2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming facts for kids
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County results
Lummis: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Ben-David: 60–70% |
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An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Wyoming. The two people in the election were Cynthia Lummis (Republican Party) and Merav Ben-David (Democratic Party). Mike Enzi who was the senator was not going to try to be reelected so the seat was left for a new person. Cynthia Lummins won the election and became the first woman senator from Wyoming.
There were primary elections for the political parties. Ten people were in the Republican Party primary election and six people were in the Democratic Party primary election. Cynthia Lummis won the Republican Party primary election and Merav Ben-David won the Democratic Party primary election.
Republican Party primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Cynthia Lummis | 63,511 | 59.67% | |
Republican | Robert Short | 13,473 | 12.66% | |
Republican | Bryan Miller | 10,946 | 10.28% | |
Republican | Donna Rice | 5,881 | 5.53% | |
Republican | R. Mark Armstrong | 3,904 | 3.67% | |
Republican | Joshua Wheeler | 3,763 | 3.53% | |
Republican | John Holtz | 1,820 | 1.71% | |
Republican | Devon Cade | 1,027 | 0.96% | |
Republican | Michael Kemler | 985 | 0.93% | |
Republican | Star Roselli | 627 | 0.59% | |
Republican | Write-ins | 501 | 0.47% | |
Total votes | 106,438 | 100.00% |
Democratic Party primary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Merav Ben-David | 9,584 | 40.28% | |
Democratic | Yana Ludwig | 4,931 | 20.73% | |
Democratic | Nathan Wendt | 4,212 | 17.70% | |
Democratic | Kenneth Casner | 2,139 | 8.99% | |
Democratic | Rex Wilde | 1,888 | 7.93% | |
Democratic | James DeBrine | 865 | 3.64% | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 173 | 0.73% | |
Total votes | 23,792 | 100.00% |
Results
United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Republican | Cynthia Lummis | 198,100 | 72.85% | +0.66% | |
Democratic | Merav Ben-David | 72,766 | 26.76% | +9.31% | |
Write-in | 1,071 | 0.39% | +0.11% | ||
Total votes | 271,937 | 100.0% | |||
Republican hold |
See also
In Spanish: Elección al Senado de los Estados Unidos en Wyoming de 2020 para niños