# John Bear

John Bear is a Republican member of the Wyoming House for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming House, district 31
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/931a9e71-33a6-4e65-be91-703ad612447e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/931a9e71-33a6-4e65-be91-703ad612447e (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

70% of Bear’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Wyoming, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

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

2 classified statements: 2 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 | Bear | 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 | 50.0% | 12.7% | 5 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.02), from 92 donors and 896 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

955 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Wyoming House 96.5%). Party unity 99.1% (76%). 74 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 14 bills: 12 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 64. 71.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming House 44.0%; rank 6 of 43).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 141: Fifth Amendment Protection Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB141/
- HB 134: Disclosure of filtered legislator emails. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB134/
- HB 292: Budget reserves-recommended appropriation amount. (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB292/
- HB 294: Federal mineral royalties-distribution amendments. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB294/
- HB 291: Financial institution discrimination. (in committee, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB291/
- HB 295: Invest in Wyoming act. (introduced, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB295/
- HB 293: Repealing the school foundation program reserve account. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB293/
- HB 271: Common school account-spending policy amount. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB271/
- HB 270: Permanent mineral trust fund-spending policy. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB270/
- HB 248: School foundation program interim budget authority. (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB248/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 70% 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.

- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/johnwbear/status/2103587218342498489
- 2025-03-24 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/johnwbear/status/1904229795400990998

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/H/2075
- X: https://x.com/johnwbear
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnBearforGillette/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/John-Bear-100055547463137/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkpQkDJ-ae80M2bfxKoGf7A
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-bear-105729a6/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/931a9e71-33a6-4e65-be91-703ad612447e