2022 Wyoming House of Representatives election
All 62 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives will be up for election on November 8, 2022. Primary elections will be held on August 16.
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Background
The election will be the first after redistricting based on the 2020 census. New legislative districts were approved on March 25, 2022. Two seats were added in the redistrcting plan enacted by the Wyoming Legislature.[1][2]
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| Party | Leader | 2020 % | Seats | |||||||||||
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| 2020 | Now | Up | Needed | |||||||||||
| Republican | Eric Barlow | 76.9 | 51 | 51 | 51 |  | ||||||||
| Democratic | Cathy Connolly | 16.1 | 7 | 7 | 7 |  25 | ||||||||
| Libertarian | N/A | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||
| Independent | N/A | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||
| Write-in | 2.6 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 100% | 60 | 62 | 32 | ||||||||||
Nominations
Major party (Republican and Democratic)[6] candidates must file for the August 16 primary elections between May 12 and May 27, 2022.[7] Minor parties (Libertarian and Constitution)[6] must nominate candidates by convention and submit their nominations to the secretary of state by August 15.[7][8] Independent candidates must submit nominating petitions by August 29.[7]
General election
The general election is scheduled for November 8.[7]
References
- Eavis, Victoria (13 April 2022). "Sheridan County Democrats weigh redistricting lawsuit but want lawmakers to fix the problem". KPVI-TV. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- Rice, Ethan (31 March 2022). "Wyoming enacts new state legislative districts". Ballotpedia News. Ballotpedia. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- Wyoming Secretary of State. "Statewide House Candidates Official Summary – Wyoming General Election, November 3, 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- "Roster of Representatives". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- "Wyoming House Leadership". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- "Political Parties in Wyoming". Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- Secretary of State of Wyoming (January 2022). "2022 Key Election Dates" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- Wyoming Legislature. "2021 Wyoming Election Code" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. p. 35. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
Minor parties may nominate candidates to be placed on the general election ballot only by party convention.