The University of Wyoming (UW) is a public land-grant research university in Laramie,Wyoming. It was founded in March 1886,four years before the territory was admitted as the 44th state,and opened in September 1887. The University of Wyoming is unusual in that its location within the state is written into the state's constitution. The university also offers outreach education in communities throughout Wyoming and online.
Alan Kooi Simpson is an American politician and member of the Republican Party,who represented Wyoming in the United States Senate between 1979 and 1997. Simpson was the Republican whip in the U.S. Senate from 1985 to 1995,as majority whip from 1985 to 1987 and minority whip from 1987 to 1995. He also served as co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform with Democratic Party co-chair Erskine Bowles of North Carolina.
Bernard F. Kenny Jr. is an American Democratic Party politician,who represented the 33rd Legislative District in the New Jersey State Senate from 1993 to 2008,after serving in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1988 to 1993. He served for one day at the end of his tenure in the Senate as President of the Senate.
Nicholas Paul Scutari is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 115th president of the New Jersey Senate since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,he has held a Senate seat since 2004,representing the 22nd legislative district.
The Wyoming Senate is the upper house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 31 Senators in the Senate,representing an equal number of constituencies across Wyoming,each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senate meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.
Colin Mackenzie Simpson is a lawyer and Republican politician who served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from District 24 from 1999 to 2011. He was the House Speaker during his last two years in office. He finished fourth in the Republican primary for the 2010 gubernatorial election. After leaving the legislature in early 2011,Simpson resumed his law practice in Cody.
Dan Zwonitzer is a Republican Party member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from District 43,which comprises south-central Laramie County and includes southeastern portion of the capital city of Cheyenne,Wyoming.
Peter Michael Coleman Courtney is an American politician,lawyer,and professor who was a Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate,representing the 11th District since 1999. He served as President of the Senate from 2003 to 2023. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1981,1983,and from 1989 through 1998. Courtney previously taught at Western Oregon University.
Matthew Hansen Mead is a Wyoming attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 2001 to 2007.
Cathy Connolly is an American professor and politician from Wyoming. A Democrat,she is a former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing the state's 13th district in Albany County. She is also a tenured professor at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Floyd A. Esquibel is an American politician. He is a former Democratic member of the Wyoming Senate,representing the 8th district.
Robert A. Nicholas is an American Republican politician. He is currently a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the 7th district. A lawyer by profession,Nicholas was first elected from the 8th district in November 2010,taking office early the next year.
Tony Ross is a former Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for the 4th district,encompassing Laramie County.
Drew A. Perkins is an American politician who served in the Wyoming Senate from the 29th district as a member of the Republican Party. He served as President of the Senate from 2019 to 2021.
Chris Rothfuss(born October 21,1972) is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Wyoming Senate,representing the 9th District,which is based in Albany County,since 2011.
Peter Kooi Simpson Sr. is an American historian and politician. He is a member of the Simpson political family of Wyoming. From 1981 to 1984,he was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Sheridan,where at the time he was employed in administration by the community college,Sheridan College.
Charles Pelkey is an American attorney,politician,and former Wyoming state legislator. A member of the Democratic Party,Pelkey represented the 45th district from 2015 to 2021.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Cynthia Lummis defeated Democrat Merav Ben-David by more than 46 percentage points,becoming the first female U.S. Senator from Wyoming and succeeding fellow Republican Mike Enzi,who did not run for reelection. This was the first open Senate seat since 1996 where Enzi was first elected. The Democratic and Republican party primary elections were held on August 18,2020. This was the first time since 1996 that Democrats won any county for this seat. Enzi died aged 77 on July 26,2021 from injuries in a bicycle accident less than seven months after his retirement from the Senate.
David N. Hitchcock was an American politician and lawyer who represented Albany County as a Democrat in the Wyoming Senate. He served from 1951 to 1955,and again from 1967 to 1979. Hitchcock served as Senate Minority Leader in the 43rd Wyoming Legislature.
