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Election 1982 Results

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1982 Wyoming governor election

Ed Herschler (Democrat) beat Warren A. Morton (Republican) in Wyoming in 1982, 63.1% to 36.9%, a margin of 26.3 points and 44,299 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1978, when Ed Herschler also won.

Democrats led in 21 of the 23 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Laramie, cast 26,313 votes and went to the Democrat by 45.7 points. The closest was Niobrara, where 299 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ed Herschler won Democratic 106,427 63.1%
Warren A. Morton Republican 62,128 36.9%
Total168,555

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Laramie 19,165 72.8% 7,148 27.2% 26,313 D+45.7
Natrona 14,649 57.1% 11,010 42.9% 25,659 D+14.2
Fremont 8,113 63.5% 4,668 36.5% 12,781 D+27.0
Sweetwater 8,527 69.5% 3,740 30.5% 12,267 D+39.0
Albany 8,007 76.2% 2,501 23.8% 10,508 D+52.4
Sheridan 6,039 63.4% 3,481 36.6% 9,520 D+26.9
Park 3,614 47.9% 3,925 52.1% 7,539 R+4.1
Campbell 3,230 44.4% 4,039 55.6% 7,269 R+11.1
Carbon 4,679 67.3% 2,269 32.7% 6,948 D+34.7
Goshen 2,949 59.4% 2,017 40.6% 4,966 D+18.8
Lincoln 3,086 64.8% 1,677 35.2% 4,763 D+29.6
Big Horn 2,614 56.6% 2,004 43.4% 4,618 D+13.2
Uinta 2,944 65.5% 1,549 34.5% 4,493 D+31.0
Teton 2,338 54.1% 1,983 45.9% 4,321 D+8.2
Converse 2,519 61.8% 1,554 38.2% 4,073 D+23.7
Platte 2,674 66.8% 1,330 33.2% 4,004 D+33.6
Washakie 2,437 61.7% 1,513 38.3% 3,950 D+23.4
Johnson 1,657 55.1% 1,352 44.9% 3,009 D+10.1
Weston 1,665 58.8% 1,169 41.2% 2,834 D+17.5
Hot Springs 1,564 61.4% 985 38.6% 2,549 D+22.7
Crook 1,576 65.2% 841 34.8% 2,417 D+30.4
Sublette 1,477 65.8% 768 34.2% 2,245 D+31.6
Niobrara 904 59.9% 605 40.1% 1,509 D+19.8

Counties as they stood in 1982; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Wyoming governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Mark Gordon (R) R+58.3
2018 Mark Gordon (R) R+39.6
2014 Matt Mead (R) R+32.1
2010 Matt Mead (R) R+43.3
2006 Dave Freudenthal (D) D+39.9
2002 Dave Freudenthal (D) D+2.0
1998 Jim Geringer (R) R+15.1
1994 Jim Geringer (R) R+18.5
1990 Mike Sullivan (D) D+30.7
1986 Mike Sullivan (D) D+7.9
1982 Ed Herschler (D) D+26.3
1978 Ed Herschler (D) D+1.7
1974 Ed Herschler (D) D+11.8
1970 Stanley K. Hathaway (R) R+25.6
1966 Stanley K. Hathaway (R) R+8.6
1962 Clifford P. Hansen (R) R+8.9
1958 John J. Hickey (D) D+2.3
1954 Milward L. Simpson (R) R+1.0
1950 Frank A. Barrett (R) R+12.3
1946 Lester C. Hunt (D) D+5.8
1942 Lester C. Hunt (D) D+2.6
1938 Nels H. Smith (R) R+19.6
1934 Leslie A. Miller (D) D+16.5
1932 Leslie A. Miller (D) D+3.6
1930 Frank C. Emerson (R) R+1.2
1926 Frank C. Emerson (R) R+1.9
1924 Nellie Tayloe Ross (D) D+10.2
1922 William B. Ross (D) D+1.2
1918 Robert D. Carey (R) R+12.2
1914 John B. Kendrick (D) D+7.4
1910 Joseph M. Carey (D) D+15.4
1906 Bryant B. Brooks (R) R+25.4
1904 Bryant B. Brooks (R) R+26.9
1902 DeForest Richards (R) R+17.8
1898 Deforest Richards (R) R+7.0
1894 William A. Richards (R) R+16.5
1890 Francis E. Warren (R) R+10.8