1990 Wyoming Senate election

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November 6, 1990 (1990-11-06)

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15 of 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Russell Zimmer	John Vinich
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	Goshen	Fremont
Seats before	19	11
Seats after	20	10
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	91,436	71,549
Percentage	56.10%	43.90%

Republican gain Republican hold
Democratic hold Winner by party

Best-performing candidate by county
Republicans: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% >90%
Democrats: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Margin of victory

Senate President before election

Russell Zimmer
Republican

Elected Senate President

Diemer True
Republican

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The 1990 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect 15 members of the Wyoming Senate. This was the last election held before Gorin v. Karpan struck down Wyoming's county-based legislative apportionment plan in favor of single-member districts in 1992.

Summary

Party		Candidates			Seats
Party		Num.	Vote	%	Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Republicans	14	91,436	56.10%	19	9	10	20	1
	Democrats	10	71,549	43.90%	11	6	5	10	1
	Total	24	162,985	100.00%	30	15	15	30

District	Seats	Incumbents			Elected				Notes
District	Seats	Party		Senator	Party		Senator		Notes
Albany	1 of 2		Rep.	Bob Burnett		Rep.	Terry Guice	Rep hold.	Incumbent did not stand for re-election.
Carbon	1 of 1		Rep.	Bob Grieve		Rep.	Bob Grieve	Rep hold.
Converse	1 of 1		Rep.	Jim Twiford		Rep.	Jim Twiford	Rep hold.
Crook–Weston	1 of 1		Rep.	Jerry Dixon		Rep.	Jerry Dixon	Rep hold.
Fremont	1 of 2		Dem.	John Vinich		Dem.	John Vinich	Dem hold.
Hot Springs–Washakie	1 of 1		Rep.	Mike Healy		Rep.	Mike Healy	Rep hold.
Laramie	2 of 4		Dem.	Guy Cameron		Dem.	Guy Cameron	Dem hold.
Laramie	2 of 4		Dem.	Win Hickey		Rep.	Gary Yordy	Rep gain.	Incumbent did not stand for re-election.
Lincoln	1 of 1		Rep.	Boyd Eddins		Rep.	Boyd Eddins	Rep hold.
Natrona	2 of 4		Rep.	Charles Scott		Rep.	Charles Scott	Rep hold.
Natrona	2 of 4		Rep.	Gail Zimmerman		Rep.	Gail Zimmerman	Rep hold.
Sheridan	1 of 2		Dem.	Della Herbst		Dem.	Della Herbst	Dem hold.
Sublette–Teton	1 of 1		Rep.	Bob LaLonde		Rep.	Bob LaLonde	Rep hold.
Sweetwater	2 of 3		Dem.	Frank Prevedel		Dem.	Frank Prevedel	Dem hold.
Sweetwater	2 of 3		Dem.	Robert Reese		Dem.	Robert Reese	Dem hold.

Detailed results

For the sake of brevity, races in which no candidates filed are excluded.

General election

To ease sorting, races won by a Republican candidate have a positive margin, while races won by Democratic candidates have negative margins.

Single-winner

District	Republicans			Democrats			Total

	Candidate	Vote	%	Candidate	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany	Terry Guice	4,680	50.61	Amber Travsky	4,568	49.39	9,248	+112	+1.21
Carbon	Bob Grieve	3,762	63.35	Tom McGuire	2,176	36.65	5,938	+1,586	+26.71
Converse	Jim Twiford	3,241	100.00	—	—	—	3,241	+3,241	+100.00
Crook–Weston	Jerry Dixon	4,101	100.00	—	—	—	4,101	+4,101	+100.00
Fremont	Sky Phifer	5,091	44.25	John Vinich	6,415	55.75	11,506	-1,324	-11.51
Hot Springs–Washakie	Mike Healy	4,312	100.00	—	—	—	4,312	+4,312	+100.00
Lincoln	Boyd Eddins	3,872	100.00	—	—	—	3,872	+3,872	+100.00
Sheridan	George A. Meredith	3,717	39.30	Della Herbst	5,740	60.70	9,457	-2,023	-21.39
Sublette–Teton	Bob LaLonde	3,983	50.97	H.L. Jensen	3,832	49.03	7,815	+151	+1.93

Multi-winner

District	Republicans			Democrats			Total

	Candidate	Vote	%	Candidate	Vote	%
Laramie	Gary Yordy	12,958	29.20	Guy Cameron	15,175	34.20	44,370
Laramie	Derrell Norman	7,635	17.21	Pamela Taylor	8,602	19.39	44,370
Natrona	Charles Scott	15,510	40.72	Barbara Reese	9,254	24.30	38,090
Natrona	Gail Zimmerman	13,326	34.99	—	—	—	38,090
Sweetwater	Bill Taliaferro	5,248	24.95	Frank Prevedel	8,611	40.94	21,035
Sweetwater	—	—	—	Robert Reese	7,176	34.11	21,035

Republican primary elections

Single-winner

District	Winners

	Candidate	Vote
Albany	Terry Guice	2,636
Carbon	Bob Grieve	1,811
Converse	Jim Twiford	2,429
Fremont	Sky Phifer	372
Lincoln	Boyd L. Eddins	2,711
Sheridan	George Meredith	3,397
Hot Springs–Washakie	Mike Healy	3,235
Sublette–Teton	Bob LaLonde	3,669
Crook–Weston	Jerry Dixon	3,148

Multi-winner

District	Winners						Total

	Candidate	Vote	%	Candidate	Vote	%
Laramie	Gary Yordy	6,897	58.85	Derrell Norman	4,823	41.15	11,720
Natrona	Gail Zimmerman	7,839	51.35	Charles Scott	7,428	48.65	15,267

Democratic primary elections

Single-winner

District	Winners			Runners-up			Total

	Candidate	Vote	%	Candidate	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany	Amber Travsky	1,737	58.86	Marguerite Nelson	1,214	41.14	2,951	+523	+17.72
Carbon	Tom McGuire	1,888	100.00	—	—	—	1,888	+1,888	+100.00
Fremont	John Vinich	3,982	100.00	—	—	—	3,982	+3,982	+100.00
Sheridan	Della Herbst	1,853	100.00	—	—	—	1,853	+1,853	+100.00
Sublette–Teton	H. L. Jensen	1,048	100.00	—	—	—	1,048	+1,048	+100.00

Multi-winner

District	Winners						Runners-up			Total

	Candidate	Vote	%	Candidate	Vote	%	Candidate	Vote	%
Laramie	Guy Cameron	6,407	51.34	Pamela Taylor	3,408	27.31	E. Eugene Morris	2,665	21.35	12,480
Natrona	Barbara Reese	4,690	100.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	4,690
Sweetwater	Frank Prevedel	6,201	53.94	Robert J. Reese	5,296	46.06	—	—	—	11,497

References

Pelkey, Charles (3 March 1992). "Redistricting plaintiffs leave door open for future lawsuit". Casper Star-Tribune. Newspapers.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
Jost, Loren (1991). Wyoming Blue Book Volume IV (PDF). Cheyenne, Wyoming: Wyoming State Archives, Department of Commerce. p. 196. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
"Legislative make-up for 1991's general session". Casper Star-Tribune. Newspapers.com. 11 November 1990. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
Barron, Joan (5 July 1990). "Candidates scarce in legislative races". Casper Star-Tribune. Newspapers.com. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
Prodis, Julia (17 March 1990). "'Grande Dame' of Legislature says she won't seek re-election". Casper Star-Tribune. Newspapers.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
"star / Election results". Casper Star-Tribune. 8 November 1990.
"star / Election results". Casper Star-Tribune. 9 November 1990.

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