United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2008

For the simultaneous special election, see United States Senate special election in Wyoming, 2008.

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2008

2002 ← November 4, 2008 → 2014

Nominee Mike Enzi Chris Rothfuss Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 189,046 60,631 Percentage 75.6% 24.3%

County results

U.S. Senator before election Mike Enzi Republican Elected U.S. Senator Mike Enzi Republican

The 2008 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mike Enzi won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Chris Rothfuss, chemical engineer and university professor
• Al Hamburg, perennial candidate

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Chris Rothfuss	14,221	62.38%
	Democratic	Al Hamburg	8,578	37.62%
Totals			22,799	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

• Mike Enzi, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Mike Enzi (inc.)	69,195	100.00%
Totals			69,195	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Mike Enzi (R), incumbent U.S. Senator^[3]
• Chris Rothfuss (D), chemical engineer and university professor

Predictions

CQ Politics ranked the race as 'Safe Republican'.

Polling

Poll Source	Dates administered	Rothfuss	Enzi
Research 2000/Daily Kos	September 22-September 24, 2008	35%	59%

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Enzi	189,046	75.63%	+2.68%
	Democratic	Chris Rothfuss	60,631	24.26%	-2.79%
	Write-ins		269	0.11%
Majority			128,415	51.38%	+5.47%
Turnout			249,946
	Republican hold		Swing

References

1. ^ http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2008/08Results/D-SWCand.pdf
2. ^ http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2008/08Results/R-SWCand.pdf
3. ^ Wyoming’s Enzi Will Run Again CQ Politics, April 26, 2008

External links

• Elections from the Wyoming Secretary of State
• U.S. Congress candidates for Wyoming at Project Vote Smart
• 2008 Wyoming Senate race from CQ Politics
• Wyoming U.S. Senate race - Class I Class II from 2008 Race Tracker
• Campaign contributions for Wyoming congressional races from OpenSecrets.org
• Official campaign websites
  • Mike Enzi, Republican incumbent candidate (Class II)
  • Chris Rothfuss, Democratic candidate (Class II)