The 1996 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson decided to retire. Republican nominee Mike Enzi won the open seat.
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County results Enzi: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Karpan: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kathy Karpan | 32,419 | 86.07% | |
Democratic | Mickey Kalinay | 5,245 | 13.93% | |
Total votes | 37,664 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Enzi | 27,056 | 32.47% | |
Republican | John Barrasso | 24,918 | 29.90% | |
Republican | Curt Meier | 14,739 | 17.69% | |
Republican | Nimi McConigley | 6,005 | 7.21% | |
Republican | Kevin Meenan | 6,000 | 7.20% | |
Republican | Kathleen P. Jachkowski | 2,269 | 2.72% | |
Republican | Brian E. Coen | 943 | 1.13% | |
Republican | Cleveland B. Holloway | 874 | 1.05% | |
Republican | Russ Hanrahan | 524 | 0.63% | |
Total votes | 83,328 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mike Enzi | 114,116 | 54.06% | -9.87% | |
Democratic | Kathy Karpan | 89,103 | 42.21% | +6.15% | |
Libertarian | David Herbert | 5,289 | 2.51% | ||
Natural Law | Lloyd Marsden | 2,569 | 1.22% | ||
Majority | 25,013 | 11.85% | -16.02% | ||
Turnout | 211,077 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |