2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming facts for kids

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2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming
	County results; Lummis: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Ben-David: 60–70%
U.S. Senator before election; Mike Enzi; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator; Cynthia Lummis; Republican

See also: 2020 United States Senate elections

An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Wyoming. The two people in the election were Cynthia Lummis (Republican Party) and Merav Ben-David (Democratic Party). Mike Enzi who was the senator was not going to try to be reelected so the seat was left for a new person. Cynthia Lummins won the election and became the first woman senator from Wyoming.

There were primary elections for the political parties. Ten people were in the Republican Party primary election and six people were in the Democratic Party primary election. Cynthia Lummis won the Republican Party primary election and Merav Ben-David won the Democratic Party primary election.

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cynthia Lummis	63,511	59.67%
	Republican	Robert Short	13,473	12.66%
	Republican	Bryan Miller	10,946	10.28%
	Republican	Donna Rice	5,881	5.53%
	Republican	R. Mark Armstrong	3,904	3.67%
	Republican	Joshua Wheeler	3,763	3.53%
	Republican	John Holtz	1,820	1.71%
	Republican	Devon Cade	1,027	0.96%
	Republican	Michael Kemler	985	0.93%
	Republican	Star Roselli	627	0.59%
	Republican	Write-ins	501	0.47%
Total votes			106,438	100.00%

Democratic Party primary

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democrat	Merav Ben-David	9,584	40.28%
	Democrat	Yana Ludwig	4,931	20.73%
	Democrat	Nathan Wendt	4,212	17.70%
	Democrat	Kenneth Casner	2,139	8.99%
	Democrat	Rex Wilde	1,888	7.93%
	Democrat	James DeBrine	865	3.64%
	Democrat	Write-ins	173	0.73%
Total votes			23,792	100.00%

Results

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Cynthia Lummis	198,100	72.85%	+0.66%
	Democrat	Merav Ben-David	72,766	26.76%	+9.31%
	Write-in		1,071	0.39%	+0.11%
Total votes			271,937	100.0%
	Republican hold