Wyoming Senate President Bo Biteman announced Thursday he will run for U.S. House, joining an increasingly crowded field of candidates seeking the state’s sole congressional seat.
“Wyoming needs a proven America First leader who will turn President Trump’s vision into real results for our state,” Biteman, R-Ranchester, said in a press release.
Biteman is running for the seat now held by U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, who announced in December she would run for U.S. Senate. He joins a field that already includes five Republicans: Casper business owner Reid Rasner; Secretary of State Chuck Gray; former Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow; and U.S. Army veterans David Giralt and Kevin Christensen.
It remains to be seen whether Trump will weigh in with an endorsement, as he did in 2022 when he backed Hageman against then-Rep. Liz Cheney. Trump won Wyoming by a wider margin than any other state in the 2024 presidential election and previously encouraged Biteman to run for governor in 2023.
Voters first elected Biteman in 2016 to Sheridan County’s House District 51. In 2018, he successfully ran for Senate District 21, which he currently represents. He chaired the Senate Revenue Committee from 2023 to 2024, and his legislative peers elected him as Senate President for the current term.
As a lawmaker, Biteman has focused on gun rights, anti-abortion measures and tax reform. This year, he successfully brought legislation to create the $105 million Wyoming Energy Dominance Fund. He also sponsored legislation to revise Wyoming’s Second Amendment Protection Act, which Gov. Gordon vetoed.
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