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.