The campaigns for seats in both the Wyoming House of Representatives and the Wyoming Senate have attracted a number of donors from throughout the state.
Local races in Sweetwater County are no different, with candidates on both sides of the political spectrum receiving thousands in contributions from residents and political action committees.
House District 60
For the Republicans, Mark Baker raised $8,864.96 to Ted Barney’s $25, according to state campaign finance records accessed Monday. Barney’s $25 was a personal contribution to his campaign while Baker contributed $3,814.96 to his election effort. The remaining $5,050 was contributed by five donors. Cheyenne resident Susan Gore, founder many libertarian organizations including the Wyoming Liberty Group, provided Baker a $1,500 contribution. Carleen and Dan Brophy of Jackson each donated $1,250 to Baker’s campaign. According to a 2016 article by Wyofile, Dan Brophy is a former commodities trader from Chicago who now resides in Wilson. Wyofile reported Dan Brophy was the single-largest donor in the 2016 August primaries, with almost all of his donations being matched by his wife and going to candidates favored by the Wyoming Liberty Group. An additional $1,000 came from Rose Cain, who is a partner in the Dirty Boyz Sanitation company in Rawlins.
In the primary election between Lindsey Travis and Mike Burd, Travis raised $3,040 to Burd’s $1,600. Of those amounts, Burd self-funded $1,500 and received $100 in contributions while Travis self-funded $1,250 through contributions in both her and her husband’s names and received $1,790 in contributions, according state campaign reports. The $100 for Burd’s campaign came from individual contributors. A majority of the $2,640 Travis raised were through individual contributions, with $150 coming from the Naral Pro-choice Wyoming PAC.
House District 39
Democrat Stan Blake is seeking re-election the house district seat he’s held since 2008. So far, his contributions total $7,295, all of which have come from individual or PAC contributions.
Of the total, $4,850 was raised through PACs. This amount includes $1,000 from the Wyoming Education Association’s Political Action Committee for Education, $600 from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen PAC and $300 from the Pacific Power/Rocky Mountain Power PAC. Also, Blake received $1,000 from the SMART union’s PAC, a union he’s a member of, as well as from Mike Masterson and Cathy Denman of Green River.
Senate District 12
In the contest between Democrat incumbent Liisa Anselmi-Dalton and her Republican challenger, former Sweerwater County Commissioner John Kolb, Anselmi-Dalton has raised $7,005 to Kolb’s $1,000. Of those amounts, Kolb has self funded his campaign so far, while Anselmi-Dalton contributed $1,000 to her campaign through contributions listed to herself and her husband. Individual contributions account for $2,005, with the remaining $4,000 coming from political action committees. Contributions from PACs include $1,000 from the WEA’s PACE, $500 from Nextera Energy PAC, $400 from the Cigna PAC and $250 from the Cowboy Games PAC.
House District 17
Democrat Chad Banks is running unopposed for his first term in this house district. He raised $1,758 as of the August primary.
Of that amount, no funding was listed as personal contributions to his campaign. Aside from individual contributions to his campaign, Banks received three donations from PACS. The Marathon Oil Company Employees PAC contributed $200, the Wyoming Lodging and Restaurant Association contributed $250 and the WEA’s PACE funded $300.
House District 48
Republican Clark Stith is running unopposed in a re-election bid in this house district. Stith has raised $1,350 in campaign contributions, all of which have come from PACs. The largest was $500 from the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He also received $250 from the Nextera Energy PAC, and $200 from the BNSF Rail PAC, Marathon Oil Company Employees PAC, and Pacific Power/Rocky Mountain Power PAC.
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