Charles Scott (Wyoming)

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Charles Scott
Image of Charles Scott

Republican Party

Wyoming State Senate District 30
Tenure

1983 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

42

Prior offices
Wyoming House of Representatives

Compensation

Base salary

$150/day

Per diem

$109/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Harvard College, 1967

Graduate

Harvard Business School, 1969

Personal
Religion
Unitarian
Profession
Cattle rancher
Contact

Official website 

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Charles Scott (Republican Party) is a member of the Wyoming State Senate, representing District 30. He assumed office in 1983. His current term ends on January 1, 2029.

Scott (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Wyoming State Senate to represent District 30. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Scott earned his B.A. from Harvard College in 1967. He went on to receive his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1969.

Scott has worked as a cattle rancher.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at:[email protected].

2023-2024

Scott was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Scott was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Scott was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Wyoming committee assignments, 2017
• Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions
• Labor, Health and Social Services, Chair
• Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions
• Joint Labor, Health and Social Services, Chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Scott served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Scott served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Scott served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Scott served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wyoming State Senate District 30

Incumbent Charles Scott won election in the general election for Wyoming State Senate District 30 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charles Scott
Charles Scott (R)
 
96.8
 
6,404
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.2
 
213

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 6,617
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 30

Incumbent Charles Scott defeated Robert Hendry and Charles Schoenwolf in the Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 30 on August 20, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charles Scott
Charles Scott
 
47.6
 
1,438
Image of Robert Hendry
Robert Hendry
 
39.1
 
1,179
Image of Charles Schoenwolf
Charles Schoenwolf
 
13.1
 
394
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
7

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,018
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2020

See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wyoming State Senate District 30

Incumbent Charles Scott defeated Wendy Degroot in the general election for Wyoming State Senate District 30 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charles Scott
Charles Scott (R)
 
77.0
 
6,046
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Wendy Degroot (L)
 
22.4
 
1,762
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
47

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 7,855
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 30

Incumbent Charles Scott defeated Charles Schoenwolf in the Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 30 on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charles Scott
Charles Scott
 
57.7
 
1,740
Image of Charles Schoenwolf
Charles Schoenwolf
 
42.0
 
1,269
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
9

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,018
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2016

See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Wyoming State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 16, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 27, 2016.

Incumbent Charles Scott defeated Robert Ford in the Wyoming State Senate District 30 general election.[2]

Wyoming State Senate, District 30 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles Scott Incumbent 79.31% 5,831
     Democratic Robert Ford 20.69% 1,521
Total Votes 7,352
Source: Wyoming Secretary of State


Robert Ford ran unopposed in the Wyoming State Senate District 30 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Wyoming State Senate, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Robert Ford  (unopposed)


Incumbent Charles Scott ran unopposed in the Wyoming State Senate District 30 Republican primary.[3][4]

Wyoming State Senate, District 30 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Charles Scott Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2012

Scott won re-election in the 2012 election for Wyoming State Senate, District 30. Scott defeated Bob Brechtel in the August 21st primary election and was unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5]

Wyoming State Senate, District 30, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Scott Incumbent 89.3% 5,709
     Write-Ins Various 10.7% 687
Total Votes 6,396
Wyoming State Senate, District 30 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Scott Incumbent 51.6% 1,222
Bob Brechtel 48.4% 1,147
Total Votes 2,369

2008

On November 4, 2008, Charles Scott won re-election to the Wyoming State Senate, District 30.[6]

Scott raised $9,367 for his campaign.[7]

Wyoming State Senate, District 30 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Charles Scott (R) 6,438

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Charles Scott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Charles Scott campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Wyoming State Senate District 30Won general$2,000 $18,359
2020Wyoming State Senate District 30Won general$12,100 N/A**
2016Wyoming State Senate, District 30Won $6,200 N/A**
2012Wyoming State Senate, District 30Won $34,956 N/A**
2008Wyoming State Senate, District 30Won $9,367 N/A**
2004Wyoming State Senate, District 30Won $10,290 N/A**
2000Wyoming State Senate, District 30Won $5,670 N/A**
1996Wyoming State Senate, District 30Won $3,305 N/A**
1992Wyoming State Senate, District 30Won $4,450 N/A**
1990Wyoming State Senate, NatronaWon $7,902 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Issues

Healthcare

Scott was a sponsor of a resolution created to amend the state Constitution to guarantee “health-care freedom.” He said the proposal aimed to head off federal health-care rationing.

“The need (for a constitutional amendment) is that our constituents are becoming increasing concerned as to what may happen in the health-care market,” said Sen. Charles Scott.

The resolution, SJR 3, was one of two joint resolutions that would have put a “health-care freedom” amendment to the state Constitution before the voters in November 2012.

The Senate Judiciary Committee also considered Senate Joint Resolution 2, a “health-care freedom” resolution sponsored by Sen. Leslie Nutting.

Scott said that his amendment was not aimed at the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in its entirety.[8]

Scorecards

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2011

Wyoming Liberty Index

The Wyoming Liberty Index, a study created in 2003, issues a Scorecard that rates all final bills in the Wyoming State Legislature on whether the bills supported or hindered liberty. Legislators are also given a "liberty score" based on their voting patterns. The Wyoming Liberty Index 2012 report was issued on the 61st Legislature during the 2012 budget session. Scores range from the highest score (100%) to the lowest (0%). A higher score indicates a higher level of "aye" votes on bills considered pro-liberty and "nay" votes on what the organization considers anti-liberty bills.[9] Scott received a score of 38% in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 19th out of 31 members of the Wyoming State Senate. Although there are 30 members of the Senate, a 31st "hypothetical legislator" voting nay on every bill was also included.

Personal

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Scott and his wife have had two children.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed June 10, 2014
    2. ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2016 Official General Election Results," accessed November 29, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wyoming Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate Roster," accessed May 31, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wyoming Secretary of State, "2016 Offiial Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
    5. ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2012 Candidate List," accessed June 10, 2014
    6. ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2008 Official State Senate Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
    7. ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 Candidate Contributions," accessed June 10, 2014
    8. ↑ Cowboy State Free Press, "'Health-care freedom' sponsor fears federal rationing," January 17, 2011
    9. ↑ Wyoming Liberty Index, "2012 Wyoming Liberty Index," accessed April 30, 2014

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