United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2014

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United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2014

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Nominee Mike Enzi Charlie Hardy Curt Gottshall
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 121,554 29,377 13,311
Percentage 71.19% 17.45% 7.90%

Wyoming Senate Election Results by County, 2014.svg
County results

U.S. senator before election

Mike Enzi
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Enzi
Republican

The 2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 4, 2014 to elect a member of the United States Senate for the State of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican Senator Mike Enzi won re-election to a fourth term in office. Enzi held Democratic nominee Charlie Hardy to just 17.5 percent of the vote – the lowest percentage of the vote for any major party nominee in Wyoming U.S. Senate electoral history out of the 39 races conducted during the direct election era.[1]

Republican primary

No incumbent Wyoming Republican Senator running for re-election in the direct vote era has failed to win their party's nomination.[2]

Candidates

Declared

  • Thomas Bleming, former mercenary and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012[3][4]
  • Arthur Bruce Clifton, oil company worker[5][6]
  • Mike Enzi, incumbent Senator[7]
  • James "Coaltrain" Gregory[5]
  • Bryan E. Miller, retired Air Force officer and energy consultant[5]

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Enzi 77,965 78.51
Republican Bryan E. Miller 9,330 9.39
Republican James "Coaltrain" Gregory 3,740 3.77
Republican Thomas Bleming 2,504 2.52
Republican Arthur Bruce Clifton 1,403 1.41
Republican Write-in 346 0.35
Republican Over Votes 51 0.05
Republican Under Votes 3,973 4.00
Total votes 99,312 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • William Bryk, attorney from New York and perennial candidate[5]
  • Charlie Hardy, retired priest and candidate for Congress in 2012[23]
  • Al Hamburg, retired house painter, veteran and perennial candidate[5][24][25]
  • Rex Wilde, contracting company employee and candidate for Governor in 2010[26]

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charlie Hardy 7,200 39.33
Democratic Rex Wilde 3,012 16.46
Democratic Al Hamburg 2,988 16.32
Democratic William Bryk 1,670 9.12
Democratic Write-in 216 1.18
Democratic Over Votes 31 0.17
Democratic Under Votes 3,189 17.42
Total votes 18,306 100

Independents and Third Parties

Candidates

Declared

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Mike
Enzi (R)
Charlie
Hardy (D)
Other Undecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov October 16–23, 2014 258 ± 11% 67% 27% 0% 6%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov September 20–October 1, 2014 264 ± 7% 75% 17% 2% 6%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov August 18–September 2, 2014 350 ± 8% 66% 21% 4% 8%
Rasmussen Reports August 20–21, 2014 700 ± 4% 63% 27% 4% 5%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov July 5–24, 2014 419 ± 5.1% 66% 23% 5% 7%

Results

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2014[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Enzi 121,554 72.19
Democratic Charlie Hardy 29,377 17.45
Independent Curt Gottshall 13,311 7.90
Libertarian Joseph Porambo 3,677 2.18
Write-in Other 471 0.28
Total votes 168,390 100

See also

References

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External links

Official campaign websites