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John Barrasso

U.S. Senator (Class 1), WY

Republican Wyoming since Jan 3, 2025

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WY current
Wyoming
Republican Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2031 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Wyoming
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WY
Wyoming
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WY
Wyoming
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Wyoming
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), WY
Wyoming
Republican Jun 25, 2007 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Wyoming
United States
Republican Jun 25, 2007 Jan 3, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.540, social dim. 0.195. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 28, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bill Lewis, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama Yea Oct 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Rebecca L. Taibleson, of Wisconsin, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit Yea Oct 27, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Rebecca L. Taibleson to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit Yea Oct 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Stephen Chad Meredith, of Kentucky, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky Yea Oct 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3012 — Shutdown Fairness Act Yea Oct 23, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: William W. Mercer, of Montana, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana Yea Oct 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Stephen Chad Meredith to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky Yea Oct 22, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Bill Lewis to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama Yea Oct 22, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 21, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: William W. Mercer to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Montana Yea Oct 21, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida Yea Oct 21, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Harold D. Mooty III, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 21, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 20, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Oct 16, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Harold D. Mooty III to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama Yea Oct 16, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 16, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 15, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 Yea Oct 14, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Oct 9, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Merkley Amdt. No. 3927 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 3853 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Duckworth Amdt. No. 3210 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3872 Nay Oct 9, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,017 recorded contributions totalling $7,142,776. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 770 of 1017 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Super PAC 17 $2,040,949 29%
Corporate PAC 284 $1,593,702 22%
Big donor 447 $1,482,941 21%
Party 22 $1,181,814 17%
Unclassified 247 $843,370 12%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$515,000 HIGH PLAINS PAC Super PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$515,000 HIGH PLAINS PAC Super PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$211,940 HIGH PLAINS PAC Super PAC Aug 7, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$211,940 HIGH PLAINS PAC Super PAC Aug 7, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$200,000 HIGH PLAINS PAC Super PAC Jul 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$200,000 HIGH PLAINS PAC Super PAC Jul 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$149,240 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO Party Jun 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$138,434 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO Party Sep 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$101,635 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO Party Sep 25, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$92,994 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO Party Dec 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$85,300 2023 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$82,952 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO Party Jun 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$78,186 2024 REPUBLICAN SENATE VICTORY FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO Party Dec 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$68,004 BARRASSO VICTORY 2024 FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO Party Jun 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$67,432 BARRASSO VICTORY 2024 FRIENDS OF JOHN BARRASSO Party Sep 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (4 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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