Wyoming Senate Candidates for Senator, WY Election Race 2012

State Primary in August 2012

Wyoming Candidates for Congress

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Wyoming Senate Candidates

Wyoming Senatorial Candidates

Wyoming Senator Election Race

Republican Governor Candidates

John Barrasso (R)

Democrat Governor Candidates

None Listed

Wyoming Candidates for US Congress from WY

Cynthia Lummis (R)

 

History of Wyoming. Information that every Wyoming Election Candidates for US Senate Should Know:

The Union Pacific Railroad reached the town of Cheyenne, which later became the state capital, in 1867. The railroad eventually spanned the entire state, boosting the population, and creating some of Wyoming's largest cities, such as Laramie, Rock Springs and Evanston. Along with the railroad came the need for coal, which was discovered in quantity in the southwestern part of the state, especially around Rock Springs. In 1885, a violent riot known as the Rock Springs Massacre broke out between white and Chinese miners employed by the Union Pacific Coal Company in Rock Springs.

After the arrival of the railroad, the population began to grow steadily in the Wyoming Territory, which was established on July 25, 1868. Unlike Colorado to the south, Wyoming never experienced a rapid population boom in the 19th century from any major mineral discoveries such as gold or silver.

Inclusion of women's suffrage in the Wyoming constitution was accepted and the constitution also included an article making all the water in Wyoming property of the state. Wyoming overcame the obstacles of low population and of being the only territory in the U.S. giving women the right to vote, and the United States admitted Wyoming into the Union as the 44th state on July 10, 1890.