Wyoming Secretary of State election, 1962
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November 6, 1962 (1962-11-06) |
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Secretary of State elections |
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The Wyoming secretary of state election of 1962 took place on November 6, 1962. The incumbent Secretary of State, Jack R. Gage, chose not to run for reelection and instead won a term of his own as governor of Wyoming in 1962. Thyra Thomson, the widow of Representative Edwin Keith Thomson, defeated Frank L. Bowron with 59.93% of the vote. Thomson became the first woman to hold the position of Secretary of State in Wyoming.