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1978 election for Wyoming State Senate: Albany 2

Wyoming State Senate · Wyoming

David R. Nicholas (R) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Wanda Hitchcock (D) by 4.7 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

David R. NicholasRepublican · winner
52.3%4,830
47.7%4,398
9,228 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1978

The seat's recent races

EvenD+10.01974R+4.71978

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)