2002 Wyoming Senate election

2002 Wyoming Senate election

November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)
15 of 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate Odd-numbered seats up
Majority party Minority party   Leader Hank Coe Rich Cathcart Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 18th district 6th district Seats before 20 10 Seats after 20 10 Seat change Popular vote 57,403 21,245 Percentage 72.99% 27.01%
Results by district
Senate President before election Hank Coe Republican Elected Senate President April Brimmer-Kunz Republican

The 2002 Wyoming Senate election was held on November 5, 2002, to elect members to the Wyoming Senate for its 57th session as part of the 2002 United States elections. Partisan primaries were held on August 20. All odd-numbered seats were up for election. Neither party made any gains in the chamber. Of the fifteen seats up for election, only four saw Republicans and Democrats compete.

General election summary

Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
					Before 56th Leg.	Up	Won	After 57th Leg.	+/–
	Republican	13	57,403	72.99	20	10	10	20
	Democratic	6	21,245	27.01	10	5	5	10
Total			78,648	100%	30	15		30

†: Incumbent did not run for reelection.

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Bill Barton		Rep	Bill Barton		Rep
3rd	Curt Meier		Rep	Curt Meier		Rep
5th	John G. Hanes		Rep	John G. Hanes		Rep
7th	Kathryn Sessions		Dem	Kathryn Sessions		Dem
9th	Mike Massie		Dem	Mike Massie		Dem
11th	Bill Vasey		Dem	Bill Vasey		Dem
13th	Tex Boggs		Dem	Tex Boggs		Dem
15th	Ken Decaria		Dem	Ken Decaria		Dem
17th	Grant Larson		Rep	Grant Larson		Rep
19th	Carroll S. Miller †		Rep	Laness Northrup		Rep
21th	Tom Kinnison †		Rep	Bruce Burns		Rep
23th	Steven Youngbauer †		Rep	John Hines		Rep
25th	Cale Case		Rep	Cale Case		Rep
27th	Bruce A. Hinchey		Rep	John Barrasso		Rep
29th	Bill Hawks		Rep	Bill Hawks		Rep