1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 Wyoming House of Representatives election results, district by district
Every Wyoming House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 62 seats
After the electionD 20 · R 42
Races23
Changed party5
Unopposed39%9 races
Incumbents defeated4
Every district
D 20 · R 42
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-ALBANY | T. Larson · Sheila Arnold · Bob J. Burnett · Patti Macmillan · Matilda Hansen (DEM) | 1.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-BIGHORN | Esther Eskens · Grant L. Sanders (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-CAMPBELL | Tom Getter · Lawrence J. Hunter (REP) | 2.8 | |
| HD-CARBON | Thomas Elton Trowbridge · George R. Salisbury · B. G. Michie (D) | 5.0 | |
| HD-CONVERSE | William Rory Cross (R) | 31.6 | Flipped |
| HD-CROOK | Marlene Simons (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-FREMONT | John P. Vinich · Frank Dusl · Bruce McMillan · Gary Jennings · John R. Hursh (DEM) | 1.0 | |
| HD-GOSHEN | Douglas W. Chamberlain · Donald B. Scott (REP) | 3.9 | |
| HD-HOTSPRINGS | Stanford S. Smith (R) | 18.2 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| HD-JOHNSON | John P. Marton (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| HD-LARAMIE | Ellen Crowley · Elizabeth Phelan · Dean Prosser Jr. · Carrol P. Orrison · Bill McIlvain · Alvin Wiederspahn · William C. Edwards · Walter Urbigkit · Cynthia M. Lummis · Mary K. Schwope · Pat Tugman (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-LINCOLN | Alan Stauffer · Wilford N. Hemmert (R) | 1.6 | |
| HD-NATRONA | Patrick H. Meenan · Russ Donley · Warren A. Morton · Jack Sidi · Edness Kimball Wilkins · Charles Scott · Quincy L. Tarter · William S. Curry · Nyla Murphy · Bill Bragg (REP) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-NIOBRARA | Kenneth Gropp (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| HD-PARK | John Winninger · Peg Shreve · Tom Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-PLATTE | Doug Bryant (D) | 31.4 | |
| HD-SHERIDAN | Victor Garber · Tom Kinnison · Carleton F. Perry (R) | 0.3 | |
| HD-SUBLETTE | C. R. Oneil (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SWEETWATER | Ann Strand · James E. Roth · Eldon M. Spicer (DEM) | 1.7 | |
| HD-TETON | H. L. Jensen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-UINTA | Ron Micheli (R) | 44.1 | |
| HD-WASHAKIE | David H. Asay (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| HD-WESTON | Don Thorson (R) | Unopposed |
Wyoming House of Representatives
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