John Barrasso
Republican · WY · U.S. Senate
Bio
John Anthony Barrasso III is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007. In 2025, he became Senate majority whip, the second-ranking Senate Republican.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 19.2 years
- First took office
- 2007 (4 terms)
- Seniority
- 30 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 74
- Senate class
- 1 · senior senator
- Senate Republican Conference Chair · 2019–2025
- Senate Majority Whip · 2025–present
- Casper, WY · 307-261-6413
- Cheyenne, WY · 307-772-2451
- Riverton, WY · 307-856-6642
- Rock Springs, WY · 307-362-5012
- Sheridan, WY · 307-672-6456
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $3.7M – $16.5M
- Liabilities
- $250k – $500k
- Net worth
- $3.2M – $16.2M
- Since 2018
- +$2.1M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
John Barrasso's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
John Barrasso (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
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Committees
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resourcescenter · 20 members
- Senate Committee on Financecenter · 27 members
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relationscenter · 22 membersEurope and Regional Security CooperationAfrica and Global Health PolicyMultilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental PolicyState Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development
Most and least aligned members
Treating Barrasso's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
El-Sayed Faces Barrage of Islamophobic Attacks After Michigan WinAbdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is already drawing bigoted attacks from the right. President Trump called El-Sayed a “Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel” Wednesday morning, saying that his victory was “Great News for the Re…
The New Republic · August 5, 2026
'I hope they're lying': Physician calls out McConnell's staff for 'atrocious' work claimsA vascular surgeon is raising alarms over Sen. Mitch McConnell's recovery, warning that his staff's claims he's continuing to work on Senate business while in rehab could amount to abuse of an elderly, frail patient.McConnell, 84, has not been medically clear…
Raw Story · July 28, 2026
Even senior Dems are now apologists for Mitch McConnell's disappearance: 'Makes sense'WASHINGTON — It’s now been more than 40 days since Sen. Mitch McConnell’s given any legislative signs of life — at least believable enough ones to satiate his online critics, many of his Kentucky constituents and governor — but that’s par for the course in th…
Raw Story · July 24, 2026- Republican strategist gives major update on Mitch McConnell health condition
Several Republicans said they spoke with Senator Mitch McConnell this week, who remains hospitalized after being admitted on June 14. The comments from Senate Majority Leader Thune, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, and Republican strategist Scott Jennings …
Freerepublic.com · July 8, 2026
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