Richard Brubaker

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Richard Brubaker (Libertarian Party) (also known as Bru) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Wyoming's At-Large Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Brubaker is a truck driver.^[1]

Elections

2024

Wyoming's At-Large Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

Wyoming's At-Large Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Incumbent Harriet Hageman defeated Kyle Cameron, Richard Brubaker, and Jeff Haggit in the general election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Harriet Hageman (R)	70.6	184,680
	Kyle Cameron (D)	23.2	60,778
	Richard Brubaker (L)	3.5	9,223
	Jeff Haggit (Constitution Party)	2.1	5,362
	Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,505

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 261,548
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Kyle Cameron advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on August 20, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kyle Cameron	98.6	10,047
	Other/Write-in votes	1.4	138

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,185
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Incumbent Harriet Hageman defeated Steven Helling in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on August 20, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Harriet Hageman	78.9	82,783
	Steven Helling	18.8	19,743
	Other/Write-in votes	2.3	2,424

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 104,950
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2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Harriet Hageman defeated Lynnette Grey Bull, Richard Brubaker, and Marissa Selvig in the general election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Harriet Hageman (R)	68.2	132,206
	Lynnette Grey Bull (D)	24.4	47,250
	Richard Brubaker (L)	2.8	5,420
	Marissa Selvig (Constitution Party)	2.3	4,505
	Other/Write-in votes	2.3	4,521

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 193,902
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Casey Hardison (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Lynnette Grey Bull defeated Meghan Jensen and Steven Helling in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on August 16, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lynnette Grey Bull	59.7	4,507
	Meghan Jensen	24.3	1,833
	Steven Helling	11.9	897
	Other/Write-in votes	4.1	309

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,546
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Harriet Hageman defeated incumbent Liz Cheney, Anthony Bouchard, Denton Knapp, and Robyn Belinskey in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on August 16, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Harriet Hageman	66.3	113,079
	Liz Cheney	28.9	49,339
	Anthony Bouchard	2.6	4,508
	Denton Knapp	1.3	2,258
	Robyn Belinskey	0.8	1,306
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	175

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 170,665
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2020

United States House election in Wyoming, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)

United States House election in Wyoming, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Incumbent Liz Cheney defeated Lynnette Grey Bull, Richard Brubaker, and Jeff Haggit in the general election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Liz Cheney (R)	68.6	185,732
	Lynnette Grey Bull (D)	24.6	66,576
	Richard Brubaker (L)	3.7	10,154
	Jeff Haggit (Constitution Party)	2.9	7,905
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	525

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 270,892
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Lynnette Grey Bull defeated Carol Hafner and Carl Beach in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on August 18, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lynnette Grey Bull	60.0	14,153
	Carol Hafner	21.9	5,172
	Carl Beach	17.4	4,107
	Other/Write-in votes	0.6	144

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,576
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Incumbent Liz Cheney defeated Blake Stanley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on August 18, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Liz Cheney	73.5	78,870
	Blake Stanley	26.1	28,039
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	454

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 107,363
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2018

See also: United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Incumbent Liz Cheney defeated Greg Hunter, Richard Brubaker, and Daniel Clyde Cummings in the general election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Liz Cheney (R)	63.6	127,963
	Greg Hunter (D)	29.8	59,903
	Richard Brubaker (L)	3.4	6,918
	Daniel Clyde Cummings (Constitution Party)	3.0	6,070
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	391

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 201,245
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Greg Hunter defeated Travis Helm in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on August 21, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Greg Hunter	61.3	10,332
	Travis Helm	38.7	6,527

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,859
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Mark Harvey (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Incumbent Liz Cheney defeated Rod Miller and Blake Stanley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District on August 21, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Liz Cheney	67.2	71,185
	Rod Miller	20.8	22,045
	Blake Stanley	12.0	12,700

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,930
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2014

See also: Wyoming's At-large Congressional District elections, 2014

Brubaker ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Wyoming's At-large District.^[2] Richard Brubaker lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Election results

**U.S. House, Wyoming's At-Large District General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cynthia Lummis Incumbent	68.5%	113,038
	Democratic	Richard Grayson	22.9%	37,803
	Libertarian	Richard Brubaker	4.3%	7,112
	Constitution	Daniel Clyde Cummings	4.1%	6,749
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	398
Total Votes				165,100
Source: Wyoming Secretary of State

2012

See also: Wyoming's At-large Congressional District elections, 2012

Brubaker ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Wyoming's at-large district. Brubaker ran as a Libertarian candidate. He faced Chris Henrichsen (D) and incumbent Cynthia Lummis (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.^[3]

**U.S. House, Wyoming At-Large District General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cynthia Lummis Incumbent	69%	166,452
	Democratic	Chris Henrichsen	23.9%	57,573
	Libertarian	Richard Brubaker	3.5%	8,442
	Constitution	Daniel Clyde Cummings	2.1%	4,963
	Country	Don Willis	1.6%	3,775
Total Votes				241,205
Source: Wyoming Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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2012

Political philosophy

Brubaker said, "We need to return to a responsible and accountable society. We need to return to our religious beliefs and stop looking at government for solutions. We need to respect freedom of religion."^[1]

Campaign finance summary

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Richard Brubaker campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Wyoming At-large District	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Wyoming At-large District	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Wyoming At-large District	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House Wyoming At-large District	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Wyoming's current delegation to the United States Congress

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John Barrasso (R)

Cynthia Lummis (R)

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Harriet Hageman (R)

Republican Party (3)

[dr-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Fremont County Daily Ranger, "Two Libertarians from Riverton file in 2012 elections," May 2, 2012

[run-2] Facebook, "Richard Brubaker," accessed July 21, 2014

[3] Laramie Boomerang, "Brubaker challenges Lummis," June 19, 2012

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Richard Brubaker

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Wyoming At-large District

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

General election

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Democratic primary election

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Republican primary election

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2018

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2014

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2012

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2024

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2022

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