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2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming

The 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Cynthia Lummis defeated Democrat Merav Ben-David by more than 46 percentage points, becoming the first female U.S. Senator from Wyoming[1] and succeeding fellow Republican Mike Enzi, who did not run for reelection. This was the first open Senate seat since 1996, when Enzi was first elected.[2] The Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on August 18, 2020.[3] This was the first time since 1996 that Democrats won any county for this seat. Enzi died aged 77 on July 26, 2021, from injuries in a bicycle accident, less than seven months after his retirement from the Senate.[4][5]

Cynthia Lummis won the election with 72.85% of the popular vote, winning 2.91% more than President Donald Trump had won in the concurrent presidential election in the state.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Cynthia Lummis

U.S. senators

U. S. Representatives

Organizations

Individuals

Polling

Results

Results by county:
  Lummis
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Short
  •   50–60%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Merav Ben-David

Local officials

Individuals

Organizations

  • Retake the Senate 2020[35]
  • We the People[35]
  • Women to Win[35]
Nathan Wendt

U.S. senators

U.S. Ambassadors

Local officials

Yana Ludwig

Organizations

Results

Results by county:
  Ben-David
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Cynthia Lummis (R)

U.S. presidents

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Organizations

Individuals

Merav Ben-David (D)

U.S. vice presidents

U.S. senators

  • Ed Markey, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (2013–present), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th congressional district (2013), Massachusetts's 7th congressional district (1976–2013)[53]
  • Elizabeth Warren, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (2013–present)[53]

Local officials

Organizations

Individuals

Polling

Results

Lummis outperformed fellow Republican Donald Trump in the concurrent presidential election by 2.9%, or 4,541 votes. She also won Albany County by 1%, or 182 raw votes, while Trump lost it by 2.7%, or 513 votes. She performed significantly better in the Democratic stronghold of Teton County, receiving 37.3% of the total vote, compared to Trump's 29.6%.

By county

Notes

Partisan clients

  1. ^ Poll sponsored by "a group of Republican activists and donors"[29]

Voter samples and additional candidates

  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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External links

Official campaign websites