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 was held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Wyoming. Republican representative Harriet Hageman defeated Democratic former state representative James W. Byrd. Republican incumbent Cynthia Lummis did not seek 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.

Republican primary

Latest coverage of the Wyoming US Senate race

Hageman wins Wyoming’s Senate raceWyoFile · 03 Nov 2026Wyoming 2026 U.S. Senate Race CandidatesOpenSecrets · 22 Oct 2026Republicans dominate Wyoming’s federal, state and Laramie County electionsCap City News · 04 Nov 2026Republicans sweep Wyoming’s federal, state and Natrona County electionsOil City News · 04 Nov 2026Wyoming 2026 U.S. Senate Race SummaryOpenSecrets · 22 Oct 2026Election 2026: Hageman defeats Byrd for Wyoming U.S. Senate seatOil City News · 03 Nov 2026Wyoming 2026 Election ResultsMultiState · 03 Nov 2026Here are Wyoming's 2026 primary election resultscapradio.org · 29 Oct 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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