2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election
November 2, 2010
Turnout69.78% Registered Decrease 3.82%
38.17% of Total Population Decrease 1.04%
 
Nominee Matt Mead Leslie Petersen Taylor Haynes
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 123,780 43,240 13,796
Percentage 65.68% 22.94% 7.32%
County results
Mead:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Dave Freudenthal
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Matt Mead
Republican

The 2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor of Wyoming. Party primaries were held on August 17.

While it was initially thought that term limits would prevent incumbent Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal from running for re-election, the constitutionality of the term limit law has been questioned, leaving the possibility that if Freudenthal had successfully challenged the law, he might have been able to run for a third term.[1] On March 4, 2010, Freudenthal announced he would not run for a third term.[2]

Republican Matt Mead flipped every county from Democratic to Republican.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Polling

Poll source Dates administered Leslie
Petersen		 Pete
Gosar		 Al
Hamburg		 Chris
Zachary		 Rex
Wilde		 Undecided
WTE/Aspen Media & Market Research July 26–29, 2010 34% 9% 5% 1% 4% 39%
Casper Star Tribune July 26–28, 2010 30% 22% 2% 1% <1% 45%

Results

Results by County:
Peterson
  •   Peterson—80-90%
  •   Peterson—50-60%
  •   Peterson—40-50%
Gosar
  •   Gosar—<40%
  •   Gosar—40-50%
  •   Gosar—50-60%
  •   Gosar—60-70%
Democratic primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Leslie Petersen 10,785 47.2
Democratic Pete Gosar 8,409 36.8
Democratic Chris Zachary 1,139 5.0
Democratic Al Hamburg 1,092 4.8
Democratic Rex Wilde 1,042 4.6
Democratic write-ins 384 1.7
Total votes 22,851 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Polling

Poll source Dates administered Rita
Meyer		 Matt
Mead		 Colin
Simpson		 Ron
Micheli		 Alan
Kousoulos		 Undecided
WTE/Aspen Media & Market Research July 26–29, 2010 23% 18% 10% 20% 1% 25%
Casper Star-Tribune July 26–28, 2010 27% 24% 17% 12% 2% 18%

Results

Results by County:
Mead
  •   Mead—50–60%
  •   Mead—40–50%
  •   Mead—<40%
Meyer
  •   Meyer—<40%
Micheli
  •   Micheli—<40%
  •   Micheli—50–60%
  •   Micheli—60–70%
Simpson
  •   Simpson—<40%
Republican primary results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Mead 30,308 28.7
Republican Rita Meyer 29,605 28.0
Republican Ron Micheli 27,630 26.1
Republican Colin Simpson 16,722 15.8
Republican Alan Kousoulos 566 0.5
Republican Tom Ubben 432 0.4
Republican John Self 295 0.3
Republican write-ins 202 0.2
Total votes 105,760 100

General election

Candidates

  • Matt Mead (R)
  • Leslie Peterson (D)
  • Mike Wheeler (L)
  • Taylor Haynes (Write-in)

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[8] Safe R (flip) October 14, 2010
Rothenberg[9] Safe R (flip) October 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics[10] Safe R (flip) November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] Safe R (flip) October 28, 2010
CQ Politics[12] Safe R (flip) October 28, 2010

Polling

Poll source Dates administered Matt
Mead (R)		 Leslie
Petersen (D)
Rasmussen Reports September 30, 2010 61% 25%
Rasmussen Reports August 18, 2010 58% 24%
Rasmussen Reports June 22, 2010 49% 22%

Results

Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2010[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Matt Mead 123,780 65.68% +35.67%
Democratic Leslie Petersen 43,240 22.94% -47.05%
Independent Taylor Haynes 13,796 7.32%
Libertarian Mike Wheeler 5,362 2.85%
Write-in 2,285 1.21%
Majority 80,540 42.74% +2.75%
Turnout 190,822
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ↑ Chris Cillizza And Ben Pershing (February 16, 2009). "Will Wyoming's Governor Buck Term Limits?". The Washington Post.
  2. ↑ "US News - Mar 04, 2010 - Wyoming Gov. Freudenthal won't seek third term". RealClearPolitics. March 4, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Gosar campaign site". gosar4gov.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Leslie Petersen Biography". People for Petersen. Archived from the original on October 1, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  5. ↑ Erika Lovely (October 8, 2009). "Wyoming governor Dave Freudenthal to seek third term?". Politico. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  6. ↑ bureau, JEREMY PELZER Star-Tribune capital. "Massie running for superintendent of public instruction, not governor". trib.com. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Wyoming Gubernatorial Primary Results". WY SOS. August 17, 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ "2010 Governors Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Governor Ratings". Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  10. ↑ "2010 Governor Races". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  11. ↑ "THE CRYSTAL BALL'S FINAL CALLS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Race Ratings Chart: Governor". CQ Politics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Statewide Candidates Official Summary, Wyoming General Election - November 2, 2010" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State.
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