# Bob Ide

Bob Ide is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2022-12-06
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6d1c2665-46ea-444d-b88b-b22e2623e660

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d1c2665-46ea-444d-b88b-b22e2623e660 (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

Ide sits at −0.54 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 100% of State Senate Republicans.

## What Ide says (WY 2025–26 session)

11 classified statements: 11 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Ide | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 18.2% | 37.3% | 295 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Law 100% (State Senate Republicans 3.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 50% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.03), from 110 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.1% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Wyoming Senate 98.0%). Party unity 87% (77%). 307 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 70. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming Senate 75.7%; rank 12 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 118: Eminent domain-water projects. (in committee, 2026-02-21) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF118/
- SF 97: Cash payment-governmental entities. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF97/
- SF 105: An Act to Preserve State Territorial Sovereignty. (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF105/
- SF 96: Wyoming Gold Act. (became law, 2025-02-25) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF96/
- SF 85: Constitutional enforcement of localities. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF85/
- SJ 2: Resolution demanding equal footing. (in committee, 2025-02-10) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SJ2/
- SF 88: State law violations by counties, cities and towns. (in committee, 2024-02-13) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF88/
- SJ 1: Resolution demanding equal footing. (in committee, 2024-02-13) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SJ1/
- SF 126: Barbering and cosmetology practice amendments. (in committee, 2023-02-08) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/SF126/
- SF 119: Defend the guard act-2. (in committee, 2023-02-08) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/SF119/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $25.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 77% 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.

- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/2100443502090088478
- 2026-05-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/2055498508837474633
- 2026-05-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/2054624296216252782
- 2026-01-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/2017277322886582428
- 2025-12-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/2006511047126168058
- 2025-12-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/2001756056456958187
- 2025-11-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/1992080597943267415
- 2025-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/1965200193516880235
- 2025-07-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/1940875045511090361
- 2025-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/bobidewy/status/1939872818382176655

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/S/2089
- X: https://x.com/bobidewy
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BobIdeWY/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobidewy/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bobide32
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-ide-8a266040

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6d1c2665-46ea-444d-b88b-b22e2623e660