1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Wyoming election results
Every race on Wyoming's ballot in the 1972 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races36
Changed party0
Unopposed28%10 races
Incumbents defeated8
Wyoming State Senate
D 8 · R 10
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-ALBANY-1 | June Boyle (D) | 10.9 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-BIGHORN | Cal S. Taggart (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-CAMPBELLJOHNSON | Neal V. Stafford · John C. Ostlund (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-FREMONT-1 | Percy T. Davis (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-FREMONT-2 | Robert L. Novotny (R) | 29.1 | |
| SD-GOSHENPLATTE | A. Edward Kendig · Donald Cundall (DEM) | 1.8 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-HOTSPRINGSWASHAKIE | Stanford S. Smith (R) | 13.3 | |
| SD-LARAMIE-1 | William G. Rector · Tom Searl · Glenn K. Rogers (DEM) | 0.7 | |
| SD-NATRONA-1 | Harry E. Leimback · D. R. Sedar (D) | 2.7 | |
| SD-PARK-1 | Dick Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-SHERIDAN-1 | Malcolm Wallop (R) | 7.0 | |
| SD-SOUTHLINCOLNUINTA | J. W. Myers (D) | 34.3 | |
| SD-SWEETWATER-1 | Steve Majhanovich (D) | 33.7 | Incumbent lost |
Wyoming House of Representatives
D 17 · R 44 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-ALBANY | Bob J. Burnett · Dennis C. Stickley · G. B. Engen · V. Frank Mendicino · Joe L. Chasteen (REP) | 0.2 | |
| HD-BIGHORN | James D. Mockler · Ward G. Myers (R) | 7.3 | |
| HD-CAMPBELL | Cliff H. Davis · Catherine M. Parks (R) | 7.4 | |
| HD-CARBON | O. R. Daily · Thomas Elton Trowbridge · Alton Butterfield (D) | 1.4 | |
| HD-CONVERSE | William Rory Cross (R) | 20.9 | |
| HD-CROOK | Nels J. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-FREMONT | Roy Peck · Gary Jennings · Harold E. Meier · Bruce McMillan · Walter V. Rhodes (R) | 1.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-GOSHEN | Russell W. Zimmer · Donald B. Scott (REP) | 0.9 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-HOTSPRINGS | Ivan J. Million (R) | 11.4 | |
| HD-JOHNSON | William C. Holland (IND) | 0.5 | |
| HD-LARAMIE | Elizabeth Phelan · Rodger McDaniel · Jack R. Gage · William M. Murray · Dean Prosser Jr. · Gus Fleischli · Robert P. Schliske · Ellen Crowley · Rich Hoy · Peter J. Mulvaney · Walter Urbigkit (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-LINCOLN | Allen E. Campbell · Orin G. Geesey (R) | 4.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-NATRONA | Patrick H. Meenan · Dick Sadler · William S. Curry · Warren A. Morton · Russ Donley · Diemer True · Joe Stewart · Jack Sidi · Edness Kimball Wilkins · Chuck Morrison (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-NIOBRARA | Leslie L. Zumbrunnen (R) | 17.7 | |
| HD-PARK | Alan Simpson · Robert W. Frisby · Ross D. Copenhaver (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-PLATTE | Harold Hellbaum (R) | 25.8 | |
| HD-SHERIDAN | Fenworth Downing · Rex O. Arney · J. Leonard Graham (R) | 3.7 | |
| HD-SUBLETTE | C. R. Oneil (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SWEETWATER | L. W. Jones · Irving L. Roth · Gary M. Greenhalgh (D) | 5.2 | |
| HD-TETON | John F. Turner (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-UINTA | Harry L. Harris (R) | 5.6 | |
| HD-WASHAKIE | James Quigg Kelly (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-WESTON | Walter B. Oslund (R) | Unopposed |
Wyoming
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner