# 2022 Wyoming elections

The 2022 Wyoming elections took place on November 8, 2022. The statewide direct primary election was held on August 16, 2022. Wyoming voters elected Wyoming's seat to the United States House of Representatives, all of the seats of the Wyoming House of Representatives, all even-numbered seats of the Wyoming Senate, governor of Wyoming, and various statewide offices.
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## United States Congress
### House of Representatives

Incumbent Liz Cheney was criticized by former president Donald Trump and his supporters mainly for her vote to impeach him, as well as refusing to object to the certification of the electoral college results in the 2020 presidential election. Shortly after her impeachment vote, Trump and allies stated that they would work together to back and endorse a primary challenger to Cheney before the 2022 election.

## Statewide constitutional offices
### Governor

Incumbent Republican governor Mark Gordon ran for re-election, and won.

### Secretary of state

Incumbent Republican Wyoming Secretary of State Edward Buchanan initially run for re-election, but later chose not to seek a second term.

### Treasurer

Incumbent Republican Curt Meier won re-election.

### Auditor

Incumbent Republican Wyoming State Auditor Kristi Racines won re-election without opposition.

### Superintendent of Public Instruction

Megan Degenfelder defeated appointee Brian Schroeder in the Republican primary. Schroeder had been appointed following the resignation of incumbent Jillian Balow, who resigned to become the Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction after being appointed by Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin. Degenfelder won the general election against Democrat Sergio Maldanodo.

#### Republican primary
##### Candidates

* Megan Degenfelder, former Chief Policy Officer under superintendent Jillian Balow
* Thomas Kelly (withdrawn), chair of the political and military science department at the American Military University
* Brian Schroeder, incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction
* Robert J. White III, trona miner
* Jennifer Zerba, cosmetologist

##### Candidate forum

2022 Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Republican primary candidate forum :
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican | Republican |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | | | | | |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Brian Schroeder | Megan Degenfelder | Thomas Kelly | Robert J. White III | Jennifer Zerba |
| 1 | June 23, 2022 | Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming | Craig Blumenshine Steve Peck | YouTube | P | P | P | N | P |

##### Results

2022 Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Republican primary election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Megan Degenfelder | 59,334 | 40.58% |
| | Republican | Brian Schroeder | 55,769 | 38.14% |
| | Republican | Jennifer Zerba | 13,662 | 9.34% |
| | Republican | Thomas Kelly (withdrawn) | 12,347 | 8.44% |
| | Republican | Robert J. White III | 4,396 | 3.01% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 721 | 0.49% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 146,229 | 100% |

#### Results

2022 Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Megan Degenfelder | 142,524 | 76.72 |
| | Democratic | Sergio Maldonado | 43,251 | 23.28 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 185,775 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## State legislature
### Wyoming Senate

Of the 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate, 15 were up for election in 2022.

### Wyoming House of Representatives

All 60 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives were up for election in 2022, plus two additional seats added in redistricting.