World Library  
  
Flag as Inappropriate
Email this Article

United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2010

Article Id: WHEBN0026553129
Reproduction Date:

Title: United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2010  
Author: World Heritage Encyclopedia
Language: English
Subject: United States House of Representatives elections, 2010, Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2010, Wyoming elections, 2010, United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2006, United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2008
Collection:
Publisher: World Heritage Encyclopedia
Publication
Date:
 

United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2010

United States House of Representatives Election in Wyoming, 2010
November 2, 2010
 
Nominee Cynthia Lummis David Wendt
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 131,661 45,768
Percentage 70.4% 24.5%
U.S. Representative before election

Cynthia Lummis
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Cynthia Lummis
Republican

Elections in Wyoming

The 2010 House election in Wyoming was held on November 2, 2010 and determined who would represent the state of Wyoming in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; the elected served in the 112th Congress from January 4, 2011 until January 3, 2013. The election coincided with the 2010 midterm elections.

Wyoming has one seat in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2008-2010 congressional delegation consisted of one Republican.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • David Wendt, Director of the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs

Results

Democratic Party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David Wendt 20,410 99.04%
Democratic Write-ins 198 0.96%
Totals 20,608 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cynthia Lummis (inc.) 84,063 82.82%
Republican Evan Liam Slafter 17,148 16.89%
Republican Write-ins 289 0.28%
Totals 101,500 100.00%

General election

Candidates

  • Cynthia Lummis, incumbent Congresswoman (R)
  • David Wendt, Director of the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs (D)
  • John V. Love (L)

Polling

Poll Source Dates Administered Cynthia Lummis (R) David Wendt (D)
Rasmussen Reports September 30, 2010 61% 29%
Mason-Dixon July 26–28, 2010 59% 29%

Results

Wyoming's At-large congressional district election, 2010[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cynthia Lummis (inc.) 131,661 70.42%
Democratic David Wendt 45,768 24.48%
Libertarian John V. Love 9,253 4.95%
Write-ins 287 0.15%
Totals 186,969 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. ^ http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2010/Results/Primary/2010_Statewide_Candidates_Summary.pdf
  2. ^ http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2010/Results/Primary/2010_Statewide_Candidates_Summary.pdf
  3. ^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2010election.pdf
Preceded by
2008 elections 		United States House elections in Wyoming
2010 		Succeeded by
2012 elections

External links

  • Elections at Wyoming Secretary of State
  • U.S. Congress Candidates for Wyoming at Project Vote Smart
  • Wyoming U.S. House - At-Large from OurCampaigns.com
  • Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Wyoming from OpenSecrets.org
  • 2010 Wyoming General Election graph of multiple polls from Pollster.com
  • House - Wyoming from the Cook Political Report
  • Race ranking and details from CQ Politics
  • Race profile at The New York Times
  • Candidates: United States House of Representatives at Decision 2010 at Wyoming PBS
U.S.
Senate
U.S.
House
Governors
Mayors
States
(Legislative)


This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002.
 
Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.
 
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization.
 


Copyright © World Library Foundation. All rights reserved. eBooks from Project Gutenberg are sponsored by the World Library Foundation,
a 501c(4) Member's Support Non-Profit Organization, and is NOT affiliated with any governmental agency or department.