2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming

2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming

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Nominee Cynthia Lummis Merav Ben-David
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 198,100 72,766
Percentage 72.85% 26.76%

Lummis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Ben-David:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
     No data

U.S. senator before election

Mike Enzi
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Cynthia Lummis
Republican

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 where 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.

  1. ^ "List of United States Senators from Wyoming". Ballotpedia.
  2. ^ "Enzi announces plan to retire at the end of his term - News Releases - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi". Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Wyoming 2020 Election Calendar". Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  4. ^ "Former senator Mike Enzi dies after being injured in bike accident". The Washington Post. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Ex-US Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming dies after bicycle accident". Associated Press. July 27, 2021. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.

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