# Cheri Steinmetz

Cheri Steinmetz is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming Senate, district 3
- Serving since: 2019-01-07
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9fe08ab5-b31c-4f7b-bb23-c7aff3cd3e4d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9fe08ab5-b31c-4f7b-bb23-c7aff3cd3e4d (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

Steinmetz sits at −0.12 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 98% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.12 (standard error 0.01), from 12 donors and 1,180 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 2.2% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 95.9% (Wyoming Senate 98.0%). Party unity 95.5% (77%). 170 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 81. 44.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming Senate 75.7%; rank 22 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 91: Wyoming energy project accountability act. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF91/
- SF 89: Local housing projects-tax exemption amendments. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF89/
- SJ 4: Confirmation of justices and judicial nominations. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SJ4/
- SF 125: Defining health care and protecting the people's welfare. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-14) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF125/
- SF 124: Illegal immigration-identify, report, detain and deport. (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF124/
- SF 103: Terminating and defunding diversity, equity and inclusion. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF103/
- SF 92: Make carbon dioxide great again-no net zero. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF92/
- SF 84: Country of origin label-USA beef. (became law, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF84/
- SF 83: Large energy project funding-legislative approval. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF83/
- SF 64: Wyoming Opposes Mandatory Electronic ID Devices-Livestock. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF64/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,100 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/S/2011
- Campaign site: https://steinmetzforsenate3.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteinmetzSD3/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cheri.steinmetz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheri-steinmetz-49371a219/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9fe08ab5-b31c-4f7b-bb23-c7aff3cd3e4d