Wyoming State House District 16

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Mike Yin Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

Mike YinDemocratic · Incumbent8 years since first win

One candidate on the printed ballot.

Last election: Mike Yin (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 1 candidate

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Mike YinIncumbentDemocratic

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History (17 elections for this seat)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMike YinWon	Democratic	3,54596.7%	96.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1213.3%	3.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,355
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMike YinWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,47773.8%	73.8%
RepublicanJim McCollum	Republican	86925.9%	25.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	90.3%	0.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,405
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMike YinWon(incumbent)	Democratic	4,23796.2%	96.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1683.8%	3.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,242
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMike YinWon	Democratic	2,53059.6%	59.6%
RepublicanBarbara Allen	Republican	1,71240.4%	40.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,840
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMike GierauWon	Democratic	3,74097.4%	97.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1002.6%	2.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,010
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRuth Ann PetroffWon(incumbent)	Republican	1,94796.9%	96.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	633.1%	3.1%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRuth Ann PetroffWon(incumbent)	Republican	2,810100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,846
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRuth Ann PetroffWon	Republican	2,15055.9%	55.9%
DemocraticLen Carlman	Democratic	1,68743.9%	43.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	90.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,424
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPete JorgensenWon(incumbent)	Democratic	3,59466.3%	66.3%
RepublicanJoe Schloss	Republican	1,83033.7%	33.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,185
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPete JorgensenWon(incumbent)	Democratic	2,51560.1%	60.1%
RepublicanKate Mead	Republican	1,67039.9%	39.9%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPete JorgensenWon(incumbent)	Democratic	4,047100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,449
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPete JorgensenWon	Democratic	2,01158.3%	58.3%
RepublicanBill Scarlett	Republican	1,43841.7%	41.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,256
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanStephen WattWon	Republican	1,16651.7%	51.7%
DemocraticLevitt	Democratic	1,09048.3%	48.3%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKenilynn ZanettiWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,660100.0%	100.0%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKenilynn ZanettiWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,814100.0%	100.0%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKenilynn ZanettiWon	Democratic	1,917100.0%	100.0%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 16, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticSam BlackwellWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,917100.0%	100.0%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1992 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:wy/sldl:16

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026