Dan Laursen
Wyoming State Senator, District 19 since 2022. Did not run for re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 6 elections between 2014 and 2022, winning 6.
- In office
- 3 yrs
- Since 2022
- Bills became law
- 3
- 9 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 1.4%
- Chamber median 1.4%
- With party
- 88%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +57.6
- Won 2016
- Elections
- 6
- 2014–2022
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Management Audit · vice chair
- State Shooting Complex Oversight Task Force · chair
- Appropriations
- Federal Natural Resource Management Select
- Water Select
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Laursen sits in the Wyoming State Senate
Laursen is closer to the center than 21% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Lynn Hutchings, Tim Salazar, Cheri Steinmetz
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:10 PM ET
With Laursen’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans88%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills0%
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: Laursen’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Laursen | 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. | Yes | 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. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 21–10 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Laursen was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
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 | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Wyoming State Senate, District 19 | Won | — | R+64.9 | — |
| 2020 | Wyoming House of Representatives, District 25 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2018 | Wyoming House of Representatives, District 25 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Wyoming House of Representatives, District 25 | Won | R+57.6 | — | — |
| 2014 | Wyoming House of Representatives, District 25 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Wyoming House of Representatives, District 25 (primary) | Won | +10.0 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Laursen has held
- Wyoming State Senate, District 19 · since 2022
- Wyoming House of Representatives, District 25 · 2014–2022
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Laursen has run against
- Shane Tillotson (D) · 2016 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Laursen
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/982cdb50-2a81-47b4-97e8-cf80b92d1412
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET