# Ed Cooper

Ed Cooper is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming Senate, district 20
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/13022d64-c748-4603-b60e-bd176383b8f1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13022d64-c748-4603-b60e-bd176383b8f1 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Cooper voted against the majority of Wyoming Senate Republicans 108 times; party unity 52%, in the bottom tenth of the Wyoming Senate (average 77%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.01), from 22 donors and 884 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (Wyoming Senate 98.0%). Party unity 52% (77%). 108 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 40. 57.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming Senate 75.7%; rank 20 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 98: Eligibility for veteran property tax exemption-amendments-2. (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF98/
- SF 99: Prescriptive easements for electricity delivery. (became law, 2026-03-08) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF99/
- SJ 2: Upholding the principles of federalism. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SJ2/
- SF 186: Advanced nuclear reactor manufacturers-fuel storage. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF186/
- SJ 8: Political expenditures. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-01) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SJ8/
- SF 122: Voyeurism-sex offender registration amendment. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-01) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF122/
- SF 87: Prescriptive easement for electricity delivery. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF87/
- SF 37: Enhanced concealed carry in school zones. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF37/
- SF 5: School district vehicles-flashing lights authorized. (became law, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF5/
- SF 89: Veterans ad valorem exemption-amount. (became law, 2024-03-21) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF89/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $33.6K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/S/2068
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cooperforsenate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WYSenatorCooper/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13022d64-c748-4603-b60e-bd176383b8f1