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==Gubernatorial campaign==​

==Gubernatorial campaign==​

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Morton easily won the [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] [[primary]] to challenge two-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] Edgar of Kemmerer in Lincoln County. Morton polled 52,536 votes (74.3 percent). Rex G. Welty (1921-1992) of Afton in Lincoln County received 9,106 ballots (12.9), and Earl A. Johnson drew 9,025 (12.8 percent). Nels J. Smith of Sundance in northeastern Wyoming, who had been Morton's predecessor as House Speaker, filed for governor but withdrew before the primary. In a nationally Democratic year, Herschler charged that Morton was a tool of the energy interests.<ref name=fof>''Facts on File Yearbook, 1982,'' p. 822.</ref> Morton was active in the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association, having been the president of the [[interest group]] from 1963 to 1965.<ref name=obit/> In addition to his own MKM company, Morton was a director of the American Petroleum Institute and was the Wyoming representative on the Interstate Oil Compact Commission from 1962 to 1972.<ref name=cst/>​

Morton easily won the [[Republican Party (United States)|GOP]] [[primary]] to challenge two-term Democratic [[Governor]] Edgar Herschler of Kemmerer in Lincoln County. Morton polled 52,536 votes (74.3 percent). Rex G. Welty (1921-1992) of Afton in Lincoln County received 9,106 ballots (12.9), and Earl A. Johnson drew 9,025 (12.8 percent). Nels J. Smith of Sundance in northeastern Wyoming, who had been Morton's predecessor as House Speaker, filed for governor but withdrew before the primary. In a nationally Democratic year, Herschler charged that Morton was a tool of the energy interests.<ref name=fof>''Facts on File Yearbook, 1982,'' p. 822.</ref> Morton was active in the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association, having been the president of the [[interest group]] from 1963 to 1965.<ref name=obit/> In addition to his own MKM company, Morton was a director of the American Petroleum Institute and was the Wyoming representative on the Interstate Oil Compact Commission from 1962 to 1972.<ref name=cst/>​

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Morton received 62,128 votes (36.9 percent) to Herschler's 106,427 (63.1 percent). Morton polled only 9,592 more votes in the [[general election]] than he had the primary. Herschler, however, received 62,031 more votes in the final round than he had in the Democratic primary against Pat McGuire. Herschler's plurality over Morton was hence almost numerically the same as Morton's total vote in the general election.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' 1982 gubernatorial primary and general election returns, pp. 1539, 1608.</ref>​

Morton received 62,128 votes (36.9 percent) to Herschler's 106,427 (63.1 percent). Morton polled only 9,592 more votes in the [[general election]] than he had the primary. Herschler, however, received 62,031 more votes in the final round than he had in the Democratic primary against Pat McGuire. Herschler's plurality over Morton was hence almost numerically the same as Morton's total vote in the general election.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' 1982 gubernatorial primary and general election returns, pp. 1539, 1608.</ref>​

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Morton ran nearly twelve percentage points behind [[John C. Ostlund]], a former state senator, who had lost to Herschler in 1978. Of the three Republicans who challenged Herschler, Ostlund had fared best, losing by one percentage point. While Morton lost the governorship, Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[Malcolm Wallop]] of Sheridan defeated the Democrat former Wyoming state Senator Rodger McDaniel, 57 to 43 percent.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' 1978 and 1982.</ref> McDaniel had been the Wyoming state coordinator for the unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1980 of Senator [[Edward M. Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=fof/>​

Morton ran nearly twelve percentage points behind [[John C. Ostlund]], a former state senator, who had lost to Herschler in 1978. Of the three Republicans who challenged Herschler, Ostlund had fared best, losing by one percentage point. While Morton lost the governorship, Republican [[U.S. Senator]] Malcolm Wallop of Sheridan defeated the Democrat former Wyoming state Senator Rodger McDaniel, 57 to 43 percent.<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' 1978 and 1982.</ref> McDaniel had been the Wyoming state coordinator for the unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1980 of Senator [[Edward M. Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=fof/>​

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After his gubernatorial defeat, Morton continued to support Republican candidates in Wyoming, such as U.S. Senators [[Craig L. Thomas|Craig Thomas]], [[Alan K. Simpson]], [[Mike Enzi]], and Malcolm Wallop, as well as his state's GOP organization. In 2000, he also donated to then [[U.S. Representative]] Rick Lazio of [[New York]] in the latter's bid against [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] for the U.S. Senate. In 1979, Morton contributed to the failed presidential bid of former [[Texas]] [[Governor]] [[John Connally]] before switching his support to [[Ronald W. Reagan]].<ref>Newsmeat, List of Campaign Contributions:http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=82601&last=MORTON&first=WARREN</ref>​

After his gubernatorial defeat, Morton continued to support Republican candidates in Wyoming, such as U.S. Senators Craig L. Thomas, [[Alan K. Simpson]], [[Mike Enzi]], and Malcolm Wallop, as well as his state's GOP organization. In 2000, he also donated to then [[U.S. Representative]] Rick Lazio of [[New York]] in the latter's bid against [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] for the U.S. Senate. In 1979, Morton contributed to the failed presidential bid of former [[Texas]] [[Governor]] [[John Connally]] before switching his support to [[Ronald W. Reagan]].<ref>Newsmeat, List of Campaign Contributions:http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=82601&last=MORTON&first=WARREN</ref>​

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