Lummis, Cynthia
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Cynthia Marie Lummis Wiederspahn ( LUH-miss; born September 10, 1954) is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wyoming since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Lummis served as the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2009 to 2017. She served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1993, in the Wyoming Senate from 1993 to 1995, and as the Wyoming State Treasurer from 1999 to 2007. Lummis was elected treasurer of Wyoming in 1998 and reelected without opposition in 2002. She managed the gubernatorial campaigns of Mary Mead in 1990 and Ray Hunkins in 2006. She also served on Bob Dole's presidential steering committee in Wyoming and chaired Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign in Wyoming. Lummis unsuccessfully sought to be appointed to replace Senator Craig L. Thomas in 2007. She was elected to succeed Barbara Cubin in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2008 election, defeating Democratic nominee Gary Trauner. During her tenure in the House, she was the first Wyoming representative to serve on the Agriculture Committee since 1941, chaired the Science Subcommittee on Energy, co-chaired the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, and was active in the Congressional Western Caucus and Freedom Caucus. She served until her retirement in 2017, and was succeeded by Liz Cheney. After Lummis's tenure in the House, she sought a position in President Donald Trump's cabinet as Secretary of the Interior, but was not appointed. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in the 2020 election, becoming the first woman to represent Wyoming in the Senate. In the U.S. Senate, she supported efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and promoted cryptocurrency.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Lummis, Cynthia
- First name
- Cynthia
- Last name
- Lummis
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Wyoming U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $2,986,207.28
- Total disbursements
- $2,670,788.38
- Cash on hand
- $1,670,098.36
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $2,986,207.28 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $312,340.00
- Itemized
- $312,340.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 446 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $312,340.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $8,692.00;Transactions: 47;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $8,638.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $47,209.00;Transactions: 42;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $36,623.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $9,811.00;Transactions: 13;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $77,223.00;Transactions: 64;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $23,979.00;Transactions: 29;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $15,613.00;Transactions: 27;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $20,999.00;Transactions: 43;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $13,498.00;Transactions: 38;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $35,873.00;Transactions: 45;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $13,482.00;Transactions: 48;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $700.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $312,340.00 across 446 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $4,718.00;Transactions: 242 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $9,860.00;Transactions: 37 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $25,102.00;Transactions: 48 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $71,530.00;Transactions: 63 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $201,130.00;Transactions: 56 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 7% in district
- District share basis
- $22,769.00 in district and $289,571.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $312,340.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| VA | Dollars: $55,511.00;Transactions: 36;Denominator: $312,340.00 |
| FL | Dollars: $41,930.00;Transactions: 69;Denominator: $312,340.00 |
| NY | Dollars: $25,500.00;Transactions: 8;Denominator: $312,340.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $23,085.00;Transactions: 46;Denominator: $312,340.00 |
| WY | Dollars: $22,769.00;Transactions: 36;Denominator: $312,340.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $143,545.00;Transactions: 251;Denominator: $312,340.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $312,340.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| FAISON, JAY W | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| RUBIN, NILMINI | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| SINGER, PAUL | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| STEPHENS, JOHN | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| ARNOTT, ROBERT | $7,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| BRADLEY, JACQUELINE | $7,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| GILLIAM, RICHARD | $7,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| LEACH, HOWARD | $7,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| REHNERT, GEOFFREY | $7,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| WEEKLEY, RICHARD | $7,000.00 | 1 transaction |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $94,337.00 | 299 transactions |
| KALSHI | $10,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| CLEARPATH | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| COINBASE | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| HEDERA HASHGRAPH, LLC | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| STEPHENS INC | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| AUDAX GROUP | $7,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| CUMBERLAND DEVELOPMENT | $7,000.00 | 1 transaction |
| RESEARCH AFFILIATES LLC | $7,000.00 | 1 transaction |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $66,000.00 | 15 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $66,000.00 and 15 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S0WY00137
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H8WY00148
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H8WY00148
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H8WY00148
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S0WY00137
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S0WY00137
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:L000571
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S0WY00137:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- L000571
- fec_candidate_id
- H8WY00148
- fec_candidate_ids
- H8WY00148,S0WY00137
- govtrack_id
- 412294
- wikidata_id
- Q456064