Wyoming State Senate elections, 2002

Elections for the office of Wyoming State Senate consisted of a primary election on August 20, 2002, and a general election on November 5, 2002. A total of 15 seats were up for election.^[1]

The signature filing deadline to run in these elections was May 31, 2002 for party candidates and August 26, 2002 for independent candidates.^[2]

Qualifications

Section 2 of Article 3 of the Wyoming Constitution states, "Senators shall be elected for the term of four (4) years and representatives for the term of two (2) years. The senators elected at the first election shall be divided by lot into two classes as nearly equal as may be. The seats of senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first two years, and of the second class at the expiration of four years. No person shall be a senator who has not attained the age of twenty-five years, or a representative who has not attained the age of twenty-one years, and who is not a citizen of the United States and of this state and who has not, for at least twelve months next preceding his election resided within the county or district in which he was elected."

List of candidates

District 1

August 20 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 20 Republican primary:

• Bill Barton a

November 5 General election candidates:

Bill Barton

District 3

August 20 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 20 Republican primary:

• Curt Meier a

November 5 General election candidates:

Curt Meier

District 5

August 20 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 20 Republican primary:

• Russ Brown: 764
• John Hanes: 1,568 a

November 5 General election candidates:

John Hanes

District 7

August 20 Democratic primary:

• Kathryn Sessions a

August 20 Republican primary:

• No candidates filed.

November 5 General election candidates:

Kathryn Sessions

District 9

August 20 Democratic primary:

• Mike Massie a

August 20 Republican primary:

• No candidates filed.

November 5 General election candidates:

Mike Massie

District 11

August 20 Democratic primary:

• Bill Vasey a

August 20 Republican primary:

• Larry Hicks a

November 5 General election candidates:

Bill Vasey: 3,577

Larry Hicks: 2,478

District 13

August 20 Democratic primary:

• Tex Boggs a

August 20 Republican primary:

• John E. Radosevich a

November 5 General election candidates:

Tex Boggs: 3,578

John E. Radosevich: 1,980

District 15

August 20 Democratic primary:

• Ken Decaria a

August 20 Republican primary:

• Randy Ottley a

November 5 General election candidates:

Ken Decaria: 2,906

Randy Ottley: 2,078

District 17

August 20 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 20 Republican primary:

• Grant Larson a

November 5 General election candidates:

Grant Larson

District 19

August 20 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 20 Republican primary:

• Jim Henderson: 519
• Laness Northrup: 2,084 a
• R. Ray Peterson: 1,953

November 5 General election candidates:

Laness Northrup

District 21

August 20 Democratic primary:

• Kim D. Cannon a

August 20 Republican primary:

• Bruce Burns a

November 5 General election candidates:

Kim D. Cannon: 3,080

Bruce Burns: 4,066

District 23

August 20 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 20 Republican primary:

• John Hines a

November 5 General election candidates:

John Hines

District 25

August 20 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 20 Republican primary:

• Cale Case a

November 5 General election candidates:

Cale Case

District 27

August 20 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 20 Republican primary:

• John Barrasso a

November 5 General election candidates:

John Barrasso

District 29

August 20 Democratic primary:

• No candidates filed.

August 20 Republican primary:

• Bill Hawks a

November 5 General election candidates:

Bill Hawks

External links

• Wyoming Secretary of State, 2002 general election results
• Wyoming Secretary of State, 2002 primary election results

Footnotes