1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 Wyoming election results
Every race on Wyoming's ballot in the 1982 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races38
Changed party0
Unopposed26%10 races
Incumbents defeated3
U.S. Senate
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | Malcolm Wallop (R) | 13.3 |
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | Ed Herschler (D) | 26.3 |
U.S. House
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY-AL | Dick Cheney (R) | 42.2 |
Wyoming State Senate
D 5 · R 9
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-ALBANY-2 | David R. Nicholas (R) | 24.7 | |
| SD-CARBON | Thomas Elton Trowbridge (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-CONVERSENIOBRARA | Eddie Moore (R) | 26.2 | |
| SD-CROOKWESTON | Jerry B. Dixon (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-FREMONT-2 | John P. Vinich (D) | 1.6 | |
| SD-HOTSPRINGSWASHAKIE | Gerald E. Geis (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-LARAMIE-2 | J. W. Norris (D) | 5.9 | |
| SD-LINCOLN | Boyd L. Eddins (R) | 0.2 | |
| SD-NATRONA-2 | Tom Stroock · Charles Scott (R) | 7.7 | |
| SD-SHERIDAN-2 | Tom Kinnison (R) | 30.3 | |
| SD-SUBLETTETETON | John F. Turner (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-SWEETWATER-2 | Frank Prevedel · Jack Pugh (D) | Unopposed |
Wyoming House of Representatives
D 25 · R 38 · Other 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-ALBANY | Sheila Arnold · T. Larson · Matilda Hansen · Patti Macmillan (DEM) | 0.2 | |
| HD-BIGHORN | Mark N. Sorensen · Grant L. Sanders (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-CAMPBELL | Dick Wallis · Tom Getter · Kelly F. Mader (R) | 1.6 | |
| HD-CARBON | George R. Salisbury · Fred Harrison · Margaret Brown (DEM) | 2.3 | |
| HD-CONVERSE | William Rory Cross · Laverna Hendricks (REP) | 2.2 | |
| HD-CROOK | Marlene Simons (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-FREMONT | Mary Odde · Harry B. Tipton · Scott Ratliff · Dale Urbigkit · John Randolph (REP) | 0.2 | |
| HD-GOSHEN | Douglas W. Chamberlain · James C. Hageman (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-HOTSPRINGS | Donald L. Jackson (R) | 0.1 | |
| HD-JOHNSON | John P. Marton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-LARAMIE | Harriett Elizabeth Byrd · Alvin Wiederspahn · Elizabeth Phelan · Ken Burns · Mary K. Schwope · William C. Edwards · Bill McIlvain · Walter Urbigkit · Shirley J. Humphrey (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-LINCOLN | Alan Stauffer · Clyde E. Wolfley (R) | 4.1 | |
| HD-NATRONA | Nyla Murphy · Patrick H. Meenan · Johnnie Burton · Jack Sidi · Jim Barlow · Russ Donley · Barbara Dobos · Joe Stewart · Dorothy A. Perkins (REP) | 0.2 | |
| HD-NIOBRARA | Melvin Zumbrunnen (IND) | 12.5 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-PARK | Peg Shreve · Tom Jones · Philip W. Robertson (R) | 9.5 | |
| HD-PLATTE | Jim Geringer · Bob Grant (R) | 2.7 | |
| HD-SHERIDAN | Peter K. Simpson · Lynn Dickey · Della Herbst (REP) | 0.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-SUBLETTE | Dan S. Budd (R) | 11.0 | |
| HD-SWEETWATER | John R. Schmidt · Ann Strand · Sam Blackwell · Carl Maldonado · James E. Roth (D) | 0.9 | |
| HD-TETON | H. L. Jensen (D) | 22.2 | |
| HD-UINTA | Ron Micheli · Jerry Parker (R) | 1.4 | |
| HD-WASHAKIE | Dale Weaver (R) | 16.9 | |
| HD-WESTON | Lauris L. Tysdal (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: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab