1986 general · November 4, 1986
1986 Wyoming election results
Every race on Wyoming's ballot in the 1986 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races37
Changed party2
Unopposed41%15 races
Incumbents defeated4
Governors
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | Mike Sullivan (D) | 7.9 |
U.S. House
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY-AL | Dick Cheney (R) | 38.9 |
Wyoming State Senate
D 6 · R 9 · 2 changed party
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-ALBANY-2 | Bob J. Burnett (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-CARBON | Robert Grieve (R) | 21.9 | Flipped |
| SD-CONVERSE | Jim Twiford (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-CROOKWESTON | Jerry B. Dixon (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-FREMONT-2 | John P. Vinich (D) | 51.5 | |
| SD-HOTSPRINGSWASHAKIE | Mike Healy (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-LARAMIE | Winifred Hickey · J. W. Norris (D) | 1.3 | |
| SD-LINCOLN | Boyd L. Eddins (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-NATRONA-2 | Tom Stroock · Charles Scott (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-SHERIDAN-2 | Della Herbst (D) | 9.9 | Flipped |
| SD-SUBLETTETETON | John F. Turner (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-SWEETWATER-2 | Frank Prevedel · Robert J. Reese (D) | 12.9 |
Wyoming House of Representatives
D 20 · R 44
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-ALBANY | Sheila Arnold · Patti Macmillan · Matilda Hansen · Terry L. Guice (DEM) | 0.4 | |
| HD-BIGHORN | Carroll S. Miller · Allan D. Howard (R) | 21.0 | |
| HD-CAMPBELL | John J. Hines · Dick Wallis · Michael B. Enzi (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-CARBON | Fred Harrison · Patrick F. Otoole · Loren Willford (DEM) | 0.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-CONVERSE | William Rory Cross · William Tibbs (R) | 7.4 | |
| HD-CROOK | Marlene Simons (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-FREMONT | Scott Ratliff · Mary Odde · Harry B. Tipton · Eli Bebout · Dennis W. Tippets (DEM) | 0.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-GOSHEN | James C. Hageman · Douglas W. Chamberlain (R) | 9.5 | |
| HD-HOTSPRINGS | John Rankine (R) | 10.1 | |
| HD-JOHNSON | John P. Marton (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-LARAMIE | Harriett Elizabeth Byrd · Lynn Birleffi · Cynthia M. Lummis · Guy Cameron · Steve Freudenthal · Shirley J. Humphrey · Mary K. Schwope · Bill McIlvain · Ellen Crowley (DEM) | 0.1 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-LINCOLN | Alan Stauffer · Clyde E. Wolfley (R) | 14.1 | |
| HD-NATRONA | Gail D. Zimmerman · Patrick H. Meenan · Craig Thomas · Mary Behrens · Nyla Murphy · Barbara Cubin · Johnnie Burton · Dorothy A. Perkins · Rick Tempest (R) | 1.4 | |
| HD-NIOBRARA | Melvin Zumbrunnen (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-PARK | Peg Shreve · Philip W. Robertson · William Rohrbach (R) | 8.0 | |
| HD-PLATTE | Jim Geringer · Bob Grant (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SHERIDAN | Hardy Tate · Lynn Dickey · Jim Perkins (REP) | 2.5 | |
| HD-SUBLETTE | Dan S. Budd (R) | Unopposed | |
| HD-SWEETWATER | Louise Ryckman · Carl Maldonado · Richard Honaker · Sam Blackwell · Chris Plant (D) | 1.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-TETON | H. L. Jensen (D) | Unopposed | |
| HD-UINTA | Jerry Parker · Ron Micheli (R) | 9.0 | |
| HD-WASHAKIE | Dale Weaver (R) | 17.1 | |
| 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