James Byrd

• voteVoted yes on a 2015 budget-bill floor amendment (HB0001H3031) that would have set aside state funds for Wyoming's share of expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act; the amendment failed in the House 15-41.[4]

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  As a Wyoming state representative, voted yes on a floor amendment to the 2015 budget bill (HB 1) that would have set aside state funds for Wyoming's share of expanded Medicaid coverage under the ACA; the amendment failed in the House 15-41.[4]

• "Working families are getting hammered by the 'Daily Squeeze'... I'm running to tackle these kitchen-table realities head-on... aggressively protecting our rural healthcare clinics from corporate neglect."[3]
• "Keeping public lands in public hands while leading the energy future... I will fiercely protect public access to our lands for hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation against any federal overreach or corporate sell-off schemes."[3]
• "I am deeply focused on rural healthcare infrastructure, energy innovation, and workforce education. Protecting critical access hospitals and community clinics is a matter of survival for our rural towns."[3]

• A fifth-generation Wyomingite; earned a high school diploma from Cheyenne Central High School and attended Laramie County Community College and the University of Wyoming.[3]
• Career experience includes working as a security consultant, exploration geophysicist, and computer project manager.[3]
• Served ten years in the Wyoming House of Representatives, District 44 (2009-2019).[3]
• His mother, Liz Byrd, was Wyoming's first Black state senator; his father, Jim Byrd, was the state's first Black police chief.[3]

Raised $23K · spent $23K · $356 cash on hand (through 2026-07-29) FEC filing ↗