2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election

The 2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican Governor Matt Mead was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Republican nominee Mark Gordon defeated Democratic nominee Mary Throne by nearly 40 percentage points.[1] This was the first time since 1978 that a candidate from the President's party was elected governor in Wyoming.

See also: 2018 Wyoming elections

2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election
November 6, 2018
Turnout73.45% Registered 10.08%
41.16% of Total Population 7.16%
 
Nominee Mark Gordon Mary Throne
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 136,412 55,965
Percentage 67.1% 27.5%
County results
Gordon:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Throne:      40–50%      50–60%
Governor before election

Matt Mead
Republican

 Elected Governor

Mark Gordon
Republican

Elections in Wyoming
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Republican primary

Nominated

Declared

Withdrew

Endorsements
Foster Friess
Federal officials
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations
Sam Galeotos
Federal elected officials
State legislators
Individuals
  • Ray Hunkins, Republican nominee for Governor in 2006
Mark Gordon
Federal elected officials
State elected officials
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations
Harriet Hageman
State legislators

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Foster
Friess		 Sam
Galeotos		 Mark
Gordon		 Harriet
Hageman		 Taylor
Haynes		 Other Undecided
University of Wyoming August 17–19, 2018 357 – 20% 10% 26% 18% 9% 1%[35] 15%
The Trafalgar Group (R) August 11–14, 2018 1,775 ± 2.4% 21% 10% 20% 16% 6% 8%[36] 20%
University of Wyoming June 18–20, 2018 596 ± 4.0% 6% 14% 19% 11% 10% 1%[35] 35%

Results
Results by county:
  Gordon—50–60%
  Gordon—40–50%
  Gordon—30–40%
  Gordon—<30%
  Friess—<30%
  Friess—30–40%
  Hageman—<30%
  Hageman—30–40%
  Hageman—40–50%
Republican primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Gordon 38,951 33.0
Republican Foster Friess 29,842 25.3
Republican Harriet Hageman 25,052 21.2
Republican Sam Galeotos 14,554 12.3
Republican Taylor Haynes 6,511 5.5
Republican Bill Dahlin 1,763 1.5
n/a Under votes 1,269 1.1
Republican Write-ins 113 0.0
n/a Over votes 46 0.0
Total votes 118,101 100.0

Democratic primary

Nominated

Declared
  • Ken Casner, candidate for governor in 2002[40]
  • Michael Allen Green, nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000[40]
  • Rex Wilde, candidate for governor in 2010[40]

Declined

Endorsements
Mary Throne
Federal executive officers
State executive officers
State legislators
Individuals
  • Mickey Babcock, Wyoming activist and Founder/Director of The Equipoise Fund[47]
  • Ryan Greene, author, businessman, and nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016[48]
Organizations
  • Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce[49]
  • Wyoming Education Association[50]
Newspapers

Results
Results by county:
  Throne—80–90%
  Throne—70–80%
  Throne—60–70%
  Throne—50–60%
Democratic primary results[37]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Throne 12,948 66.5
Democratic Michael Green 2,391 12.3
n/a Under votes 1,385 7.1
Democratic Kenneth Casner 1,213 6.2
Democratic Rex Wilde 1,201 6.2
Democratic Write-ins 323 1.7
n/a Over votes 13 0.0
Total votes 19,474 100.0

Independents and third parties

Declared

General election

Debates

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[52] Safe R October 26, 2018
The Washington Post[53] Safe R November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[54] Safe R November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[55] Safe R November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[56] Safe R November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[57] Safe R November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[58] Safe R November 5, 2018
Fox News[59][lower-alpha 1] Likely R November 5, 2018
Politico[60] Safe R November 5, 2018
Governing[61] Safe R November 5, 2018
Notes
  1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Mark
Gordon (R)		 Mary
Throne (D)		 Rex
Rammell (C)		 Lawrence
Struempf (L)		 Undecided
Change Research November 2–4, 2018 858 – 61% 27% 6% 4% –

Results
Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2018[62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mark Gordon 136,412 67.12% +7.73%
Democratic Mary Throne 55,965 27.54% +0.29%
Constitution Rex Rammell 6,751 3.32% N/A
Libertarian Lawrence Struempf 3,010 1.48% -0.93%
Write-in 1,100 0.54% -4.52%
Total votes 203,238 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

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