Wyoming State House District 51

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Laurie Bratten Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

Laurie BrattenRepublican · Incumbent2 years since first win

One candidate on the printed ballot.

Last election: Laurie Bratten (Republican) was unopposed, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 1 candidate

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Laurie BrattenIncumbentRepublican

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History (17 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 5,132
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLaurie BrattenWon	Republican	4,91095.7%	95.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	2224.3%	4.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,900
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCyrus WesternWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,63193.1%	93.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	2696.9%	6.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,800
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCyrus WesternWon(incumbent)	Republican	5,61996.9%	96.9%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1813.1%	3.1%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanCyrus WesternWon	Republican	4,140100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,731
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanBo BitemanWon	Republican	3,93168.6%	68.6%
DemocraticHollis Hackman	Democratic	1,75430.6%	30.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	460.8%	0.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,314
Election day: November 4, 2014
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2014, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRosie BergerWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,23397.6%	97.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	812.4%	2.4%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRosie BergerWon(incumbent)	Republican	4,768100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,499
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRosie BergerWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,43798.2%	98.2%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	621.8%	1.8%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRosie BergerWon(incumbent)	Republican	4,471100.0%	100.0%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRosie BergerWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,656100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,847
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRosie BergerWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,53272.9%	72.9%
DemocraticSusan Cannon	Democratic	1,31527.1%	27.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,114
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanRosie BergerWon	Republican	2,62863.9%	63.9%
DemocraticGary Bare	Democratic	1,48636.1%	36.1%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanD. Bruce BurnsWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,648100.0%	100.0%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanD. Bruce BurnsWon(incumbent)	Republican	2,873100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,085
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanD. Bruce BurnsWon(incumbent)	Republican	2,83769.5%	69.5%
DemocraticYancey	Democratic	1,24830.6%	30.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 3,774
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanD. Bruce BurnsWon	Republican	2,51266.6%	66.6%
DemocraticMel Logan	Democratic	1,26233.4%	33.4%

Wyoming House of Representatives District 51, 1992 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanVirginia L. WrightWon(incumbent)	Republican	3,263100.0%	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:51

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