Cynthia M. Lummis
Republican · WY · U.S. Senate
Bio
Cynthia Marie Lummis Wiederspahn is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wyoming since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Lummis served as the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2009 to 2017. She served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1993, in the Wyoming Senate from 1993 to 1995, and as the Wyoming State Treasurer from 1999 to 2007.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 13.6 years · not continuous, returned 2021
- Chambers
- House 8y, Senate 5.6y
- First took office
- 2009 (5 terms)
- Seniority
- 59 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 71
- Senate class
- 2 · junior senator
- Cheyenne, WY · 307-772-2477
- Cody, WY · 307-527-9444
- Casper, WY · 307-261-6572
- Sundance, WY · 307-283-3461
- Afton, WY · 307-248-1736
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
- $6.1M – $24.7M
- Liabilities
- $5.0M – $25.0M
- Net worth
- −$18.9M – $19.7M
- Since 2020
- +$5.5M
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
Cynthia M. Lummis'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
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Caucuses & committees
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Committees
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairscenter · 24 members
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportationcenter · 28 members
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Workscenter · 19 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Lummis'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
CLARITY Act Faces Sept. 15 Senate Vote: 4 Key Facts Crypto Users Need to KnowA popular crypto analyst today shared updates on when the US Senate will vote on the CLARITY Act. According to data shared by analyst Crypto Rover, Senator Cynthia Lummis confirmed today that the US Senate will vote on the Clarity bill next month, on Septembe…
ZyCrypto · August 20, 2026
Clarity Act Vote Set, SEC Proposes Crypto Rules Ahead Of White House SummitThe Clarity Act will finally get its Senate vote in September, Sen. Cynthia Lummis confirmed on Tuesday. But regulators are getting a head start on cryptocurrency directives while Congress is out on recess. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday pr…
Biztoc.com · August 19, 2026
Trump-backed Rep. Harriet Hageman wins Republican Senate primary in WyomingHageman, Wyoming’s lone House member, won the GOP nomination to succeed retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis, NBC News projects.
NBC News · August 19, 2026
Lummis Rejects Stablecoin ‘Deposit Flight’ Fears as CLARITY Act Fight IntensifiesKey Takeaways - Senator Cynthia Lummis rejected claims that stablecoins are causing widespread deposit flight from community banks. - Bank of America data showed household deposit balances rising across all income groups in early 2026, though tax refunds par…
Biztoc.com · August 12, 2026
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