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2012Final results

2012 election for Wyoming House District 8

Wyoming House of Representatives · Wyoming

Bob Nicholas (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Kathleen Petersen (D) by 7.6 points.

Bob NicholasRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.8%2,531
46.2%2,174
4,705 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+0.22006D+3.52008R+8.82010R+7.62012R+13.92016R+15.72018

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