# Brian Boner

Brian Boner is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2015-03-19
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cfed8eb6-ad00-4414-9ceb-bd5d46c5974f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cfed8eb6-ad00-4414-9ceb-bd5d46c5974f (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

Boner sits at +0.05 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 89% of State Senate Republicans.

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

54 classified statements: 54 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 | Boner | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.3% | 128 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 7.4% | 9.5% | 166 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 48.1% | 37.3% | 107 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.7% | 2.3% | 77 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 24.1% | 15.4% | 76 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 3.7% | 1.3% | 35 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 23% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Armed Forces and National Security 19% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Energy 15% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Water Resources Development 15% (State Senate Republicans 1.7%); Agriculture and Food 12% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,167 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Wyoming Senate 98.0%). Party unity 91.4% (77%). 86 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 94. 88.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming Senate 75.7%; rank 7 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 109: Cowboy state agricultural trust fund. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF109/
- SF 102: Wyoming energy transmission study. (became law, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF102/
- SF 103: Courts-retired judges, constitutional cases and injunctions. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF103/
- SF 172: Physical therapy licensure compact. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-01) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF172/
- SF 154: Industrial, wind and solar projects-hearing deadline. (became law, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF154/
- SF 146: Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act-amendments. (became law, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF146/
- SF 127: Administrative rules-legislative review. (became law, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF127/
- SF 121: Rodeo license plate. (became law, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF121/
- SF 119: Expedited professional licensure for military members. (became law, 2025-02-28) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF119/
- SF 112: Wyoming Freedom Scholarship Act-2. (introduced, 2024-02-16) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF112/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,500 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2098911872066195866
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2098395707602510203
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2096960502815744436
- 2026-08-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2091237880207450304
- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2089713198136221932
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2073406819511464275
- 2026-06-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2062327445651394809
- 2026-06-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2062327452592971788
- 2026-06-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2062327459874279503
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/brianbonerwyo/status/2059054309237719190

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/S/2021
- Campaign site: https://www.brianboner.org/
- X: https://x.com/brianbonerwyo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrianBonerWYO/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brian.boner.77/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brian_boner/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@brianboner4464
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-boner-40a4882a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cfed8eb6-ad00-4414-9ceb-bd5d46c5974f