt Mead - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Ron Micheli - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Frank Moore - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Bill Paddleford - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican; (Libertarian)     Thomas R. "Thom" Rankin - apparently not a candidate
• 2006 Libertarian nominee for Wyoming's At-Large House Seat. Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
  Candidate Republican     Thomas L. "Tom" Sansonetti
• The 71-member state Republican Central Committee met on 19 June 2007 to select three nominees to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat. Mr. Sansonetti received 58 votes. Being in the top three, her name is forwarded to Governor Dave Freudenthal (Democrat) who will choose the replacement.
    Republican     Jack R. Sapp - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Joseph Schloss - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     state House Majority Leader Colin M. Simpson - apparently not a candidate
• Mr. Simpson is a possible candidate for Wyoming's At-Large House Seat. Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     J. Randall Stevenson - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Clark Stith - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Nate Stratton - apparently not a candidate
• Withdrew 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Jeanna Wright - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
    Republican     Charles C. Young - apparently not a candidate
• Not selected by the Republican Central Committee on 19 June 2007.
 

 
27 May 2007 update: We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Republican Senator Craig Lyle Thomas who passed away 4 June 2007 at the age of 74. Senator Thomas was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in November 2006. He was first elected in 1994 and re-elected in 2000 and 2006.

Under Wyoming law, Governor Dave Freudenthal (Democrat) will select Senator Thomas' replacement from one of three candidates submitted by the Wyoming Republican State Central Committee. The Committee has 15 days (they met 19 June) to select the nominees. Once the Governor receives those names, he has 5 days to choose one. The new Senator will serve until the end of the current session of congress which runs through January 2009. A special election will be called for 4 November 2008 to fill the remainder of Senator Thomas' term which ends in January 2012.

The deadline for applications to be submitted to the Wyoming Republican Party was 14 June 2007 at 5 p.m local time. Wyoming Republican Party US Senate Applications Update

The 71 member Wyoming state Republican Central Committee met 19 June 2007 to select the three nominees. The Committee decided upon former chief of staff to Senator Thomas Tom Sansonetti (58 votes), State Senator John Barrasso (56 votes), and former state Treasurer Cynthia Lummis (44 votes). The next two runners up were Matt Mead (30 votes) and Ron Micheli (25 votes).

On 22 June 2007 Governor Dave Freudenthal appointed Republican state Senator John Barrasso as Wyoming's new Senator.

Class 2 Republican Senator Michael B. "Mike" Enzi
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 4-term period. The Wyoming Supreme Court determined on 4 May 2004 that term limits require an amendment to the state constitution rather than, as they were, imposed by a 1992 ballot initiative. At the time, the ruling was not applied to statewide offices. Reference: CATHCART v. MEYER, 2004 WY 49, 88 P.3d 1050, Case Number: 04-32, 04-33, 04-34, Decided: 05/04/2004, All Governors
  Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
• Open Chair - At term limit
110th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Undetermined)
At-Large
{map}		 Republican Congressman Barbara L. Cubin
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Secretary of State Max Maxfield
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Treasurer Joseph B. "Joe" Meyer
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Auditor Rita C. Meyer
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent Jim McBride
• Appointed: August 2005; first elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent
 • Republican: 7 incumbents, 3 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Libertarian
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
 

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