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2012 Wyoming U.S. Senate Election

Wyoming · 3 candidates · See every 2012 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 2012 Wyoming U.S. Senate Election?

John Barrasso won the 2012 Wyoming U.S. Senate Election. John Barrasso received 185,250 popular votes (73.89%). The main challenger was Tim Chesnut (21.15%).

See the full head-to-head between Barrasso and Chesnut

Barrasso +52.7 pts · won by 132,231 votes
John BarrassoRepublicanWINNER73.89%
185,250 votes
Tim ChesnutDemocratic21.15%
53,019 votes
Joel OttoCountry Party2.46%
6,176 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.5% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.