WYOMING

The Senate:...
Republican Incumbent: Michael Enzi
Republican Incumbent: John Barrasso


The House:...
Wyoming's At-large congressional district: Six-term Barbara Cubin (R) is retiring.^[184] She had beaten her Democratic opponent, Teton County School Board Chairman Gary Trauner, by only 1,012 votes in 2006. She sought reelection in a district – coterminous with the state of Wyoming – that gave George W. Bush an overwhelming margin of 69% in 2004 but whose governor, Dave Freudenthal (D), was reelected with 70% of the vote in 2006. Cubin has been a lightning rod for controversy over a number of incidents that ranged from receiving money from ARMPAC, to distributing penis-shaped cookies to male colleagues while in the Wyoming Legislature, to even an incident after a televised debate in which she remarked that if the Libertarian candidate, Thomas Rankin, who has multiple sclerosis and must use a wheelchair, "weren’t sitting in that chair," she would have slapped him in the face. So few were surprised when Cubin announced that she would retire from Congress.^[185] Gary Trauner has already said that he will run again in 2008. State House Majority Leader Colin M. Simpson, son of former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, had announced he will run; however, he later withdrew from the race. Cheyenne substitute teacher Swede Nelson was the first to announce his candidacy for the seat on September 8, 2007. Other Republicans running include conservative former state Treasurer Cynthia Lummis, state Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, rancher and businessman, Mark Gordon, who is from Buffalo, and retired naval captain and 2006 candidate Bill Winney, who garnered 40% of the vote against Cubin in the primary. As of April, Nelson and Zwonizter withdrew their candidacies. Lummis and Gordon are considered the frontrunners in the Primary, with Lummis' immense experience and name id, and Gordon's massive war chest, and already aired TV ads. A February 2008 poll showed this race in a dead heat with Trauner slightly edging Lummis 41% to 40%.

Retirements:...Wyoming's At-large congressional district: Barbara Cubin(R)