1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 Wyoming election results
Every race on Wyoming's ballot in the 1980 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races37
Changed party0
Unopposed27%10 races
Incumbents defeated5
President
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | Ronald Reagan (R) | 34.7 |
U.S. House
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY-AL | Dick Cheney (R) | 37.1 |
Wyoming State Senate
D 6 · R 11
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-ALBANY-1 | June Boyle (D) | 6.9 | |
| SD-BIGHORN | Cal S. Taggart (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-CAMPBELLJOHNSON | Neal V. Stafford · Catherine M. Parks (R) | 14.0 | |
| SD-FREMONT-1 | Roy Peck (R) | 24.0 | |
| SD-FREMONT-2 | Hewitt G. Youtz (R) | 2.6 | |
| SD-GOSHENPLATTE | Russell W. Zimmer · Donald Cundall (R) | 8.3 | |
| SD-LARAMIE-1 | William G. Rector · Carrol P. Orrison · Richard Larson (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-NATRONA-1 | Diemer True · D. R. Sedar (REP) | 1.6 | |
| SD-PARK-1 | Robert W. Frisby (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-SHERIDAN-1 | Rex O. Arney (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-SOUTHLINCOLNUINTA | Hight M. Proffit (D) | 0.9 | |
| SD-SWEETWATER-1 | Steve Majhanovich (D) | Unopposed |
Wyoming House of Representatives
D 23 · R 39
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-ALBANY | Bob J. Burnett · Patti Macmillan · T. Larson · Sheila Arnold · Matilda Hansen (REP) | 3.1 | |
| HD-BIGHORN | Mark N. Sorensen · Grant L. Sanders (R) | 15.2 | |
| HD-CAMPBELL | Tom Getter · Dick Wallis (R) | 12.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-CARBON | George R. Salisbury · Thomas Elton Trowbridge · B. G. Michie (D) | 9.4 | |
| HD-CONVERSE | William Rory Cross (R) | 61.1 | |
| HD-CROOK | Marlene Simons (R) | 47.3 | |
| HD-FREMONT | John P. Vinich · Frank Dusl · Scott Ratliff · Mary Odde · Harry B. Tipton (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-GOSHEN | Douglas W. Chamberlain · Donald B. Scott (REP) | 2.3 | |
| HD-HOTSPRINGS | Stanford S. Smith (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-JOHNSON | John P. Marton (R) | 40.4 | |
| HD-LARAMIE | Alvin Wiederspahn · Harriett Elizabeth Byrd · Elizabeth Phelan · Cynthia M. Lummis · Ellen Crowley · Bill McIlvain · Walter Urbigkit · Dean Prosser Jr. · Mary K. Schwope · William C. Edwards · Ken Burns (DEM) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-LINCOLN | Alan Stauffer · Wilford N. Hemmert (R) | 2.8 | |
| HD-NATRONA | Nyla Murphy · Charles Scott · Russ Donley · Quincy L. Tarter · Patrick H. Meenan · Jack Sidi · Esther Eskens · Edward P. McCarthy · William S. Curry · Joe Stewart (REP) | 0.3 | |
| HD-NIOBRARA | Russell Thompson (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-PARK | Peg Shreve · John Winninger · Tom Jones (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-PLATTE | Doug Bryant (D) | 21.0 | |
| HD-SHERIDAN | Tom Kinnison · Peter K. Simpson · Carleton F. Perry (R) | 3.1 | |
| HD-SUBLETTE | Dan S. Budd (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SWEETWATER | Ann Strand · James E. Roth · Jack Pugh (D) | 1.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-TETON | H. L. Jensen (D) | 21.2 | |
| HD-UINTA | Ron Micheli (R) | 30.3 | |
| HD-WASHAKIE | David H. Asay (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-WESTON | Don Thorson (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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab