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Bill Winney
Republican Party
Elections and appointments
Last election
August 20, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
U.S. Naval Academy, 1972
Graduate
The Catholic University of America, 2000
Military
Service / branch
U.S. Navy
Years of service
1972 - 2002
Personal
Birthplace
Bondurant, WY
Religion
Presbyterian
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Bill Winney (Republican Party) ran for election to the Wyoming State Senate to represent District 14. He lost in the Republican primary on August 20, 2024.

Biography

Bill Winney was born in Bondurant, Wyoming. He served in the United States Navy from 1972 to 2002. Winney earned a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1972 and a master's degree from the Catholic University of America in 2000.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wyoming State Senate District 14

Laura Taliaferro Pearson won election in the general election for Wyoming State Senate District 14 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Laura Taliaferro Pearson
Laura Taliaferro Pearson (R)
 
94.2
 
8,025
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.8
 
494

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,519
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 14

Laura Taliaferro Pearson defeated Albert Sommers and Bill Winney in the Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 14 on August 20, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Laura Taliaferro Pearson
Laura Taliaferro Pearson
 
46.7
 
2,212
Image of Albert Sommers
Albert Sommers
 
42.7
 
2,025
Image of Bill Winney
Bill Winney
 
10.3
 
490
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
10

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,737
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Winney in this election.

2022

See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 20

Incumbent Albert Sommers won election in the general election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 20 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Albert Sommers
Albert Sommers (R)
 
92.0
 
3,273
 Other/Write-in votes
 
8.0
 
286

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

Total votes: 3,559
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 20

Incumbent Albert Sommers defeated Michael Schmid and Bill Winney in the Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 20 on August 16, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Albert Sommers
Albert Sommers
 
57.5
 
2,139
Image of Michael Schmid
Michael Schmid
 
38.1
 
1,419
Image of Bill Winney
Bill Winney
 
4.2
 
158
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
4

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

Total votes: 3,720
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2020

See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 22

Incumbent Jim Roscoe defeated Bill Winney in the general election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Roscoe
Jim Roscoe (Independent)
 
52.5
 
3,191
Image of Bill Winney
Bill Winney (R) Candidate Connection
 
46.5
 
2,825
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
65

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

Total votes: 6,081
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 22

Bill Winney advanced from the Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 on August 18, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Bill Winney
Bill Winney Candidate Connection
 
89.5
 
1,190
 Other/Write-in votes
 
10.5
 
140

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,330
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Endorsements

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2018

See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 22

Jim Roscoe defeated incumbent Marti Halverson in the general election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Roscoe
Jim Roscoe (Independent)
 
55.6
 
2,495
Image of Marti Halverson
Marti Halverson (R)
 
44.2
 
1,983
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
12

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

Total votes: 4,490
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 22

Incumbent Marti Halverson defeated Bill Winney in the Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 on August 21, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Marti Halverson
Marti Halverson
 
65.3
 
1,139
Image of Bill Winney
Bill Winney
 
34.7
 
606

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

Total votes: 1,745
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2016

See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Wyoming House of Representatives 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 Marti Halverson defeated Marylee White in the Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 general election.[2]

Wyoming House of Representatives, District 22 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Marti Halverson Incumbent 57.70% 2,942
     Democratic Marylee White 42.30% 2,157
Total Votes 5,099
Source: Wyoming Secretary of State


Marylee White defeated Chris Christian in the Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Wyoming House of Representatives, District 22 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Marylee White 82.16% 410
     Democratic Chris Christian 17.84% 89
Total Votes 499


Incumbent Marti Halverson defeated Bill Winney in the Wyoming House of Representatives District 22 Republican primary.[3][4]

Wyoming House of Representatives, District 22 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Marti Halverson Incumbent 66.08% 787
     Republican Bill Winney 33.92% 404
Total Votes 1,191

2014

See also: Wyoming down ballot state executive elections, 2014

Winney ran for election to the office of Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction. Winney did not win the Republican nomination in the primary on August 19.

Primary results

Wyoming Superintendent Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJillian Balow 41.2% 35,493
Sheryl Lain 31.7% 27,357
Bill Winney 26.8% 23,105
Write-in votes 0.3% 273
Total Votes 86,228
Election results via Wyoming Secretary of State.


2012

See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2012

Winney ran in the 2012 election for the Wyoming House of Representatives District 22. He was defeated by Marti Halverson (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5]

Wyoming House of Representatives, District 22, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Independent Bill Winney 44.1% 1,927
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMarti Halverson 55.1% 2,407
     Write-Ins Various 0.8% 35
Total Votes 4,369

2010

See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2010

Winney was a Republican candidate for Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2010, District 22 of the Wyoming House of Representatives. The primary election was on August 17, 2010 and the general election was on November 2, 2010.

Winney was defeated by Democrat Jim Roscoe in the general election on November 2, 2010. Winney defeated Republican Emmett Mavy in the August 17, 2010, primary election[6][7]

Wyoming House of Representatives, District 22, General election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Jim Roscoe (D) 2,545
Bill Winney (R) 2,068
Wyoming House of Representatives, District 22 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Bill Winney (R) 1,476
Emmett Mavy (R) 632

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Bill Winney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Bill Winney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

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Candidate Connection

Bill Winney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Winney's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Graduate of US Naval Academy. Active duty in the Navy for 30 years. Observed the political process while on duty in the Washington, DC area and didn't like what I saw. So I chose to enter the political arena. I have observed our legislature and interim committee hearings for many years speaking as a private citizen and contributed directly to some legislation. Built a house in the Bondurant area doing some of the work myself. My wife, Louise, and I have three sons, all UW graduates. One son is now a Wy National Guard 2nd Lieutenant after serving 5 years active duty in the Marine Corps with two deployments to Iraq in that time.
  • Reducing spending
  • Protecting Education
  • Protecting Multiple use of Public Lands
Education. Wyoming's edcation system is good but can be improved. There is a large reduction is funding coming. How can the classroom be protected? I will go after thet.
Hunt for Red October
Speaking straightforwardly. Honesty, An ability with public speaking.
Strong Public Speaking skills. A strong ability to see out into the future and propose solutions to problems. An understanding of how to write good laws (and regulations).
Talk with people and listen, seek to understand their problems and then craft elgislation in that vein.
Wyoming with a solid revenue stream and an education system second to none.
A Newspaper route. Worked it for 18 months
Battle Cry It chronicled the struggles of a young man acclmating himself to the MArine Corps and going off to war.
CO of the USS Dallas in Hunt for Red October.
Ice Cream Castles in the Air.
Learning to be a good, solid chief engineer of a nuclear submarine.
The House is very responsive to the emotion of the moment (and should be). The Senate is more deliberative to balance things out. That's good.
Not necessarily. Real world experience, business, military, non-profit are more important.
Dealing with a vast reduction in extractive minerals revenue.
In Wyoming the legislature is limited to 60 days in session over a two year period. Thus the Governor does what he should to run the state. The Legislature must ensure that laws are crafted with this in mind.
Yes. One's ability to get things done depends on relationships. An isolated legislator gets nearly nothing done.
Work to keep counties whole. I'm in a district with parts of three counties in it and on portion is of a very small part of another county creating what I have come to call an "orphan precinct." I will work to prevent this.
Yes. Education, judiciary, appropriations.
Yes. When I've had enough "time on the pond" to be trusted, move into chairmanship or floor leader.
David Miller
No
A family had a newborn with special needs, they were limited in resources, so ensuring that the child was cared for was important.

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2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Bill Winney participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on July 24, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Bill Winney's responses follow below.[8]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

“ • Getting into the state budget to reduce spending

• Getting education administration down to size
• Ensuring women are compensated fairly and equitably
[9][10]

”

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

“ • State spending, education, & Equal treatment for womenCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[10] ”

Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Bill Winney answered the following:

What qualities do you possess that would make you a successful officeholder?

“ My experience in the federal (DOD) Budget arena coupled with my experience in Command of a nuclear Submarine where I had to craft regulations and then change them when what I thought I wrote wasn’t what people read.[10] ”
What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at that time?
“ My mother took my sister and I out to see The Soviet satellite Sputnik fly over. I was 7.[10] ”
What was your very first job? How long did you have it?
“ Newspaper route. A year and a half.[10] ”
What is something that has been a struggle in your life?
“ Since retiring from 30 years active duty I have struggled with the degree of dishonesty in the civilian world.[10] ”
What do you perceive to be your state’s greatest challenges over the next decade?
“ Coping with the state expenditures in light of the boom and bust cycle of the energy world as reflected in state receipts.[10] ”
Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.
“ Absolutely, one must be careful of the words one says since you might have to eat them.[10] ”

2016

Winney's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“
  • As I see things there are three big issues facing Wyoming: (1) dealing with the large reduction in revenues, (2) getting education on track, and (3) ensuring that Wyoming does not seek a tax increase as a fix for the revenue problems.
  • Making these things happen means HD 22 must have a powerful Republican voice.
  • Wyoming's revenues projected in the CREG report (April 2016 update) are starkly declining.
  • The core of the primary campaign season is that many, many people have had enough of politicians that say one thing at home and perform differently in Washington (or Cheyenne). The core of how I do business is to go to and meet with people. *I listen and compare then put what I hear into action. That is my promise to you as I talk with you at your doors.
  • I believe my opponent's record is clear: empty rhetoric and harsh conservatism.[10]
 ”
—Bill Winney[11]

Campaign finance summary

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Bill Winney campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Wyoming State Senate District 14Lost primary$22,241 $22,241
2022Wyoming House of Representatives District 20Lost primary$10,914 $10,914
2020Wyoming House of Representatives District 22Lost general$15,080 N/A**
2018Wyoming House of Representatives District 22Lost primary$6,477 N/A**
2014Wyoming Superintendent of Public InstructionLost $30,553 N/A**
Grand total$85,265 $33,155
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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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 16, 2020
    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 Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
    5. ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State "2012 Candidate List
    6. ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2010 Primary Candidates Roster,"accessed July 25, 2010
    7. ↑ Official General Election results, 2010
    8. ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
    9. ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Bill Winney's responses," July 24, 2018
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    11. ↑ Bill Winney, "Problem solver," accessed July 27, 2016


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