Herschler:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Edgar Herschler Democratic Edgar Herschler Democratic The 1982 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982.

Incumbent Democratic Governor Edgar Herschler ran for re-election to a third term.

He faced former State House Speaker Warren A. Morton in the general election after several prominent Republicans, including then-Congressman Dick Cheney, declined to challenge him.

[1] However, Herschler remained personally popular and the national political environment favored Democrats, and he had little difficulty defeating Morton to win a third term.

In doing so, Herschler became the first (and, with the subsequent adoption of gubernatorial term limits, likely the last) Governor of Wyoming to win three terms in office.