2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election
The 2018 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican governor Matt Mead was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. Republican nominee Mark Gordon defeated Democratic nominee Mary Throne by nearly 40 percentage points.
This was the only time since 1978 that a candidate from the president's party was elected governor of Wyoming.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominated
- Mark Gordon, Wyoming state treasurer
Declared
- Bill Dahlin, businessman
- Foster Friess, businessman and activist
- Sam Galeotos, businessman
- Harriet Hageman, attorney and former Liz Cheney campaign advisor
- Taylor Haynes, physician, write-in candidate for governor in 2010 and candidate for governor in 2014
Withdrew
- Rex Rammell, veterinarian and perennial candidate ''''
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominated
- Mary Throne, former minority leader of the Wyoming [House of Representatives]
Declared
- Ken Casner, candidate for governor in 2002
- Michael Allen Green, nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in United States [House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2000|2000]
- Rex Wilde, candidate for governor in 2010
Declined
- James W. Byrd, state representative '
- Ryan Greene, nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016 '
- Chris Rothfuss, minority leader of the Wyoming Senate and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2008
- Milward Simpson, director of the Wyoming Nature Conservancy
- Gary Trauner, businessman and nominee for U.S. House of Representatives in 2006 and 2008 ''''
Independents and third parties
Candidates
Declared
- Rex Rammell, veterinarian and perennial candidate
General election
Debates
- , October 6, 2018
- , October 18, 2018