2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election


The 2022 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican governor Mark Gordon won a second term against Democratic Wyoming State Facilities Commission member Theresa Livingston.
Livingston's vote percentage was the lowest for a Democratic candidate running for governor in Wyoming since it was admitted to the union in 1890, falling short of Leslie Petersen's 22.90% performance in 2010. Gordon won by the widest margin in the state's history, winning by 58 points and becoming the first Republican to win every county since 2010.
Livingston's 15.8% of the vote was the weakest performance by a major party nominee in any state since that of Republican Dan Maes in Colorado in 2010; however, that election featured a candidate from the Constitution Party taking 36.38% of the vote. Livingston's performance was also the worst in a contested race between only the two major parties since Republican Elvin McCary's 14.8% in Alabama in 1974.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Theresa Livingston, member of the Wyoming State School Facilities Commission

Eliminated in primary

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

  • Jared Baldes

General election

Though Brent Bien had lost in the Republican primary to Mark Gordon, Bien's supporters ran a write-in campaign for him in the general election.

Candidates

  • Mark Gordon, incumbent governor
  • Theresa Livingston, member of the Wyoming State School Facilities Commission
  • Brent Brien, civil engineer, retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, and candidate in the Republican primary
  • Jared Baldes

Results

By county

Source
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican