Wyoming Freedom Caucus Make Primary Gains In House

This primary election in the Wyoming House and Senate has been a battle of the new against the old guard.

The traditional and more moderate Republicans, against the farther right Freedom Caucus.

Tuesday night's primary election has given some major wins to The Freedom Caucus.

By the end of the general election, they could pick up a total of 11 seats.

Before the primary, The Freedom Caucus controlled 26 votes in the 62-member House.

By the end of the night, they had gained three more seats.

Six seats are still contested. Those seats will be decided in the general election, Democrat against Republican.

In the end, The Freedom Caucus will not control the House or Senate, but they have far more control than they did before.

Some of the bills The Freedom Caucus has fought for include:

Wyoming Freedom PAC members have sponsored several Bills that have brought conservative values and constituent needs to the legislature.

• HB0066 and HB0143, which would have outlawed discrimination for not wearing a mask, not getting vaccinated, or not getting tested, and nullified the CDC and WHO’s jurisdiction in Wyoming, respectively (both bills failed on 3rd reading in the WY House, along ideological lines, 29-32).
• 2023’s HB0152 “Life is a Human Right Act,”
• 2022’s HB0092, the Wyoming abortion “trigger law.”
• HB0229 “Livestock Identification Choice Act”, which protects the privacy of livestock owners from governmental disclosure, which was signed into law.
• 2023’s HB0070, which guarantees homeschool freedom by eliminating the requirement that an instructional program be provided by a single-family unit. The bill was signed into law in 2023.
• HB103 which addressed crossover voting in Wyoming. Wyoming Freedom PAC members voted to see the constitutional role of government reestablished and to make sure that freedom is preserved for our nation and for the generations to come.
• HB146 lobbying restrictions. This Bill would have restricted legislators from becoming a lobbyist for two years after they are done serving in office.
• HB239, which decriminalized unattended vehicle idling.

Wyoming Freedom PAC members championed Senate File 131, which prohibited the delivery of unsolicited ballot request forms, which passed both the House and Senate but was vetoed by the Governor.

Who The Freedom Caucus Says They Are.

The Freedom Caucus belives that the Wyoming legislative body was drifting too far left and needed to be pulled back to traditional Wyoming values.

The Wyoming Freedom Caucus traces its origins back to a small group of conservative Wyoming House Representatives who began gathering to demonstrate their solidarity in slowing down the leftward shift of the establishment and the state as a whole.

By 2017, this group had grown to approximately five legislators. As grassroots movements in the state grew increasingly concerned about the disregard of their wishes by political insiders, the Wyoming Freedom Caucus gained momentum.

By 2020, they constituted nearly one-third of the House of Representatives. In 2022, Wyoming voters sent a resounding message with a “red wave” of conservative legislators, including a solid 26 conservative votes led by the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, challenging the Uniparty’s efforts to maintain their power.

They believe that it is them against the Wyoming establishment and the "Good-Ol-Boy Network.