Ageneral electionwas held in the U.S. state ofWyomingon Tuesday, November 2, 1926. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. Republicans narrowly picked up the governorship and solidified their control on the other statewide offices, increasing their margin of victory in each race.
Incumbent Democratic GovernorNellie Tayloe Rossran for re-election to a second term. She was narrowly defeated for re-election by RepublicanFrank Emerson,the Wyoming State Engineer.
Incumbent Republican Secretary of StateFrank E. Lucas,who briefly served as acting governor following the death ofWilliam B. Ross,opted torun for Governorrather than seek re-election. FormerCampbell CountyClerkAlonzo M. Clarkdefeated former State Senator John Stansbury for the Republican nomination, while businessman W. S. Kimball won the Democratic nomination unopposed. In the general election, Clark defeated Kimball by a decisive margin to win his first term as Secretary of State.
Incumbent Republican State AuditorVincent Carter,first elected in1922,ran for re-election to his second term. He faced newspaper editor Joe U. Allard, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Despite the closeness of several other statewide races, Carter was able to improve on his margin of victory and defeated Allard in a landslide. He would not serve out his full term, however, following his election to Congress in1928.
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer John M. Snyder declined to seek re-election to a second term. To replace him, former State Representative William H. Edelman, the Republican nominee, ran against C. H. McWinnie, the State Public Lands Commissioner and the Democratic nominee. Though Snyder's margin of victory in1922was close, Edelman ultimately defeated McWinnie by a wide margin.
Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Katharine A. Morton ran for re-election to a third term. She was opposed by Cecilia H. Hendricks, the Democratic nominee. Morton easily dispatched Hendricks to win re-election in a landslide, and in so doing, won the highest percentage of the vote of any candidate in the state in 1926.
^abcdefghijklmClark, A.M. (1927).1927 Official Directory of Wyoming and Election Returns for 1926.Cheyenne, Wyo.: The Commercial Printing Co. pp. 38–43.