By Kristin Espeland

Laramie, WY – Republican Max Maxfield beat Libertarian candidate Dennis Brossman for the position of secretary of state. Joe Meyer takes the position of treasurer, fending off democratic challenger Ron Redo. And Jim McBride won the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in a close race with democratic challenger Michele Hoffman.

By Elsa Heidorn

Cheyenne, WY – Republican Rita Meyer won the race for state auditor by a wide margin. Her Democratic rival was Democrat Bill Eikenberry. She says her first priority will be to continue implementing the state's strategic plan. Meyer says she'll start talking with the other top five elected officials about these tasks before her term begins in January.

By Kristin Espeland

Laramie, WY – Voters will send democrat Governor Dave Freudenthal back into the governor's mansion for a second term. He beat his Republican challenger, Ray Hunkins, with 70 percent of the vote. The Associated Press called the race in Freudenthal's favor just moments after the polls closed.

By Kristin Espeland

Cheyenne, Wy – Governor Dave Freudenthal says his decisive victory over Republican
challenger Ray Hunkins is proof the public is satisfied with the
direction of the state over the past four years.
And Freudenthal says it also shows that Wyoming voters don't
want to see the state embrace the Washington-style politics that he
says Hunkins and the state Republican Party used against him.
Unofficial results show Freudenthal received 70 percent of the
vote, while Hunkins received 30 percent.

Jackson, Wy – The chairman of Wyoming's Democratic Party cannot say enough about the campaign run by Congressional candidate Gary Trauner. Trauner lost to Barbara Cubin by less then a thousand votes. While some are disappointed Democratic Party Chairman Mike Gireau of Jackson says Trauner's positive approach to campaigning differed from Cubin's negative approach. He thinks that was welcomed by voters and may have contributed to the close race.

Cheyenne, Wy – Democratic U-S House candidate Gary
Trauner is considering his options today (Wednesday). Republican Barbara Cubin defeated Trauner by just 970 votes. That's just short of triggering an automatic recount in the race, but Trauner still can request a recount if he pays for it.
Trauner issued a statement this afternoon saying he wanted to
spend the day reviewing reports of problems with counting ballots
and getting answers to questions about provisional ballots that
have yet to be counted.

By AP

By Elsa Heidorn

Laramie, WY – Congresswoman Barbara Cubin acknowledges that her latest race against Gary Trauner has been a tough one. But asked if it's the toughest race of her career, she says no; she's had tough races before. Cubin says that some unfair criticisms have stuck, for example, that she doesn't show up for many votes in the House. Cubin says that, except for the year that her husband was sick, she has had an outstanding voting record.

Laramie, Wy – Wyoming Public Radio will broadcast national and Wyoming election results at 6:00 p.m. Wyoming results will be reported starting at 8:00 p.m. WPR's coverage will be co-hosted by Kristin Espeland and Bob Beck. They will be joined by Wyoming Speaker of the House Randall Luthi, State Senator Jayne Mockler, Political Scientist Oliver Walter and several others.