Ann Lucas
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Ann Lucas (Republican Party) is a member-elect of the Wyoming House of Representatives, representing District 43. She assumes office on January 6, 2025.
Lucas (Republican Party) ran for election to the Wyoming House of Representatives to represent District 43. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Lucas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ann Lucas was born in Illinois. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix in 2010.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 43
Ann Lucas won election in the general election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 43 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ann Lucas (R)  | 91.9 | 3,539 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 8.1 | 314 | ||
| Total votes: 3,853 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rocky Case (Independent)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 43
Ann Lucas defeated incumbent Dan Zwonitzer in the Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 43 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ann Lucas | 58.5 | 799 |
 | Dan Zwonitzer | 41.0 | 559 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 1,365 | |||
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lucas in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ann Lucas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lucas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a Christian and a conservative. I support the Wyoming Republican Party Platform. I was a credit union and bank executive for over 40 years. I am adept at all facets of personal finance, business finance, auditing, budgeting, and tax accounting. I coached hundreds of individuals and families to improve their personal financial conditions and taught financial literacy at all school levels from grammar school to college level to students and to teachers. I also conducted seminars for the public for a number of years. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management with an emphasis on Accounting, and auditing. I was an internal auditor and a certified regulatory compliance manager in credit unions. I did taxes as a sideline for many years. I’ve served on many charitable and community boards over the years and believe in service to my community. My husband is a retired USAF officer, who served for 24 years. A Physician Assistant, he worked for a family practice doctor in Cheyenne until 2020. We have lived in Cheyenne since 2002. We have four children and five grandchildren.
- Rising property taxes is a real issue. We have folks being priced out of their homes because of increases in property taxes and homeowners’ insurance. I believe property taxes are rising faster than the cost of government services. Real property tax relief would lower the mil levy back to the level needed to provide the necessary county services such as roads, public safety, law enforcement, jail and fire district, and of course, education. Some counties have in the bank money equal to a year or more worth of expenses. Is this right? We need to prove to citizens that our government is diligent in being a good steward of our tax money. This is NOT the government's money, but the taxpayers'.
- Recent events, including but not limited to COVID19, show that the federal government has overstepped its authority & has dictated how the Wyoming government operates & how Wyoming citizens live. We must ensure that the federal government does not hold power over our state, whether it is our natural resources, our lands, or how our citizens determine their own healthcare or raise their children. Wyoming solutions are best for Wyoming issues, not the federal government’s arbitrary mandates. We need to review and adjust legislation that can strengthen our sovereignty as a state, as intended by the Wyoming and US Constitutions. Wyoming is a wealthy state and we determine our own destiny without outside influences.
- I support transparency in legislative voting. A legislator’s voting record is the business of the citizens. My opponents’ voting record was the linchpin of my campaign. After all, we elect representatives to write, revise, & vote on legislation. Their voting records are their report cards. I support electronic voting to make every vote more expedient & recorded. I will never sign a non-disclosure agreement with any corporations from outside Wyoming. I favor a high level of accountability for all tax spending. We don’t audit enough. We don’t ask enough questions. We have too many trust fund accounts that are not audited nor accountable to the legislature or the people. We need to audit more.
I am unhappy with the enormous level of education spending with very little to show for it. Too many Wyoming children do not read at grade level & must take remedial classes upon entering college, yet we spend more, per child, than most states do.
I am concerned about the progressive ideology that has infiltrated our schools. Our current Legislature will not stand up to the Federal Government to protect our families & ensure that the education our children receive ensures the highest academic performance possible. If we’re going to spend more than everyone else, our students should be receiving world-class educations. Teachers must be permitted to teach basics. Schools must prepare students to be productive American citizens.
Confrontational Politics, by HL Richardson.
Common Sense, by Thomas Paine
The Declaration of Independence
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
1984 by George Orwell
The last two are fictional works, but contain many examples of situations that are happening currently that need to be remedied.
Transparency and accountability. Legislators work FOR their constituents, not the other way around. A legislator's voting record must be easily available to all. Legislators are elected to represent their constituents, and not to impose a political idealism that is opposite to that of their constituents. To do this, legislators must spend time communicating with the voters.
If a legislator runs as a Republican, he is expected to support the Republican Party Platform. Additionally, elected officials must hold our government accountable to the voters. They must spend our taxpayers' money frugally and wisely. To ensure that tax dollars are spent appropriately and lawfully, the Wyoming Legislature must audit more. They are entrusted with this responsibility but do very little auditing and reporting. Legislators must also recognize when they face a conflict of interest, be it personally or professionally, and recuse themselves from making decisions that can benefit themselves.
I genuinely like people, like getting to know them. I want to help improve our government. I am a logical thinker, well versed in finance, business, and accounting. I am a quick study. I want to help make our government more transparent to our citizens. I do not want to be in office for decades.
To craft, revise, and enact laws that stay within the guardrails of the Wyoming and US Constitutions. This include opposing federal overreach. Legislators must focus on passing the right laws, good laws, rather than a large quantity of trendy, intrusive laws that go against the Constitutions of Wyoming and the United States. Government needs to stay in its lane.
I recall the assassinations of Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. 1968. I was 8 years old. I remember that we prayed for them in school.
My first real job was when I was in high school. I worked at Sears Bank and Trust in Chicago's former Sears Tower. I worked there for 3 years and quit when I graduated from high school and moved away.
The book that has been the most instructional to me over my lifetime is the Holy Bible. I favor the King James version because I love the poetic language. It really has something for every situation.
Freedom, by William Safire. A Civil war novel, it related factual information about many of the country's leaders during that time. Very well documented.
Also, Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. Good story, well written, and although a work of fiction, full of warnings about what we should not do as a society.
The Governor must faithfully execute the laws passed by the Legislature. He must respect correct separation of powers without unduly influencing the co-equal branches of government. The Governor should not veto bills or portions of bills in the last minute but afford the Legislature time to exercise its power to override a veto. The Governor should treat members of other branches fairly, without showing favoritism or partisanship to specific individuals. The Legislature must be respectful of the Governor's responsibilities and position.
We must overcome the temptation to continually be under the power of the federal government's pursestrings and accompanying requirements placed on the state. An example is when the Biden Administration withheld school lunch funding so the state would enforce the newly revised Title IX requirements of having boys compete on girls' sports teams. We can feed our children without any coercion to adopt trendy pseudo-science in our schools.
No, I do not. Wyoming is perfectly suited for citizen legislature. We must elect citizens of excellent character, who are honest, trustworthy, who can think and write clearly without artifice. To elect only experienced politicians or government officials creates a separate class that would be held to a different standard of character and behaviors. We must resist this as it's not what's best for our citizens and communities.
I do think it would be helpful to get to know the other legislators. Relationship implies mutual respect, and I think that's crucial for a professional, civil collaboration in the legislature. While we will have our own personal ideals, standards, and filters, it will be important for all legislators to approach each other with respect and open-mindedness.
I was overwhelmed at the welcoming friendliness of the folks I met while door-knocking in my district. I was touched and humbled to be invited to pray with folks, many times. I got to know my neighbors and they got to know me.
Wyoming statute allows for the Governor to declare emergencies, but it should not grant him the use of open-ended emergency powers to ensure that these powers would be defined, limited in scope and not permanent. These actions must be approved by the Legislature and still fall within the duties defined by the Constitution.
Wyoming Right to Life, Wyoming Gun Owners, Wyoming Freedom Caucus, Gun Owners of American, Restore Liberty.
Appropriations, Revenue, Audit, Minerals, Education, Health and Labor.
I have a lifetime of experience in finance and account, so all of these apply to my background and interests. I understand that freshman legislators rarely get appointments to Appropriations or Auditing.
I ran my campaign on these two issues. I believe the government is not transparent. I would like ALL votes made in our Wyoming House and Senate to be recorded and published same day. Legislators must be held accountable for their votes. I do not believe that our Legislature is careful nor accountable for their budgeting behaviors. They must always remember whose money they are spending and to administer the public monies frugally and honestly.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 8, 2024
