# Art Washut

Art Washut is a Republican member of the Wyoming House for district 36.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming House, district 36
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/394ba273-63d7-409d-90cd-5d183e750ea4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/394ba273-63d7-409d-90cd-5d183e750ea4 (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

Washut sits at −0.01 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.01 (standard error 0.01), from 14 donors and 1,182 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.4% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

955 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Wyoming House 96.5%). Party unity 49% (76%). 248 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 5 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 33. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming House 44.0%; rank 9 of 43).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJ 5: Law Enforcement Memorial-Michael A. Rosa. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HJ5/
- HB 39: Firearms rights-restoration amendments. (became law, 2026-03-08) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB39/
- HB 260: Criminal accountability grant program. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB260/
- HB 261: Accessory after the fact-amendments. (introduced, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB261/
- HB 207: Religious Freedom Restoration Act. (became law, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB207/
- HB 125: Repeal-unauthorized use of vehicle crime. (became law, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB125/
- HB 178: Religious Freedom Restoration Act. (introduced, 2024-02-17) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/HB178/
- HB 77: Simple assault-menacing. (passed one chamber, 2024-03-06) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/HB77/
- HB 54: Wyoming Reads Day. (became law, 2024-03-05) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/HB54/
- HB 261: Breach of the peace within a health care facility. (in committee, 2023-02-07) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/HB261/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $2,350 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/H/2058
- Campaign site: https://www.artwashutforhouse36.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Art-Washut-For-House-District-36-100057748072583/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/art.washut
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-washut-9a03b3149/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/394ba273-63d7-409d-90cd-5d183e750ea4