Wyoming's Congressional Delegation Heads Into the Minority as Barrasso, Hageman and Gray Face Limits
Wyoming's congressional delegation will move into the minority when the new Congress is seated next January, and the state's three Republican federal lawmakers will face limits on their legislative influence. According to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on Nov. 7, Democrats will control both the Senate and the House in January, and Senator John Barrasso, Senator-elect Harriet Hageman and Representative-elect Chuck Gray will have to work from minority positions. Hageman was elected to the Senate this week, succeeding Cynthia Lummis as a freshman senator; Gray, the current secretary of state, will become Wyoming's next U.S. representative. Barrasso has served as Senate majority whip since January 2025 and is expected to become minority whip, a role very different in its duties from the majority post. Ryan Williamson, an associate professor of political science at the University of Wyoming, said the three will face procedural and structural obstacles and will struggle to shape policy and the legislative agenda. Democrats are projected to flip seven Republican Senate seats and to win their largest House majority since the early 1990s, though exact numbers depend on final counts in states including Alaska and Mississippi.
(Source: Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Source: Wyoming Tribune Eagle
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