Wyoming Republican Party
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The Wyoming Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 in Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

. In May 2007, Fred Parady was elected Chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party, Diana Vaughn is Vice Chair, and Judy Catchpole is Secretary.

Current elected officials

The Wyoming Republican Party controls both U.S. Senate seats, the At-large district, all five statewide offices and holds supermajorities in the Wyoming Senate and House.

U.S. House of Representatives

  • Cynthia Lummis
    Cynthia Lummis
    Cynthia Marie Lummis Wiederspahn is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. She is a member of the Republican Party. She previously served as a state representative , state senator , and state treasurer .-Early life:Lummis was born on September 10, 1954 in Cheyenne...

    , At-large District
    Wyoming's At-large congressional district
    Since achieving statehood in 1890, the U.S. state of Wyoming has been a one at-large Congressional District. Geographically, the district is currently the fourth-largest in the nation. It is currently represented by Republican Cynthia Lummis, making it the largest district in area currently...


Statewide offices

  • Governor: Matt Mead
    Matt Mead
    Matthew Hansen "Matt" Mead , is the 32nd and current Governor of Wyoming.-Early Life:Mead is the son of Peter Mead and Mary Hansen Mead , the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 1990, and the grandson of the late Governor and U.S. Senator Clifford P. Hansen...

  • Secretary of State
    Secretary of State of Wyoming
    The Secretary of State of Wyoming is the state secretary of state of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is a constitutional office, established under the Constitution of Wyoming. The Secretary of State is the keeper of the Great Seal of Wyoming and the state's official record-keeper...

    : Max Maxfield
    Max Maxfield
    Max Maxfield is the Republican Secretary of State of Wyoming.-Biography:A native of Janesville, Wisconsin, Maxfield graduated from Janesville High School in 1963...

  • State Auditor
    State auditor
    State auditors are executive officers of U.S. states who serve as auditors and comptrollers for state funds....

    : Cynthia I. Cloud
  • State Treasurer
    State Treasurer
    In the state governments of the United States, 49 of the 50 states have the executive position of treasurer. Texas abolished the position of Texas State Treasurer in 1996....

    : Joseph B. Meyer
  • Superintendent of Public Instruction
    State education agency
    A state education agency , or state department of education, is a formal governmental label for the state-level government agencies within each U.S...

    : Cindy Hill
    Cindy Hill
    Cynthia "Cindy" Hill is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Hill won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1974 after having lost the final twice before . She won the 1975 North and South Women's Amateur. She represented the U.S...


Legislative leaders
Wyoming Legislature
The Wyoming State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is a bicameral state legislature, consisting of a 60 member Wyoming House of Representatives, and a 30 member Wyoming Senate. The legislature meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne...

  • President of the Senate
    Wyoming Senate
    The Wyoming Senate is the upper house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 30 Senators in the Senate, representing an equal amount of constituencies across Wyoming, each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senate meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.Members of the Senate...

    : Jim Anderson
    Jim Anderson (American politician)
    Jim Anderson is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for the 2nd district, encompassing Converse County and Platte County.-Biography:Jim Anderson was born on March 17, 1943 in Douglas, Wyoming...

    • Senate Majority Leader: Tony Ross
  • Speaker of the House
    Wyoming House of Representatives
    The Wyoming House of Representatives is the lower house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 60 Representatives in the House, representing an equal amount of single-member constituent districts across the state, each with a population of at least 9,000. The House convenes at the Wyoming...

    : Edward Buchanan
    • House Majority Leader: Thomas Lubnau II

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