WY-AL Democratic nominee?
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AUG 19, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleFormer State Senator
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationWyoming
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BackgroundAttorney
EducationUniversity of Wyoming (B.A.)
Notable personal detailsLisa Friedlander Kinney is a Wyoming attorney and former Democratic state senator from Laramie. She served in the Wyoming Senate representing Albany County from 1985 to 1995. She has also worked as a librarian and financial planner, and has been involved with the Albany County Chamber of Commerce. In April 2026, she announced a campaign for Wyoming’s at-large U.S. House seat.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Kinney supports reducing taxes for low-income earners while cutting tax benefits to millionaires and billionaires. Her campaign messaging also emphasizes affordability measures such as ACA subsidies, housing grants, and eliminating tariffs on common goods.
Healthcare
Kinney opposes federal health care funding cuts and frames them as harmful to Wyoming residents. She has also said Congress should avoid cutting health care and welfare services and instead use a more progressive tax scheme to fund priorities.
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Immigration & Border
Lisa Kinney criticizes ICE as heavy-handed and non-transparent, and she objects to masked, armed officers taking people away without clear identification. She also supports a narrower deportation approach focused on the worst offenders rather than broad mass enforcement.
Climate & Energy
Lisa Kinney supports keeping Wyoming’s public lands in public hands and says the state’s coal, oil, and gas history has been fine. She also wants more energy diversity, criticized cuts to wind and solar subsidies, and said the country should invest in innovation for future generations.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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