1992 Wyoming Senate election
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The 1992 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 3, 1992, to elect members to the Wyoming Senate for its 52nd session as part of the 1992 United States elections. Partisan primaries were held on August 18. This was the first state senate election held after the state's county-based apportionment plan was struck down by the courts in Gorin v. Karpan in favor of a single-member district plan. As a result, every senator was up for re-election.
The election was held concurrently with elections for the state house, U.S. representative, and U.S. president.
Summary
Detailed election results
General election
To ease sorting, races won by a Republican candidate have a positive margin, while races won by Democratic candidates have negative margins.
SD 23's results were voided for Precinct 1-8 due to voters receiving incorrect ballots, and a new election was called for November 24.
SD 23 special election
Close races
The following races were decided by fewer than 5 points (3 races, all won by Republicans):
SD 28, 0.54% (36 votes) – Susan Anderson (Rep.)
SD 23, 0.56% (29 votes) – Larry Gilbertz (Rep.) (PARTIALLY VOIDED)
SD 23, 1.30% (68 votes) – Larry Gilbertz (Rep.) (RE-VOTE)
SD 22, 3.43% (245 votes) – Robert Trent (Rep.)
The following races were decided by fewer than 15 points (8 races, 7 won by Republicans, 1 won by a Democrat):
SD 5, 5.73% (372 votes) – Cynthia Lummis (Rep.)
SD 30, 6.52% (374 votes) – Charles K. Scott (Rep.)
SD 27, 7.21% (510 votes) – Gail Zimmerman (Rep.)
SD 4, 7.64% (556 votes) – April Brimmer-Kunz (Rep.)
SD 10, 10.25% (649 votes) – Pete Maxfield (Dem.)
SD 17, 11.86% (1,222 votes) – Bob LaLonde (Rep.)
SD 2, 12.04% (814 votes) – Jim Twiford (Rep.)
SD 2, 12.28% (852 votes) – John Rankine (Rep.)
Republican primaries
For the sake of brevity, races in which no candidates filed will not be shown.
Democratic primaries
Only three races saw more than one candidate stand in the Democratic primary.
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