# Stephan Pappas

Stephan Pappas is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Wyoming Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2015-01-05
- Current term: WY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f46abbfe-3a0a-4657-a4ac-fbc418adfcc7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f46abbfe-3a0a-4657-a4ac-fbc418adfcc7 (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

Pappas missed 8.1% of 817 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 31 in the Wyoming Senate (average 98.0%).

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

8 classified statements: 8 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 | Pappas | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.01), from 5 donors and 1,132 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (WY 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 91.9% (Wyoming Senate 98.0%). Party unity 61% (77%). 75 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (WY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 32. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Wyoming Senate 75.7%; rank 9 of 24).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 117: Zoning protest petition-amendments. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF117/
- SF 96: Tobacco sales and taxation. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF96/
- SF 95: Driver's and motor vehicle services-third party providers. (became law, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2026/SF95/
- SF 192: High Plains Research Station and Arboretum-historic site-2. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF192/
- SF 163: Partial tobacco products tax repeal. (in committee, 2025-02-11) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF163/
- SJ 7: NCSL 50th Anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-01) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SJ7/
- SF 149: Wildlife conservation license plates-amendments. (became law, 2025-02-24) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2025/SF149/
- SF 113: Light and high profile vehicle closures-2. (became law, 2024-03-15) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2024/SF113/
- SF 152: Occupational therapist criminal history. (became law, 2023-03-09) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/SF152/
- SF 140: Building code requirements-refrigerants. (became law, 2023-03-01) https://openstates.org/wy/bills/2023/SF140/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.5K (State Senate Republicans median $34.5K). 100% 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.

- 2026-04-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/pappasstephan/status/2042344701102342571
- 2026-03-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/pappasstephan/status/2035584205439332680
- 2026-03-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/pappasstephan/status/2028700526238732602
- 2026-03-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/pappasstephan/status/2028886840812683759
- 2025-08-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/pappasstephan/status/1951315472894533821
- 2025-05-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/pappasstephan/status/1926349533711135107
- 2025-03-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/pappasstephan/status/1898376394394009604
- 2025-03-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/pappasstephan/status/1898009753990680773

## Links

- Official site: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/S/2008
- X: https://x.com/pappasstephan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephan.pappas/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pappasforwy/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wycheyguy/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanpappas/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f46abbfe-3a0a-4657-a4ac-fbc418adfcc7