Wyoming US Senate 2026

Election day is November 3, 2026. A statewide contest in Wyoming.

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What the Wyoming US Senate election decides

The Senate confirms federal judges and cabinet officers, ratifies treaties, and can stop legislation the House passes. With a six-year term and a hundred-member chamber, a single seat is a larger share of the institution than any House district, which is why Senate races draw national money into state contests.

Each state sends two senators regardless of population, so this seat carries the same weight as California's or Wyoming's. Wyoming voters fill it alongside all 1 of the state's House seat and the governorship, and a Senate term runs six years, spanning two future Congresses and, in this case, the next presidential election.

How Wyoming votes

Wyoming is the least populous state and among the most Republican, with coal, oil, gas and public lands at the center of its governance and its primaries serving as the decisive elections. That backdrop is the ground any Wyoming campaign fights on, and it is what the Electorate HQ simulation reads first when it weighs a ticket's platform against this contest.

About this race

The 2026 United States Senate election in Wyoming will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Wyoming. Republican congresswoman Harriet Hageman and Democratic former state representative James W. Byrd are the nominees for their respective parties. Republican incumbent Cynthia Lummis is not seeking a second term.

Primary elections were held on August 18. In the Republican primary, Hageman won the nomination with 64.9% of the vote against former Kirby mayor Sam Mead. Byrd won the Democratic nomination with 79.3% of the vote, facing minimal opposition.

Democrats have not won a Senate race in Wyoming since 1970.

Latest coverage of the Wyoming US Senate race

2026 Wyoming Primary Election Results Live: US House/Senate and statewide racesOil City News · 18 Aug 20262026 primary election: GOP picks Love to retain Wyoming Senate District 6 seatCap City News · 18 Aug 2026Results from the August 18th Primaries in Alaska, Florida, and WyomingCAWP · 04 Sep 2026Vote 2026: U.S. Senate Republican Primary Debate for WyomingPBS · 13 Aug 2026Cheyenne Roundup: Decision 2026 | Who will Wyoming send to DC?WyoFile · 11 Aug 2026Vote 2026: U.S. Senate Democratic Primary Debate for WyomingPBS · 13 Aug 2026Republican Hageman will face Democrat Byrd after landslide victories in Wyoming’s US Senate primaryWyoFile · 18 Aug 20262026 Primary Election Results Live: Wyoming Senate, House of Representatives racesOil City News · 18 Aug 2026

The rest of the Wyoming ballot

Every Wyoming House district, the counties inside each one, and an address lookup that resolves your exact districts are on the Wyoming state page.

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