# Steve Harshman

Steve Harshman is a Republican member of the Wyoming House for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming House, district 37
- Serving since: 2003-01-14
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1f6a3489-e152-487f-852a-23fc40a22185

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f6a3489-e152-487f-852a-23fc40a22185 (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

Harshman sits at −0.22 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State House Republicans.

## What Harshman says (WY 2025–26 session)

4 classified statements: 4 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Harshman | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.22 (standard error 0.01), from 4 donors and 1,153 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.6% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

955 roll calls. Attendance 98.3% (Wyoming House 96.5%). Party unity 30% (76%). 353 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 13 bills: 7 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 41. 23.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming House 44.0%; rank 34 of 43).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 156: Local water system funding. (introduced, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB156/
- HB 190: Sale of lands to the department of state parks. (introduced, 2026-02-14) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB190/
- HB 99: Wyoming veterans museum capital construction. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB99/
- HB 82: Wyoming interstate study and safe highways investment act. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB82/
- HB 47: Duty to assist during emergencies. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB47/
- HB 40: Suicide prevention. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB40/
- HB 290: Property tax reduction and replacement act. (introduced, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB290/
- HB 277: Capitol complex-hotel and conference center. (introduced, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB277/
- HB 263: Local water system funding. (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB263/
- HB 230: Wyoming interstate study and safe highways investment act. (introduced, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB230/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,350 (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/steveharshman/status/2098267310809403463
- 2025-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/steveharshman/status/1976420499224981602
- 2025-02-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/steveharshman/status/1890265113741177290
- 2025-02-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/steveharshman/status/1887375303825367476

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/H/717
- X: https://x.com/steveharshman

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f6a3489-e152-487f-852a-23fc40a22185