Wyoming State Senate | |
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| 68th Wyoming State Legislature | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
New session started | January 14, 2025 |
| Leadership | |
President | |
Vice President | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 31 |
 Seat display Map display | |
Political groups | Majority
Minority
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Authority | Article 3,Wyoming Constitution |
| Salary | $150/day + per diem |
| Elections | |
Last election | November 5, 2024 (15 seats) |
Next election | November 3, 2026 (16 seats) |
| Redistricting | Legislative Control |
| Meeting place | |
| State Senate Chamber Wyoming State Capitol Cheyenne,Wyoming | |
| Website | |
| Wyoming State Legislature | |
TheWyoming Senate is theupper house of theWyoming State Legislature. There are 31 Senators in the Senate, representing an equal number of constituencies acrossWyoming, each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senate meets at theWyoming State Capitol inCheyenne.
Members of the Senate serve four-year terms withoutterm limits. Term limits were declared unconstitutional by theWyoming Supreme Court in 2004, overturning a decade-old law that had restricted Senators to three terms (twelve years).
Like other upper houses ofstate and territorial legislatures and the federalU.S. Senate, the Wyoming Senate can confirm or rejectgubernatorial appointments to the statecabinet, commissions, boards, or justices to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
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| Republican | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| End of 67th Legislature | 29 | 2 | 31[a] | 0 |
| Beginning of 68th Legislature | 29 | 2 | 31 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 94% | 6% | ||
Wyoming, along withArizona,Maine, andOregon, is one of the fourU.S. states to have abolished the Office of theLieutenant Governor, a position which for mostupper houses ofstate legislatures and indeed for theU.S. Congress (with theVice President) is at least the nominal head of the legislative body. Instead, a separate position of Senate President is in place, removed from the Wyomingexecutive branch.
The current Senate President isRepublicanBo Biteman of District 21 (Ranchester).
| Position | Name | Party | District | |
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| President of the Senate | Bo Biteman | Republican | 21 | |
| Senate Vice President | Tim Salazar | Republican | 26 | |
| Majority Leader | Tara Nethercott | Republican | 4 | |
| Minority Leader | Mike Gierau | Democratic | 17 | |
| Minority Whip | Chris Rothfuss | Democratic | 9 | |
Judiciary[edit]
Appropriations[edit]
Revenue[edit]
Education[edit]
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources[edit]
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources[edit]
| Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions[edit]
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs[edit]
Minerals, Business & Economic Development[edit]
Labor, Health & Social Services[edit]
Journal[edit]
Rules & Procedure[edit]
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| Senator | Party | Residence | Senate Term | Notes | |
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| Dora McGrath | Republican | Thermopolis | 1931–1933 | First woman in the Wyoming Senate[3][4] | |
| Willa Wales Corbitt | Democratic | Riverton | 1965-1969 | ||
| Edness Kimball Wilkins | Democratic | Casper | 1967-1973 | First woman to serve as Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives[5] | |
| June Boyle | Democratic | Laramie | 1973–1985 | ||
| Catherine Parks | Republican | Gillette | 1979–1985 | ||
| Win Hickey | Democratic | Cheyenne | 1981–1991 | ||
| Lisa F. Kinney | Democratic | Laramie | 1985–1995 | ||
| Della Herbst | Democratic | Sheridan | 1987–1993 | ||
| Harriet Elizabeth Byrd | Democratic | Cheyenne | 1989–1993 | First African-American to serve in the State Legislature[6][7] | |
| Susan C. Anderson | Democratic | Casper | 1993–1995 | ||
| April Brimmer-Kunz | Republican | Cheyenne | 1993–2005 | First female President of the Senate | |
| Barbara Cubin | Republican | Casper | 1993–1995 | Resigned to becomeU.S. Representative | |
| Cynthia Lummis | Republican | Cheyenne | 1993–1995 | Later served as State Treasurer,U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator | |
| Mary MacGuire | Republican | Casper | 1993–1995 | SonJoe MacGuire currently serves in theWyoming House of Representatives | |
| Irene Devin | Republican | Laramie | 1997–2005 | ||
| Rae Lynn Job | Democratic | Rock Springs | 1997–2009 | ||
| E. Jayne Mockler | Democratic | Cheyenne | 1997–2009 | ||
| Kathryn Sessions | Democratic | Cheyenne | 1999–2011 | ||
| Jana H. Gunter | Democratic | Cheyenne | 2004–2005 | ||
| Patricia Aullman | Republican | Thayne | 2005–2009 | ||
| Saundra Meyer | Democratic | Evanston | 2009–2011 | ||
| Leslie Nutting | Republican | Cheyenne | 2011–2015 | ||
| Bernadine Craft | Democratic | Rock Springs | 2013–2017 | ||
| Liisa Anselmi-Dalton | Democratic | Rock Springs | 2017–2021 | ||
| Affie Ellis | Republican | Cheyenne | 2017–2025 | Member of theNavajo Nation, first Native American to serve in the Wyoming Senate.[8] | |
| Tara Nethercott | Republican | Cheyenne | 2017–present | ||
| Wendy Davis Schuler | Republican | Evanston | 2019–present | ||
| Lynn Hutchings | Republican | Cheyenne | 2019–present | ||
| Cheri Steinmetz | Republican | Lingle | 2019–present | ||
| Evie Brennan | Republican | Cheyenne | 2023–present | ||
| Stacy Jones | Republican | Rock Springs | 2023–present | ||
| Laura Taliaferro Pearson | Republican | Kemmerer | 2025–present | ||
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Democratic | Vacant | ||
| 57th Legislature (2003–2004) | 20 | 10 | 30 | 0 |
| 58th Legislature (2005–2006) | 23 | 7 | 30 | 0 |
| 59th Legislature (2007–2008) | 23 | 7 | 30 | 0 |
| 60th Legislature (2009–2010) | 23 | 7 | 30 | 0 |
| 61st Legislature (2011–2012) | 26 | 4 | 30 | 0 |
| 62nd Legislature (2013–2014) | 26 | 4 | 30 | 0 |
| 63rd Legislature (2015–2016) | 26 | 4 | 30 | 0 |
| 64th Legislature (2017–2018) | 27 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| 65th Legislature (2019–2020) | 27 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| 66th Legislature (2021–2022) | 28 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| 67th Legislature (2023–2024) | 29 | 2 | 31[b] | 0 |
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