Lisa Kinney

DFormer member, Wyoming State Senate

Won the August 18 Democratic primary with 74.6% of the vote

Lisa Kinney is a former Wyoming state senator running as the Democratic nominee for Wyoming's open at-large U.S. House seat.[3]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Positions on the issues

  • OpposesBroad tariffs on imported goods

    Says she would work to remove tariffs to lower costs for families.[3]

    “I will work to remove tariffs, decrease the damaging provisions of the "Big Beautiful Bill," lower or delete income taxes and FICA.”
  • SupportsExpand public health coverage

    Supports restoring ACA subsidies and working toward Medicare for All.[3]

    “I am interested in pursuing universal healthcare by first bringing back the ACA subsidies to lower health insurance premiums right away and then working toward Medicare for all.”

In their words — priorities

  • "My priorities are to maintain our public lands, lower health care costs, and put more money in people's pockets through legislative changes."[3]
  • "We must keep public lands in public hands... I will fight every attempt to sell off our public lands."[3]

Background

  • Graduated from Laramie High School; earned a graduate degree from the University of Oregon (1975) and a law degree from the University of Wyoming (1986).[3]
  • Career experience includes teaching bar exam preparation, practicing law, directing the Albany County Library, and working as a financial advisor.[3]
  • Served ten years in the Wyoming State Senate representing Laramie, including two years as minority floor leader; served on the Education and Judiciary Committees.[3]

Campaign money

Raised $18K · spent $16K · $2,010 cash on hand (through 2026-07-29) FEC filing ↗

Also on the ballot for this seat: Chuck Gray, Jeff Haggit, Shawn Johnson · Compare side by side

Sources cited in this profile

  1. 3.Lisa Kinney · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Candidate's own words