2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming
The 2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 6, 2018 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming. The primary election took place August 21, 2018. Republican John Barrasso won reelection with 67% percent of the vote, the lowest percentage of his three U.S. Senate campaigns and the closest a Democrat got to winning a seat since the 1996 election, while Barrasso lost only 2 counties, Teton and Albany. Background. In 2012, incumbent Republican John Barrasso was re-elected with 76% of  the vote. Heavily rural, Wyoming has the smallest population of any state and is considered the most Republican state in the nation. It has not elected a Democratic Senate candidate since 1970. In 2008, Republican presidential nominee John McCain carried the state with 64% of the vote. Republican Mitt Romney won it in 2012 with 68% of the vote, and Republican Donald Trump won it in 2016 with 67% of the vote.