Cynthia Lummis

In 1998, Lummis was elected [[Treasurer of Wyoming]], and she was reelected in 2002 without opposition. She served as the chair of [[Mary Mead]]’s gubernatorial campaign in [[1990 Wyoming gubernatorial election|1990]] and Ray Hunkins’s gubernatorial campaign in [[2006 Wyoming gubernatorial election|2006]]. She also served on [[Bob Dole]]’s presidential steering committee in Wyoming and chaired [[Mitt Romney]]’s 2012 presidential campaign in Wyoming.

In 1998, Lummis was elected [[Treasurer of Wyoming]], and she was reelected in 2002 without opposition. She served as the chair of [[Mary Mead]]’s gubernatorial campaign in [[1990 Wyoming gubernatorial election|1990]] and Ray Hunkins’s gubernatorial campaign in [[2006 Wyoming gubernatorial election|2006]]. She also served on [[Bob Dole]]’s presidential steering committee in Wyoming and chaired [[Mitt Romney]]’s 2012 presidential campaign in Wyoming.

Lummis was elected to succeed [[Barbara Cubin]] in the U.S. House of Representatives in the [[2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming|2008 election]] after narrowly defeating Democratic nominee [[Gary Trauner]]. During her tenure in the House she was the first Wyoming representative to serve on the [[United States House Committee on Agriculture|Agriculture]] committee since 1941, chair of the [[United States House Science Subcommittee on Energy|Science Subcommittee on Energy]], served as co-chair of the [[Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues]], and was active in the [[Congressional Western Caucus]] and [[Freedom Caucus]]. She served until her retirement in 2017, and was succeeded by [[Liz Cheney]]. Following her tenure in the House she sought a position in President [[Donald Trump]]’s [[Cabinet of Donald Trump|cabinet]] as the [[United States Secretary of the Interior]], but was not appointed. Lummis unsuccessfully sought to be appointed to replace Senator [[Craig L. Thomas]] in 2007. She was elected to the United States Senate in the [[2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming|2020 election]], becoming the first woman to represent Wyoming in the U.S. Senate. Days after assuming office, Lummis voted to [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|reject the certification]] of Pennsylvania’s electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election, which were [[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|narrowly won by Democrat Joe Biden]] over Trump, the incumbent, who [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|falsely claimed victory]].

Lummis was elected to succeed [[Barbara Cubin]] in the U.S. House of Representatives in the [[2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming|2008 election]] after narrowly defeating Democratic nominee [[Gary Trauner]]. During her tenure in the House she was the first Wyoming representative to serve on the [[United States House Committee on Agriculture|Agriculture]] committee since 1941, chair of the [[United States House Science Subcommittee on Energy|Science Subcommittee on Energy]], served as co-chair of the [[Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues]], and was active in the [[Congressional Western Caucus]] and [[Freedom Caucus]]. She served until her retirement in 2017, and was succeeded by [[Liz Cheney]]. Following her tenure in the House she sought a position in President [[Donald Trump]]’s [[Cabinet of Donald Trump|cabinet]] as the [[United States Secretary of the Interior]], but was not appointed. Lummis unsuccessfully sought to be appointed to replace Senator [[Craig L. Thomas]] in 2007. She was elected to the United States Senate in the [[2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming|2020 election]], becoming the first woman to represent Wyoming in the U.S. Senate. Days after assuming office, Lummis voted to [[2021 United States Electoral College vote count|reject the certification]] of Pennsylvania’s electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election, which were [[2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|narrowly won by Democrat Joe Biden]] over Trump—the incumbent—who [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|falsely claimed victory]].

==Early life and education==

==Early life and education==