2020 Wyoming House of Representatives election


Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives were elected on November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 Wyoming elections.
Primary elections were held on August 18, 2020. This election featured the first Libertarian state legislator elected anywhere in the United States since 2000, District 39 Representative Marshall Burt.

Retirements

Eleven incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:

Republicans

  1. District 14: Dan Furphy: Retiring
  2. District 31: Scott Clem: Retiring
  3. District 34: Tim Salazar: Retiring
  4. District 46: Bill Haley: Retiring
  5. District 49: Garry Piiparinen: Retiring
  6. District 50: David Northrup: Retiring
  7. District 55: David Miller: Retiring
  8. District 59: Bunky Loucks: Retiring

Democrats

  1. District 17: JoAnn Dayton-Selman: Retiring
  2. District 45: Charles Pelkey: Retiring
  3. District 60: John Freeman: Retiring

Incumbents defeated

In primary elections

Republicans

Five Republicans lost renomination.
  1. District 1: Tyler Lindholm lost renomination to Chip Neiman.
  2. District 4: Dan Kirkbride lost renomination to Jeremy Haroldson.
  3. District 18: Thomas Crank lost renomination to Scott Heiner.
  4. District 40: Richard Tass lost renomination to Barry Crago.
  5. District 52: William Pownall lost renomination to Bill Fortner.

In the general election

Democrats

  1. District 39: Stan Blake lost to Marshall Burt.
  2. District 44: Sara Burlingame lost to John Romero-Martinez.

Close races

DistrictWinnerMargin
District 55Republican0.8%
District 44Republican 1.5%
District 14Democratic 2.0%
District 33Democratic3.0%
District 45Democratic4.1%
District 8Republican6.0%
District 22Independent7.01%
District 39Libertarian 8.7%
District 11Republican10.3%
District 54Republican16.8%
District 60Republican 37.8%

Detailed results by State House District

District 8

District 16

District 24

District 32

District 37

Speaker of House Steve Harshman won the Republican primary. He ran unopposed.