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United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2014

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November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
  
2020 →

121,554
  
29,377

72.2%
  
17.5%

Start date
  
November 4, 2014

Charlie Hardy
  
Curt Gottshall

29,377
  
13,311

17.5%
  
7.9%

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Winner
  
Mike 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 17.5 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.

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Republican primary

No incumbent Wyoming Republican Senator running for re-election in the direct vote era has failed to win their party's nomination.

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

    • Declined

  • Matt Mead, Governor of Wyoming (ran for re-election)

    • 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

  • Dave Freudenthal, former Governor of Wyoming
  • Mike Massie, former State Senator and nominee for Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2010
  • Rodger McDaniel, former State Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1982
  • Gary Trauner, businessman and nominee for Wyoming's at-large congressional district in 2006 and 2008

    • Declared

  • Curt Gottshall (Independent), commercial airline pilot
  • Joseph Porambo (Libertarian), cook at an assisted living home

    • References

    United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2014 Wikipedia
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