The Republicans currently dominate Wyoming politics at the federal and state level, although the state elected a Democratic governor in 2002. There were 241,200 registered voters in 2002. Governor Dave Freudenthal's victory in 2002 was seen as a Democratic victory in a solidly Republican state . Both of Wyoming's senators, Craig Thomas (reelected in 2000) and Mike Enzi (elected in 1996 to succeed Alan Simpson and reelected in 2002), are Republicans, as is Wyoming's US Representative, Barbara Cubin, reelected in 2002.
As of mid-2003, there were 20 Republicans and 10 Democrats in the state senate; 45 Republicans and 15 Democrats in the state house. Republican George W. Bush received 69% of the vote in the 2000 presidential election, while Democratic candidate Al Gore won 28%. In 1998, 30% of registered voters were Democratic, 59% Republican, and 11% unaffiliated or members of other parties. The state had three electoral votes in the 2000 presidential election.