# Pepper Ottman

Pepper Ottman is a Republican member of the Wyoming House for district 34.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming House, district 34
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9c9a9e1b-8107-40ac-b667-a8e75c5f806d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c9a9e1b-8107-40ac-b667-a8e75c5f806d (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

Ottman reported $4,000 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 53 donors and 893 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

955 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Wyoming House 96.5%). Party unity 97.3% (76%). 65 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 11 bills: 7 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 29. 54.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming House 44.0%; rank 15 of 43).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 185: Kratom-prohibition. (introduced, 2026-02-14) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB185/
- HB 184: Juveniles-criminal deferral. (introduced, 2026-02-14) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB184/
- HB 186: Baby Olivia act-requiring human development education. (in committee, 2026-02-14) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB186/
- HB 143: Free speech for health care providers. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB143/
- HB 103: Wyoming First Amendment Protection Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/HB103/
- HB 221: Bighorn and domestic sheep relocation-effective date repeal. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-21) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB221/
- HB 222: Medical Ethics Defense Act-2. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB222/
- HB 220: Conservation easements-amendments. (introduced, 2025-02-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB220/
- HB 223: Preventing strategic lawsuits against public participation. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB223/
- HB 116: Driver's licenses-unauthorized alien restrictions. (became law, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/HB116/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,000 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/H/2076
- Campaign site: https://www.pepperottmanhd34.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100023010583174
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pepper.ottman.7

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c9a9e1b-8107-40ac-b667-a8e75c5f806d