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2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
| country | Wyoming |
| type | presidential |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 2008 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
| previous_year | 2008 |
| next_election | 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming |
| next_year | 2020 |
| election_date | |
| image1 | File:Mike Enzi, official portrait, 115th Congress (cropped).jpg |
| nominee1 | **Mike Enzi** |
| party1 | Republican Party (United States) |
| popular_vote1 | **121,554** |
| percentage1 | **72.19%** |
| image2 | 3x4.svg |
| nominee2 | Charlie Hardy |
| party2 | Democratic Party (United States) |
| popular_vote2 | 29,377 |
| percentage2 | 17.45% |
| image3 | 3x4.svg |
| image_size | x150px |
| nominee3 | Curt Gottshall |
| party3 | Independent |
| popular_vote3 | 13,311 |
| percentage3 | 7.90% |
| map_image | 2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming results map by county.svg |
| map_size | 245px |
| map_caption | County results |
| title | U.S. Senator |
| before_election | Mike Enzi |
| before_party | Republican Party (United States) |
| after_election | Mike Enzi |
| after_party | Republican Party (United States) |
Enzi:
The 2014 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate for the State of Wyoming. Incumbent Republican senator Mike Enzi won re-election to a fourth term in office. Enzi held Democratic nominee Charlie Hardy to just 17.4 percent of the vote – the lowest percentage of the vote for any major party nominee in Wyoming U.S. Senate electoral history out of the 39 races conducted during the direct election era.
Republican primary
No incumbent Wyoming Republican senator running for re-election in the direct vote era has failed to win their party's nomination.
Candidates
Declared
- Thomas Bleming, former mercenary and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2012
- Arthur Bruce Clifton, oil company worker
- Mike Enzi, incumbent senator
- James "Coaltrain" Gregory
- Bryan E. Miller, retired air force officer and energy consultant
Withdrew
- Liz Cheney, attorney, political commentator and daughter of Dick Cheney
Endorsements
- John Barrasso, U.S. Senator (R-WY)
- Roy Blunt, U.S. Senator (R-MO)
- Richard Burr, U.S. Senator (R-NC)
- John Cornyn, U.S. Senator (R-TX)
- Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator (R-UT)
- Cynthia Lummis, U.S. Representative (R-WY)
- John McCain, U.S. Senator (R-AZ) and nominee for President in 2008
- Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader
- Jerry Moran, U.S. Senator (R-KS) and Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
- Rand Paul, U.S. Senator (R-KY)
- Richard Shelby, U.S. Senator (R-AL)
- Olympia Snowe, former U.S. Senator (R-ME)
U.S. Ambassadors
- Mel Sembler, former Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee, former Ambassador to Australia, former Ambassador to Italy Individuals
- Tammy Bruce, talk radio host, conservative political commentator
- Sean Hannity, talk radio/television host, conservative political commentator
- Mark Levin, talk radio host, conservative political commentator
- Rush Limbaugh, talk radio host, conservative political commentator
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| administered | Sample | ||||||
| size | Margin of | ||||||
| error | Mike | ||||||
| Enzi | Liz | ||||||
| Cheney | Undecided | ||||||
| Harper Polling | July 17–18, 2013 | 422 | ± 4.77% | **55%** | 21% | 24% | |
| Public Policy Polling | July 19–21, 2013 | 780 | ± 3.5% | **54%** | 26% | 19% | |
| Wickers Group ^ | August 22–28, 2013 | 400 | ± 4.5% | **61%** | 21% | 18% | |
| Wickers Group ^ | October 25–28, 2013 | 400 | ± 4.5% | **69%** | 17% | 14% |
- ^ Internal poll for the Mike Enzi campaign
| Poll source | Date(s) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| administered | Sample | ||||||
| size | Margin of | ||||||
| error | Liz | ||||||
| Cheney | Cynthia | ||||||
| Lummis | Undecided | ||||||
| Public Policy Polling | July 19–21, 2013 | 780 | ± 3.5% | 34% | **41%** | 25% |
Results
| | ]]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- William Bryk, attorney from New York and perennial candidate
- Charlie Hardy, retired priest and candidate for Congress in 2012
- Al Hamburg, retired house painter, veteran and perennial candidate
- Rex Wilde, contracting company employee and candidate for governor in 2010
Declined
- Gary Trauner, businessman and nominee for Wyoming's at-large congressional district in 2006 and 2008
Results
| | | | ]]
Independents and third parties
Candidates
Declared
- Curt Gottshall (Independent), commercial airline pilot
- Joseph Porambo (Libertarian), cook at an assisted living home
General election
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report | November 3, 2014 | |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | November 3, 2014 | |
| Rothenberg Political Report | November 3, 2014 | |
| Real Clear Politics | November 3, 2014 |
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| administered | Sample | |||||||
| size | Margin of | |||||||
| error | Mike | |||||||
| Enzi (R) | Charlie | |||||||
| Hardy (D) | Other | Undecided | ||||||
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | July 5–24, 2014 | 419 | ± 5.1% | **66%** | 23% | 5% | 7% | |
| Rasmussen Reports | August 20–21, 2014 | 700 | ± 4% | **63%** | 27% | 4% | 5% | |
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | August 18 – September 2, 2014 | 350 | ± 8% | **66%** | 21% | 4% | 8% | |
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | September 20 – October 1, 2014 | 264 | ± 7% | **75%** | 17% | 2% | 6% | |
| CBS News/NYT/YouGov | October 16–23, 2014 | 258 | ± 11% | **67%** | 27% | 0% | 6% |
With Enzi
| Poll source | Date(s) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| administered | Sample | |||||||
| size | Margin of | |||||||
| error | Mike | |||||||
| Enzi (R) | Dave | |||||||
| Freudenthal (D) | Other | Undecided | ||||||
| Public Policy Polling | July 19–21, 2013 | 1,203 | ± 2.8% | **54%** | 31% | — | 15% |
| Poll source | Date(s) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| administered | Sample | |||||||
| size | Margin of | |||||||
| error | Mike | |||||||
| Enzi (R) | Gary | |||||||
| Trauner (D) | Other | Undecided | ||||||
| Public Policy Polling | July 19–21, 2013 | 1,203 | ± 2.8% | **66%** | 19% | — | 14% |
With Cheney
| Poll source | Date(s) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| administered | Sample | |||||||
| size | Margin of | |||||||
| error | Liz | |||||||
| Cheney (R) | Dave | |||||||
| Freudenthal (D) | Other | Undecided | ||||||
| Public Policy Polling | July 19–21, 2013 | 1,203 | ± 2.8% | 42% | **45%** | — | 13% |
| Poll source | Date(s) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| administered | Sample | |||||||
| size | Margin of | |||||||
| error | Liz | |||||||
| Cheney (R) | Gary | |||||||
| Trauner (D) | Other | Undecided | ||||||
| Public Policy Polling | July 19–21, 2013 | 1,203 | ± 2.8% | **49%** | 31% | — | 20% |
Results
By county
| Mike Enzi | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charlie Hardy | |||||||||||||
| Democrat | Curt Gottshall | |||||||||||||
| Independent | All Others | County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Albany | **5,672** | **55.3%** | 3,276 | 31.9% | 1,041 | 10.1% | 274 | 2.7% | ||||||
| Big Horn | **3,398** | **81.9%** | 351 | 8.5% | 248 | 6.0% | 254 | 3.7% | ||||||
| Campbell | **8,903** | **83.6%** | 716 | 6.7% | 703 | 6.6% | 229 | 3.1% | ||||||
| Carbon | **3,356** | **73.5%** | 820 | 17.9% | 283 | 6.2% | 110 | 2.4% | ||||||
| Converse | **3,255** | **76.8%** | 384 | 9.1% | 497 | 11.7% | 101 | 2.3% | ||||||
| Crook | **2,369** | **84.9%** | 196 | 7.0% | 144 | 5.2% | 81 | 3.0% | ||||||
| Fremont | **8,629** | **70.0%** | 2,331 | 18.9% | 1,123 | 9.1% | 249 | 2.0% | ||||||
| Goshen | **3,302** | **76.5%** | 511 | 11.8% | 416 | 9.6% | 88 | 2.0% | ||||||
| Hot Springs | **1,529** | **75.1%** | 190 | 9.3% | 248 | 12.2% | 68 | 3.3% | ||||||
| Johnson | **2,735** | **83.3%** | 320 | 9.7% | 160 | 4.9% | 68 | 2.0% | ||||||
| Laramie | **17,647** | **68.2%** | 5,560 | 21.5% | 2,043 | 7.9% | 613 | 2.4% | ||||||
| Lincoln | **4,758** | **82.0%** | 580 | 10.0% | 304 | 5.2% | 158 | 2.7% | ||||||
| Natrona | **14,361** | **68.1%** | 3,387 | 16.1% | 2,856 | 13.6% | 471 | 2.3% | ||||||
| Niobrara | **875** | **83.3%** | 84 | 8.0% | 70 | 6.7% | 22 | 2.1% | ||||||
| Park | **7,695** | **80.6%** | 1,066 | 11.2% | 523 | 5.5% | 266 | 2.7% | ||||||
| Platte | **2,625** | **74.0%** | 552 | 15.6% | 284 | 8.0% | 88 | 2.5% | ||||||
| Sheridan | **7,307** | **76.5%** | 1,474 | 15.4% | 557 | 5.8% | 213 | 2.2% | ||||||
| Sublette | **2,546** | **79.9%** | 416 | 13.1% | 138 | 4.3% | 85 | 2.7% | ||||||
| Sweetwater | **7,656** | **68.0%** | 2,711 | 24.1% | 636 | 5.6% | 254 | 2.2% | ||||||
| Teton | **4,261** | **54.4%** | 3,103 | 39.6% | 261 | 3.3% | 202 | 2.6% | ||||||
| Uinta | **4,368** | **76.4%** | 892 | 15.6% | 322 | 5.6% | 134 | 2.3% | ||||||
| Washakie | **2,280** | **79.9%** | 263 | 9.2% | 253 | 8.9% | 57 | 2.0% | ||||||
| Weston | **2,027** | **81.6%** | 194 | 7.8% | 201 | 8.1% | 63 | 2.5% |
References
References
- Ostermeier, Eric. (November 10, 2014). "Rock Bottom: Democrats Hit Multiple Low Water Marks in US Senate Elections". Smart Politics.
- Ostermeier, Eric. (July 9, 2013). "Could Liz Cheney End Wyoming's GOP Incumbency Streak?". Smart Politics.
- (May 17, 2013). "Bleming Announces Another Run for Wyoming U.S. Senate Seat". Kitsap Sun.
- (June 28, 2013). "Ex-Mercenary Running for Wyo. Senate Seat has 'Psychopath' in Crosshairs".
- "2014 Primary Candidate Roster". Wyoming Secretary of State.
- (May 30, 2014). "Arizona man the only Democratic challenger to Wyoming Rep. Cynthia Lummi". Casper Star-Tribune.
- Reilly, Mollie. (July 16, 2013). "Mike Enzi Will Seek Reelection In 2014 Senate Race". Huffington Post.
- Martin, Jonathan. (January 6, 2014). "Liz Cheney Quits Wyoming Senate Race". [[The New York Times]].
- Zeleny, Jeff. (July 16, 2013). "Liz Cheney Jumps Into Wyoming Senate Race Against Mike Enzi". ABC News.
- Everett, Burgess. (July 28, 2013). "GOP Senators to Liz Cheney: We Like Mike Enzi". Politico.
- (July 21, 2013). "McCain supports Mike Enzi in race over Liz Cheney". AZCentral.com.
- Burns, Alexander. (July 11, 2013). "Rand Paul: I've got Mike Enzi's back vs. Liz Cheney". [[Politico]].
- Everett, Burgess. (July 22, 2013). "Olympia Snowe: Liz Cheney challenge to Mike Enzi 'unfortunate'". [[Politico]].
- (July 16, 2013). "Liz Cheney announces Senate bid". Politico.
- (July 16, 2013). "Twitter / HeyTammyBruce: I'm thrilled w @Liz_Cheney's". Twitter.com.
- (July 19, 2013). "Sean Hannity Endorses Liz Cheney For Senate". Huffington Post.
- Spiering, Charlie. (July 22, 2013). "Conservative talk radio lining up behind Liz Cheney".
- Gold, Hadas. (July 22, 2013). "Rush Limbaugh lines up with Liz Cheney". Politico.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130721181630/http://conservativeintel.com/liz-cheney-vs-mike-enzi-conservative-intel-poll-for-wysen/ Harper Polling]
- [http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_WY_723.pdf Public Policy Polling]
- [https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/mike-enzi-liz-cheney-poll-99814.html Wickers Group ^]
- "2014 Official Primary Election results". Wyoming Secretary of State.
- Roerink, Kyle. (January 21, 2014). "Mike Enzi has new opponent: Democrat and former Catholic priest Charlie Hardy". [[Casper Star-Tribune]].
- Laura Hancock. (June 1, 2014). "Felon, out-of-staters among candidates who filed to run for office". [[Casper Star-Tribune]].
- Trevor Brown. (May 25, 2014). "Controversial candidate bids for U.S. Senate seat". [[Wyoming Tribune Eagle]].
- Roerink, Kyle. (January 22, 2014). "Second Democrat enters race against Wyoming U.S. Sen. Enzi". [[Casper Star-Tribune]].
- Edwards-Levy, Ariel. (July 23, 2013). "Liz Cheney Trails Mike Enzi In Wyoming Senate Race: Poll". Huffington Post.
- Trevor Brown. (April 3, 2014). "Laramie pilot is making independent Senate run". [[Wyoming Tribune Eagle]].
- Trevor Brown. (April 9, 2014). "Casper cook seeks U.S. Senate seat". [[Wyoming Tribune Eagle]].
- "2014 Senate Race Ratings for November 3, 2014".
- (November 3, 2014). "The Crystal Ball's Final 2014 Picks".
- "2014 Senate Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report.
- "2014 Elections Map - Battle for the Senate 2014". Real Clear Politics.
- [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2014-midterms-republicans-narrowly-favored-to-capture-senate-in-november/ CBS News/NYT/YouGov]
- [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2014/wyoming/election_2014_wyoming_senate Rasmussen Reports]
- [https://today.yougov.com/news/2014/09/07/battleground-tracker-2014-wyoming/ CBS News/NYT/YouGov]
- [http://today.yougov.com/news/2014/09/07/senate-races-battleground-tracker/ CBS News/NYT/YouGov]
- "Statewide Candidates Official Summary Wyoming General Election - November 4, 2014".
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