1980Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Wyoming State Senate: Laramie 1
Wyoming State Senate · Wyoming
William G. Rector (D), Carrol P. Orrison (D) and Richard Larson (R) won the district's 3 seats.
3 seatsWilliam G. RectorDemocrat · winner · incumbent
18.3%13,746
Carrol P. OrrisonDemocrat · winner
18.3%13,746
Richard LarsonRepublican · winner
16.6%12,434
William M. MurrayRepublican · incumbent
16.4%12,328
Winifred HickeyDemocrat
16.0%11,994
Curt KaiserRepublican
14.4%10,818
75,066 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 1980
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)