With months left before Wyoming’s 2025 legislative session, several Republican lawmakers are already jockeying for leadership positions, promising to reflect the statehouse’s recent shift further to the right.
The maneuvering comes as the statehouse’s hard-line factions appear poised to control both chambers of the Legislature following their success in August’s primary election. While the Republican Party’s right flank has grown in recent years , until now the more traditionalist faction has maintained control of the top leadership positions in the House and Senate.
“The state of Wyoming through this last election obviously has got an agenda or a mind involved here that they want to see things moved in a more conservative direction,” Rep. Chip Neiman (R-Hulett), who will run for House speaker, said during a Wednesday AARP webinar…