All 62 members of the Wyoming House of Representatives were elected on November 8, 2022, as part of the 2022 Wyoming elections. Primary elections were held on August 16. Republicans expanded their supermajority, gaining six seats.
Background The election will be the first after redistricting based on the 2020 census. New legislative districts were approved on March 25, 2022. Two seats were added in the redistricting plan enacted by the Wyoming Legislature.
+ Outgoing composition Party Leader 2020 % Seats 2020 Now Up Needed Republican Eric Barlow 76.9 51 51 51 Democratic Cathy Connolly 16.1 7 7 7 25 Libertarian Marshall Burt 2.5 1 1 1 31 Independent 1.9 1 1 1 Write-in 2.6 Total 100% 60 62 32
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball May 19, 2022
Results summary + Summary of the November 8, 2022 Wyoming House election results Party Candidates Votes % Seats Before Up Won After +/– Republican 61 138,719 76.72% 51 51 57 57 6 Democratic 20 22,939 12.69% 7 7 5 5 2 Independent 6 8,573 4.74% 1 1 0 0 1 Libertarian 6 4,398 2.43% 1 1 0 0 1 Constitution 2 531 0.29% 0 0 0 0 Write-in 5,651 3.13% Total 180,811 100.00% 62 2 Source: Wyoming Secretary of State
Close races
District Winner Margin District 11 Republican 6% District 14 Democratic 9.3% District 23 Democratic 3.4% District 41 Republican 7.9%
Incumbents defeated in general Democrats District 17: Chad Banks lost to Republican J. T. Larson. District 33: Andi LeBeau lost to Republican Sarah Penn.
Libertarian District 39: Marshall Burt lost to Republican Cody Wylie.
Open seats changing parties District 22: Republican Andrew Byron won the seat held by retiring independent Jim Roscoe. District 61: Republican Daniel Singh won the new seat. District 62: Republican Forrest Chadwick won the new seat.
Primary elections Major party (Republican and Democratic) candidates filed for the August 16 primary elections between May 12 and May 27, 2022. Minor parties (Libertarian and Constitution) nominated candidates by convention and submitted their nominations to the secretary of state by August 15. Independents submitted nominating petitions by August 29. The general election candidates list was finalized on September 6; the Democrats made one substitution.
Retiring incumbents Seventeen incumbents did not seek re-election.
Republicans District 3: Eric Barlow (speaker; running for state senator) District 7: Sue Wilson District 19: Danny Eyre District 21: Evan Simpson District 25: Dan Laursen District 26: Jamie Flitner District 27: Mike Greear (speaker pro tempore) District 29: Mark Kinner District 42: Jim Blackburn District 47: Jerry Paxton District 49: Robert Wharff District 52: Bill Fortner District 57: Chuck Gray (running for secretary of state) District 60: Mark Baker
Democrats District 13: Cathy Connolly (minority leader) District 23: Andy Schwartz
Independents District 22: Jim Roscoe
Incumbents defeated in primary Seven incumbents were defeated in the primary election.
Republicans District 2: J. D. Williams District 5: Shelly Duncan District 6: Aaron Clausen District 32: Timothy Hallinan District 35: Joe MacGuire District 44: John Romero-Martinez District 58: Pat Sweeney
Democrats None of the five Democrats running for re-election faced a primary challenge.
Results Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding and the inclusion of write-ins.
+Republican primaryDistrictCandidatesVotesPercent1()Unopposed21,71750%()1,70550%31,72561%1,11239%4()Unopposed51,79454%()1,54646%61,72351%()1,66749%7()1,51457%1,15143%81,26735%1,02128%69319%61117%9()1,19253%54524%48922%10()2,13474%74326%11()Unopposed12()83166%41233%13Unopposed141,06052%93646%15()Unopposed16Unopposed17Unopposed18()Unopposed191,07844%75230%63826%20()2,13958%1,41938%1584%211,74558%1,23541%22Unopposed23Unopposed24()1,81051%1,72749%251,16441%66323%53619%47017%261,17856%51024%30815%824%27Unopposed28()Unopposed291,28650%1,24849%30()Unopposed31()Unopposed321,49258%()1,07942%3384368%25020%13811%34()Unopposed351,64757%()1,21542%36()1,11760%72739%37()1,78053%1,57847%38()Unopposed39Unopposed40()2,63160%1,72139%41()Unopposed421,29154%1,08245%43()1,08454%91345%4440441%()29330%26127%45No Republican candidates46()1,81675%57824%471,44757%1,07042%48()Unopposed491,49466%76734%50()Unopposed51()2,01052%1,87448%521,33858%97242%53()Unopposed54()Unopposed55()Unopposed56()Unopposed5792159%62440%581,36963%()80637%59()1,18165%63435%601,43675%46524%6161846%37728%33625%621,31254%1,10546%
+Democratic primaryDistrictCandidatesVotesPercent1No Democratic candidates2No Democratic candidates3No Democratic candidates4No Democratic candidates5No Democratic candidates6Unopposed7Unopposed8No Democratic candidates9Unopposed10No Democratic candidates1116264%9036%12No Democratic candidates13Unopposed14()Unopposed15No Democratic candidates16()Unopposed17()Unopposed18No Democratic candidates19Unopposed20No Democratic candidates21No Democratic candidates22No Democratic candidates2316876%5324%24No Democratic candidates25No Democratic candidates26No Democratic candidates27No Democratic candidates28Unopposed29Unopposed30No Democratic candidates31No Democratic candidates32No Democratic candidates33()Unopposed34No Democratic candidates35No Democratic candidates36No Democratic candidates37No Democratic candidates38No Democratic candidates39No Democratic candidates40No Democratic candidates41 (write-in)Unopposed42No Democratic candidates43No Democratic candidates44Unopposed45()Unopposed46Unopposed47Unopposed48No Democratic candidates49Unopposed50No Democratic candidates51No Democratic candidates52No Democratic candidates53No Democratic candidates54No Democratic candidates55No Democratic candidates56No Democratic candidates57Unopposed58No Democratic candidates59No Democratic candidates60No Democratic candidates61No Democratic candidates62No Democratic candidates
General election The general election was held on November 8.
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District 4 Independent Dan Brecht challenged incumbent Republican representative Jeremy Haroldson.
District 5 Republican Scott Smith and independent Todd Peterson ran.
District 6 Republican Tomi Strock, Democrat Hank Szramkowski (who was substituted for primary winner Tania Malone), and independent Bruce Jones ran.
District 7
District 8 Independent LCCC Board of Trustees member Brenda Lyttle challenged former Republican representative David Zwonitzer of District 9.
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District 15 Libertarian Patrick Gonzales challenged incumbent Republican representative Donald Burkhart.
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District 18 Libertarian Dennis Laughlin challenged incumbent Republican representative Scott Heiner.
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District 22 Independent Bob Strobel and Republican Andrew Byron ran to succeed retiring independent Jim Roscoe, who endorsed Strobel.
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District 39 Incumbent Libertarian representative Marshall Burt sought re-election.
District 40
District 41 Democrat Jen Solis and Constitution nominee Matt Freeman challenged incumbent Republican representative Bill Henderson.
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District 47
District 48 Libertarian Misty Morris challenged incumbent Republican representative Clark Stith.
District 49
District 50 Libertarian Carrie Satterwhite challenged incumbent Republican representative Rachel Rodriguez-Williams.
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District 53 Constitution nominee Larry Williamson challenged incumbent Republican representative Chris Knapp.
District 54 Independent candidate Jeff Martin challenged incumbent Republican representative Lloyd Larsen.
District 55 Libertarian Bethany Baldes challenged incumbent Republican representative Ember Oakley.
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