Ogden Driskill

Ogden Driskill
Wyoming State Senate District 1
Incumbent
In office
2011-Present
Term ends
January 13, 2015
Years in position	2
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	$150/day
Per diem	$109/day
Elections and appointments
First elected	November 2, 2010
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Associate's	Casper College, 1980
Personal
Religion	Episcopalian
Websites
Office website

Ogden Driskill is a Republican member of District 1 of the Wyoming State Senate. Driskill was first elected in 2010, though he challenged incumbent Mark Semlek for his Wyoming House of Representatives District 1 seat in the 2004 primary election. Semlek defeated Driskill and went on to win re-election.

Driskill is a rancher and owner of Double Spear Ranch. He earned his associate degree at Casper College, and later attended the University of Wyoming.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Driskill served on the following committees:

Wyoming Committee Assignments, 2013
• Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources
• Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources
• Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources
• Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Driskill served on these committees:

Wyoming Committee Assignments, 2011
• Agriculture, Public Lands and Water Resources
• Joint Agriculture, Public Lands and Water Resources
• Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources
• Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources

Issues

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Ogden Driskill endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

Elections

2010

See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2010

Driskill defeated Republicans Tom Dunlap and Terry Marie Henderson in the August 17 primary election. He was unopposed for the open seat in the November 2, 2010 general election.

Wyoming State Senate, District 1 (2010) General Election
Candidates		Votes
Ogden Driskill (R)		6,225

Wyoming State Senate, District 1 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Ogden Driskill (R)		1,844
Tom Dunlap (R)		1,791
Terry Marie Henderson (R)		1,776

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010, the year Driskill was first elected to the Senate, he collected $7,289 in donations.

His four largest contributors in 2010 were:

Donor	Amount
Suzette Moline	$1,000
Exxon Mobil	$1,000
Pete Smith	$1,000
Claude and Arnette Smith	$504

Personal

Driskill has a wife, Rosanne.

Recent news

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Ogden Driskill News Feed

• Devils Tower fire shows benefits, risks of prescribed burns - Rapid City Journal - Rapid City Journal
• Voter ID bill needs to go away for good - WyoFile - WyoFile
• Wyoming officials launch study to drive more people to state parks visits and ... - The Republic
• Daniel Hyde Shoop - The Ranger
• Groups divided on new eminent domain law - Wyoming Tribune

External links

Suggest a link

• Ogden Driskill on the Wyoming State Senate website
• Ogden Driskill's biography on Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010
• Ogden Driskill on Facebook

References

Political offices
Preceded by Charles Townsend (R)	Wyoming Senate District 1 2011–Present	Succeeded by -