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Cynthia Lummis

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Cynthia Lummis
United States Senator
from Wyoming
Assumed office
January 3, 2021
Serving with John Barrasso
Preceded byMike Enzi
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wyoming's at-large district
In office
January 3, 2009  January 3, 2017
Preceded byBarbara Cubin
Succeeded byLiz Cheney
27th Treasurer of Wyoming
In office
January 4, 1999  January 9, 2007
GovernorJim Geringer
Dave Freudenthal
Preceded byStan Smith
Succeeded byJoe Meyer
Member of the Wyoming Senate
from the 5th district
In office
January 14, 1993  January 10, 1995
Preceded byGary Yordy
Succeeded byDonald Lawler
Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
from the Laramie County district
In office
January 7, 1985  January 14, 1993
In office
January 8, 1979  January 3, 1983
Personal details
Born
Cynthia Marie Lummis

(1954-09-10) September 10, 1954 (age 71)
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
(m. 1983; died 2014)
Children1
EducationUniversity of Wyoming (BS, BS, JD)
WebsiteCampaign website

Cynthia Marie Lummis Wiederspahn (born September 10, 1954) is an American politician. Lummis is the junior United States Senator from Wyoming since 2021. She was the U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2009 to 2017.

Lummis is a member of the Republican Party. She was a State Representative (1979–1983, 1985–1993), State Senator (1993–1995), and State Treasurer (1999–2007).

She retired from Congress in 2016.[1] She successfully ran for the United States Senate in the 2020 election, winning the election.

In December 2025, Lummis announced she would not run for re-election in 2026.[2]

References

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  1. dougrandall (28 January 2016). "Stubson Touts Wyoming Experience In Run For Congress". KGAB 650AM.
  2. "Cynthia Lummis, a One-Term G.O.P. Senator, Will Not Seek Re-clection". The New York Times. December 20, 2025. Retrieved December 22, 2025.

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