John BarrassoJohn Barasso – WY

Current: US Senator since 2007
Affiliation: Republican
 Leadership: Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and Chair, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests 
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History: Barrasso graduated from Georgetown University, where he received his B.S. and M.D. He conducted his medical residency at Yale University before moving to Wyoming and beginning a private orthopedics practice in Casper. Barrasso was active in various medical societies and associations.

Barasso served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007. 

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Summary

Current: US Senator since 2007
Affiliation: Republican
 Leadership: Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and Chair, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests 
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History: Barrasso graduated from Georgetown University, where he received his B.S. and M.D. He conducted his medical residency at Yale University before moving to Wyoming and beginning a private orthopedics practice in Casper. Barrasso was active in various medical societies and associations.

Barasso served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007. 

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About

John Barrasso 1Senator John Barrasso was sworn in to the United States Senate in 2007 having represented the people of Natrona County in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003-2007. In November 2018, Barrasso was reelected to the U.S. Senate with more than 67% of the vote.

He is the third-ranking member in the Senate Republican leadership as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.

He serves on committees that directly impact Wyoming’s economy, energy interests, public lands, national parks and trade. In addition to other committee assignments, Barrasso is the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Senator Barrasso is known by many as Wyoming’s Doctor. During his 24 years as an orthopedic surgeon, Barrasso served as President of the Wyoming Medical Society and was named Wyoming Physician of the Year.

Barrasso has three children – Peter, Emma and Hadley. He and his wife Bobbi live in Casper.

Personal

Full Name: John Barrasso

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Bobbi; 3 Children: Peter, Emma, Hadley

Birth Date: 07/21/1952

Birth Place: Reading, PA

Home City: Casper, WY

Religion: Presbyterian

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Education

MD, Georgetown University, 1978

BS, Georgetown University, 1974

Political Experience

Chair, Republican Conference, United States Senate, 2019-present

Senator, United States Senate, Wyoming, 2006-present

Majority Policy Committee Chair, United States Senate, 2015-2019

Candidate, United States Senate, Wyoming, 2018

Minority Policy Committee Chair, United States Senate, 2015

Senator, Wyoming State Senate, 2002-2006

Professional Experience

Medical Director, Wyoming Health Fairs

Chief of Staff, Wyoming Medical Center

Former Resident, Yale Medical School

Orthopedic Surgeon, Casper Orthopedic Associates, 1983-2007

Offices

Casper Office:
100 East B Street
Suite 2201
Casper, WY 82601
Main: 307-261-6413

Casper Mailing Address
P.O. Box 22201
Casper, WY 82602
Main: 307-261-6413

Cheyenne Office:
2120 Capitol Avenue
Suite 2013
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Main: 307-772-2451

Riverton Office:
324 East Washington Ave
Riverton, WY 82501
Main: 307-856-6642

Rock Springs Office:
1575 Dewar Drive (Commerce Bank)
Suite 218
Rock Springs, WY 82901
Main: 307-362-5012

Sheridan Office:
51 Coffeen Avenue
Suite 202
Sheridan, WY 82801
Main: 307-672-6456

Washington, DC Office:
307 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: 202-224-6441
Fax: 202-224-1724
Tollfree: 866-235-9553
International Toll free: 800-744-1744

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Politics

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Election Results

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Finances

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Committees

  • Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Energy)
    Committee’s website: http://energy.senate.gov/public/

    – Subcommittee on National Parks
    – Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests (Chairman)
    – Subcommittee on Water and Power
  • Committee on Foreign Relations
    Committee’s website: http://foreign.senate.gov/

    – Subcommittee on African Affairs
    – Subcommittee on European Affairs
    – Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance 
    – Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Global Narcotics Affairs

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Wikipedia

John Anthony Barrasso III (/bəˈrɑːsoʊ/ bə-RAH-soh; born July 21, 1952) is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007. As Chair of the Senate Republican Conference since 2019, he is the third-ranking Senate Republican.

Born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania, Barrasso graduated from Georgetown University, where he received his B.S. and M.D. He conducted his medical residency at Yale University before moving to Wyoming and beginning a private orthopedics practice in Casper. Barrasso was active in various medical societies and associations.

Barrasso first ran for U.S. Senate in 1996, narrowly losing the Republican primary to Mike Enzi. In 2002, he was elected to the state Senate, where he stayed until his appointment to the U.S. Senate after the 2007 death of incumbent Craig L. Thomas. He was elected to finish Thomas’s term in 2008 and reelected in 2012 and 2018. In 2018, Barrasso was selected as chair of the Senate Republican Conference. He is the dean of Wyoming’s congressional delegation.

Early life, education, and medical career

Barrasso was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on July 21, 1952,[1] the son of Louise M. (née DeCisco) and John Anthony Barrasso Jr.[citation needed] Barrasso’s father was a cement finisher who had a ninth-grade education.[2] Barrasso is a third-generation Italian-American with paternal grandparents from Carife and maternal grandparents from Vasto.[3][4]

Barrasso is a graduate of the former Central Catholic High School, which later merged with Holy Name High School to form Berks Catholic High School.[5] Barrasso graduated Phi Beta Kappa[6] from Georgetown in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology.[7] He received his M.D. degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1978 and conducted his residency at Yale Medical School in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]

In 1983, after completing his residency at Yale, Barrasso moved to Wyoming with his then-wife, Linda Nix.[2] He joined a private orthopedic practice in Casper and for a time was the Wyoming Medical Center’s chief of staff.[2] Barrasso was a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in private practice in Casper from 1983 to 2007.[8][9][better source needed] He has served as president of the Wyoming Medical Society.[10] Barrasso was also a rodeo physician for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association[11] (and a member of the “Cowboy Joe Club”) and volunteered as a team physician for Casper College and several local high schools.[8][better source needed]

1996 U.S. Senate election

Main article: 1996 United States Senate election in Wyoming

Barrasso ran for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1996 for the seat being vacated by Republican Alan K. Simpson, losing narrowly to State Senator Mike Enzi, 32% to 30%, in a nine-candidate election.[12] Enzi garnered support due to his pro-life stance, while Barrasso—who had been expected to win the primary—identified as pro-choice at the time.[2][13]

Wyoming Senate

Barrasso was elected to the Wyoming Senate unopposed in 2002[14] and reelected unopposed in 2006. He represented Wyoming’s 27th Senate District.[15] During his State Senate tenure, he chaired the Transportation and Highways Committee.[16]

U.S. Senate

Barrasso with President Donald Trump in 2018

Appointment

On June 22, 2007, Governor Dave Freudenthal appointed Barrasso to replace Senator Craig L. Thomas, who had died in office earlier that month. Under state law, Freudenthal was able to consider only three individuals chosen by the Republican State Central Committee because the seat was vacated by a Republican. The others were former State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis of Cheyenne, and former Republican state chairman and Justice Department attorney Tom Sansonetti.[17]

Elections

2008

Main article: 2008 United States Senate special election in Wyoming

Barrasso won the general election in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Nick Carter with 73% of the vote.[18]

2012

Main article: 2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming

Barrasso ran for reelection to a first full term in 2012. He faced two opponents for the Republican nomination, which he won with 90% of the vote.[19] In the general election, he defeated Democratic nominee Tim Chestnut with 76% of the vote.[20]

2018

Main article: 2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming

Barrasso faced Dave Dodson and four other challengers in the 2018 Republican primary; he won the primary with 65% of the vote.[21] Barrasso defeated Democrat Gary Trauner and Libertarian Joseph Porambo in the general election, receiving 67% of the vote.[22]

Tenure

Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and John Barrasso in Jerusalem on January 3, 2014

At the time of his appointment to the U.S. Senate in 2007, Barrasso was quoted as saying on his application: “I believe in limited government, lower taxes, less spending, traditional family values, local control and a strong national defense”; he also said that he had “voted for prayer in schools, against gay marriage and [had] sponsored legislation to protect the sanctity of life“.[23]

In 2018, Barrasso was selected as chair of the Senate Republican Conference.[24]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Barrasso voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 but for the PPP Extension Act and the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act.[25][26][27]

Committee assignments

Political positions

Abortion

When Barrasso ran for the 1996 Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, he presented himself as a supporter of abortion rights.[29][2] Following his loss in 1996, Barrasso’s position on abortion (and on other issues) shifted in a conservative direction.[2]

During his tenure in the Wyoming Legislature, Barrasso sponsored an unsuccessful bill to treat the killing of a pregnant woman as a double homicide.[2] He has voted to prohibit federal funding for abortion.[30]

Gun laws

In April 2013, Barrasso was one of 46 senators to vote against a bill that would have expanded background checks for all gun buyers. He voted with 40 Republicans and five Democrats to stop the bill.[31]

Health care

Barrasso voted against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) in December 2009,[32] and against the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.[33] He was part of a group of 13 senators that drafted the Senate version of the American Health Care Act of 2017, an Obamacare repeal bill that failed to pass.[34][35][36][37]

Environment

When asked in 2014 whether human activity contributes to climate change, Barrasso denied the existence of the scientific consensus on climate change, saying that “the role human activity plays is not known.”[38][39] In 2021, he admitted, “We believe that mankind is certainly contributing” to climate change.[40]

Barrasso was a leading opponent of President Barack Obama‘s climate change policies.[41]

Barrasso opposed the CIA‘s creation of its Center on Climate Change and National Security in 2009.[42] In 2011, he introduced a bill that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from limiting carbon dioxide emissions.[43]

Barrasso and Senators Mike Enzi and Pat Roberts introduced a bill to remove tax credits for electric cars.[44]

According to OpenSecrets, as of 2017, Barrasso had received over $585,000 from the oil and gas industry since 2012.[45]

In 2019, Barrasso inaccurately claimed that “livestock will be banned” as a result of the Green New Deal, and said we needed to “say goodbye to dairy, to beef, to family farms, to ranches. American favorites like cheeseburgers and milkshake would become a thing of the past.”[46]

In September 2020, Barrasso supported a measure to dramatically limit the use of hydrofluorocarbons used in refrigerants and other applications that have contributed to global warming.[47]

In November 2022, Barrasso criticized China’s “developing country advantage” in international climate agreements, arguing that China is given unfair privileges in climate agreements that do not reflect its economic growth.[48]

Criminal justice

Barrasso opposed the FIRST STEP Act, legislation which sought to reform the federal prison system. The bill passed 87–12 on December 18, 2018.[49]

Foreign policy

Barrasso opposed the Russian-backed Nord Stream 2—a pipeline to deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany. Bloomberg News reported, “Congress brought forward bills authorizing the administration to levy sanctions against a consortium of five European energy companies that have partnered with [Russia’s main gas company] Gazprom; at least one bill, sponsored by Republican Senator John Barrasso, would make them mandatory.”[50] In May 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Barrasso visited Kyiv and met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a part of a U.S. Senate delegation to show support to Ukraine.[51] The delegation also visited Finland to meet with President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Sanna Marin to express support for Finland’s application to join NATO.[52]

Donald Trump

After it was revealed in November 2018 that Trump had business dealings with Russia while a candidate in the 2016 election, Barrasso said, “The president is an international businessman; I’m not surprised he was doing international business.” Asked whether Trump should have disclosed those business ties during the campaign, Barrasso said, “There were so many things involved in the 2016 campaign, it’s hard to point to what one thing influenced voters.”[53][54] Trump joined Barrasso on Thanksgiving 2019 in a surprise visit to American troops stationed at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. At the time, approximately 370 Wyoming National Guard soldiers were deployed in Europe and the Middle East, the most since 2009.[55]

In December 2019, Barrasso appeared to promote Senator John Kennedy‘s views supporting the discredited conspiracy theory of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[56]

In February 2021, Barrasso opposed the second impeachment of Donald Trump, calling it a “partisan crusade.”[57] On February 13, 2021, Barrasso voted to acquit Trump of inciting the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[58] On May 28, 2021, Barrasso voted against creating the January 6 commission.[59] In November 2021, Barrasso refused to condemn Trump for defending January 6 rioters who called for Pence‘s death.[60]

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Barrasso was among the 31 Senate Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.[61]

Personal life

Barrasso has three children. He is divorced from Linda Nix.[62][63] On August 11, 2007, during Cheyenne’s annual Race for the Cure, Barrasso and Bobbi Brown, herself a breast cancer survivor and at the time the director of Barrasso’s state senate offices, announced their engagement. Brown then resigned from her position in Barrasso’s state senate offices.[64] They were married on January 1, 2008, in Thermopolis.[65] Brown died of brain cancer on January 25, 2024.[66] She was known for being an advocate on mental health and suicide prevention.[67]

Barrasso is a member of the board of directors of Presidential Classroom, and a member of the Casper Chamber of Commerce.[68] He identifies as a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA).[69]

Election history

U.S. Senate special election in Wyoming, 2008[18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanJohn Barrasso (incumbent) 183,063 73.35% +3.37%
DemocraticNick Carter66,20226.53%-3.33%
NoneWrite-ins2930.12%
Majority116,86146.83%+6.70%
Turnout249,558
Republican holdSwing
U.S. Senate Republican primary election in Wyoming, 2012[19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJohn Barrasso (incumbent) 73,516 89.9
RepublicanThomas Bleming5,0806.2
RepublicanEmmett Mavy2,8733.5
RepublicanWrite-in2790.3
Total votes81,748 100
U.S. Senate general election in Wyoming, 2012[20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanJohn Barrasso (incumbent) 185,250 75.66% +2.31%
DemocraticTim Chesnut53,01921.65%-4.88%
Wyoming CountryJoel Otto6,1762.52%N/A
n/aWrite-ins4170.17%+0.05%
Total votes244,862 100.0% N/A
Republican hold
U.S. Senate Republican primary election in Wyoming, 2018[21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJohn Barrasso (incumbent) 74,292 64.76%
RepublicanDave Dodson32,64728.46%
RepublicanJohn Holtz2,9812.60%
RepublicanCharlie Hardy (withdrawn)2,3772.07%
RepublicanRoque “Rocky” De La Fuente1,2801.16%
RepublicanAnthony Van Risseghem8700.7%
Write-in2670.23%
Total votes114,714 100%
U.S. Senate general election in Wyoming, 2018[22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanJohn Barrasso (incumbent) 136,210 66.96% -8.70%
DemocraticGary Trauner61,22730.10%+8.45%
LibertarianJoseph Porambo5,6582.78%N/A
Write-in3250.16%N/A
Total votes203,420 100% N/A
Republican hold

See also

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barrasso

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John Barrasso

John Barasso – WY

Current: US Senator since 2007
Affiliation: Republican
 Leadership: Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference and Chair, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests 
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History: Barrasso graduated from Georgetown University, where he received his B.S. and M.D. He conducted his medical residency at Yale University before moving to Wyoming and beginning a private orthopedics practice in Casper. Barrasso was active in various medical societies and associations.

Barasso served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007. 

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Cynthia Lummis

Cynthia Lummis – WY

Current: US Senator since 2021
Affiliation: Republican
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History: Lummis’s father chaired the Laramie County Republican Party and served on the county board of commissioners. Her brother Del Lummis also chaired the Laramie County Republican Party. She graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science degree in animal science in 1976 and a Bachelor of Science in biology in 1978.[6][7][8] She graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Juris Doctor in 1985, and was on the dean’s list.[9][10] She worked as a student teacher at Rock River School in 1977.

Lummis served as the U.S representative for Wyoming’s at-large congressional district from 2009 to 2017. She served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1993, in the Wyoming Senate from 1993 to 1995, and as the Wyoming State Treasurer from 1999 to 2007. Lummis was elected treasurer of Wyoming in 1998 and reelected without opposition in 2002. 

Featured Quote: Senator Lummis is a dedicated champion of Wyoming’s mineral and energy resources. In Washington, she fought off attacks from the environmental left while advocating for market opportunities both at home and abroad.

Featured Video: Senate Banking Hearing: “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress”

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Mike Enzi

Mike Enzi

Current Position: US Senator since 1997
Affiliation: Republican

Enzi has made a name on Capitol Hill for his unique way of breaking down party lines and working across the aisle. Enzi believes that people can agree on 80 percent of the issues 80 percent of the time and if they leave the other 20 percent out they can get a lot done. By following his “80 percent tool,” Enzi has passed more than 100 bills since he came to Washington, which have been signed by both Democrat and Republican presidents.

Enzi is the Chairman of the Budget Committee and a member of the Finance Committee, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee and the Joint Committee on Taxation.

Source: Government page

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