Leaving office January 1, 2027.Did not run for re-election in 2026. This page switches to the former-officeholder layout when the term ends.

RepublicanIn office until January 1, 2027

Stephan Pappas

Wyoming State Senator, District 7 since 2014. Did not run for re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027.

Wyoming State Senator, District 7

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 12 yrs; Since 2014
Bills became law: 2; 7 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 8.5%; Chamber median 1.4%
With party: 61%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +14.1; Won 2022

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs · chair
Revenue

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 7 sponsored · 2 became law

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SF 95 Driver's and motor vehicle services-third party providers.
Became law Mar 2026

SF 117 Zoning protest petition-amendments.
Failed in the House Mar 2026

SF 96 Tobacco sales and taxation.
Failed in the Senate Feb 2026

SF 149 Wildlife conservation license plates-amendments.
Became law Feb 2025

SJ 7 NCSL 50th Anniversary.
Vetoed Mar 2025

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Pappas sits in the Wyoming State Senate

Pappas is closer to the center than 86% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Wendy Schuler, Bill Landen, Eric Barlow

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:10 PM ET

With Pappas’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans61%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills15%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Wyoming State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Pappas’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Pappas	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Mar 11, 2026	SF 119: Strategic investments and projects account-repeal-2.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 20–10
Mar 11, 2026	SF 101: Second amendment protection act amendments-3.	No	No	Yes	Failed 12–18
Mar 7, 2026	SF 1: General government appropriations.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 24–5
Mar 6, 2025	HB 36: Hathaway scholarship-amendments.	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 23–8
Mar 6, 2025	HB 94: Charter school authorizations-amendments.	No	Yes	No	Passed 21–10

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Pappas was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Wyoming State Senate, District 7

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin
2022	Wyoming State Senate, District 7	Won	R+14.1
2018	Wyoming State Senate, District 7	Won	—
2014	Wyoming State Senate, District 7	Won	R+18.2

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Pappas has held

Wyoming State Senate, District 7 · since 2014

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Pappas has run against

Marcie Kindred (D) · 2022 general, won
Dameione S. Cameron (D) · 2014 general, won

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Pappas

One person, matched across every source we use.

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Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET