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Cynthia Lummis
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United States Senator from Wyoming |
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Assumed office January 3, 2021 Serving with John Barrasso |
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Preceded by | Mike Enzi |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's at-large district |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2017 |
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Preceded by | Barbara Cubin |
Succeeded by | Liz Cheney |
27th Treasurer of Wyoming | |
In office January 4, 1999 – January 9, 2007 |
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Governor | Jim Geringer Dave Freudenthal |
Preceded by | Stan Smith |
Succeeded by | Joe Meyer |
Member of the Wyoming Senate from the 5th district |
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In office January 14, 1993 – January 10, 1995 |
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Preceded by | Gary Yordy |
Succeeded by | Donald Lawler |
Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the Laramie County district |
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In office January 7, 1985 – January 14, 1993 |
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In office January 8, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
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Cynthia Marie Lummis
September 10, 1954 Cheyenne, Wyoming |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) |
Alvin Wiederspahn
(m. 1983; died 2014) |
Children | 1 |
Education | University of Wyoming (BS, BS, JD) |
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 WY'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. She successfully ran for the United States Senate in the 2020 election, winning the election.
- The Cynthia M. Lummis papers at the American Heritage Center
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Congresswoman Cynthia Lummis with colleagues Eric Cantor and Mary Fallin
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