Lisa Kinney

Lisa Kinney recalls organizing a recreation center fundraiser that involved getting local ranchers to pose in swimsuits.¹ The former librarian and state senator was born and raised in Laramie.² She has three children, and says two have left Wyoming, a family experience she connects to her interest in creating jobs that keep younger people in the state.¹

Kinney earned undergraduate and law degrees at the University of Wyoming and a master's degree at the University of Oregon.² She directed the Albany County Library, helped win a bond issue for a new library and owned a business preparing aspiring lawyers for the bar exam.² Her later work included more than twenty years advising employees of schools, hospitals and local governments about financial planning.²

She served in the Wyoming Senate from 1985 to 1995, including its Democratic minority leadership from 1993 to 1995.² She also led the Laramie Area Chamber of Commerce.² In her current campaign, she emphasizes keeping public lands accessible and lowering health care costs, especially for rural communities.¹

Kinney faces Republican Chuck Gray, Libertarian Shawn Johnson and Constitution Party candidate Jeffrey Haggit for Wyoming's single House seat.³ She supports congressional term limits, stronger Supreme Court ethics standards and reversing Citizens United.¹ She also advocates international cooperation on artificial intelligence safeguards and limits on its demands for electricity and water.¹