# Laurie Bratten

Laurie Bratten is a Republican member of the Wyoming House for district 51.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming House, district 51
- Serving since: 2025-01-06
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5eabff67-a57e-4fd5-b62c-3072d0374d56

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5eabff67-a57e-4fd5-b62c-3072d0374d56 (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

83% of the 6 bills Bratten sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 43 in the Wyoming House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 58 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

955 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Wyoming House 96.5%). Party unity 94.4% (76%). 77 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 5 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 15. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming House 44.0%; rank 1 of 43).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 109: Property tax exemptions-application date. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB109/
- HB 108: Department of audit reports-website posting. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB108/
- HB 329: Office of homeland security amendments. (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB329/
- HB 167: Local government reporting. (introduced, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB167/
- HB 166: State auditor payment transparency. (became law, 2025-02-25) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB166/
- HB 176: Vacancies in public office-amendments. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB176/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://www.laurieforwyoming.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/LaurieforWyoming/61556640075030/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5eabff67-a57e-4fd5-b62c-3072d0374d56