# Chris Rothfuss

Chris Rothfuss is a Democratic member of the Wyoming Senate for district 9.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Wyoming Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2011-01-11
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/510546dd-c3ca-4ce4-9342-f77e05712f2e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/510546dd-c3ca-4ce4-9342-f77e05712f2e (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

Rothfuss sits at +0.73 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 100% of State Senate Democrats.

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

3 classified statements: 3 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Rothfuss | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 66.7% | 10.3% | 1 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 100.0% | 42.9% | 1 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 67% (State Senate Democrats 3.1%); Health 33% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Public Lands and Natural Resources 33% (State Senate Democrats 1.5%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.73 (standard error 0.03), from 10 donors and 1,196 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 100% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Wyoming Senate 98.0%). Party unity 100% (77%). 0 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 32. 88.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming Senate 75.7%; rank 7 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 55: Special purpose depository institution-amendments. (became law, 2026-03-08) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF55/
- SF 54: State banks and SPDI conversions. (became law, 2026-03-08) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF54/
- SF 19: Epinephrine delivery methods. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF19/
- SF 198: State shooting complex-funding amendment. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF198/
- SJ 9: Individual right to privacy-constitutional amendment. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SJ9/
- SF 135: Defense of state banking-1. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF135/
- SF 130: Emergency assistance immunity-mental health services. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF130/
- SF 126: Establishment of a K-8 public lab school. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF126/
- SF 95: Special purpose depository institution-amendments. (became law, 2025-03-17) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF95/
- SF 114: Contractor licenses-reciprocal recognition requirements. (became law, 2024-03-14) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF114/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,760 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% 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.

- 2025-07-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/rothfuss/status/1948217559423008823
- 2025-04-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/rothfuss/status/1908883736927551967
- 2025-04-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/rothfuss/status/1908663003823603837

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/S/1971
- X: https://x.com/rothfuss
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rothfuss/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorrothfuss/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rothfuss/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/510546dd-c3ca-4ce4-9342-f77e05712f2e