2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election

2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →
Turnout69.78% Registered Decrease 3.82%
38.17% of Total Population Decrease 1.04%
 
Nominee Matt Mead Leslie Petersen Taylor Haynes
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 123,780 43,240 13,796
Percentage 65.68% 22.94% 7.32%

County results
Mead:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Dave Freudenthal
Democratic

Elected Governor

Matt Mead
Republican

The 2010 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the governor of Wyoming. Party primaries were held on August 17.

While it was initially thought that term limits would prevent incumbent Democratic governor Dave Freudenthal from running for re-election, the constitutionality of the term limit law has been questioned, leaving the possibility that if Freudenthal had successfully challenged the law, he might have been able to run for a third term.[1] On March 4, 2010, Freudenthal announced he would not run for a third term.[2]

Republican Matt Mead flipped every county from Democratic to Republican as he won by getting around two-thirds of the votes polled.

  1. ^ Chris Cillizza And Ben Pershing (February 16, 2009). "Will Wyoming's Governor Buck Term Limits?". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ "US News - Mar 04, 2010 - Wyoming Gov. Freudenthal won't seek third term". RealClearPolitics. March 4, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2010.