Alan Sheldon
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Alan Sheldon (Republican Party) ran for election to the Wyoming House of Representatives to represent District 9. He lost in the Republican primary on August 16, 2022.
Sheldon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Alan Sheldon was born in Phoenix, Arizona. His career experience includes working as an information technology professional.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 9
Incumbent Landon Brown defeated Stephen Latham in the general election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Landon Brown (R) | 71.2 | 2,014 |
| Stephen Latham (D) | 27.4 | 775 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 38 | ||
| Total votes: 2,827 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 9
Stephen Latham advanced from the Democratic primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 9 on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephen Latham | 97.9 | 143 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 146 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 9
Incumbent Landon Brown defeated Alan Sheldon and Dean Petersen in the Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 9 on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Landon Brown | 53.1 | 1,192 |
 | Alan Sheldon | 24.3 | 545 | |
 | Dean Petersen | 21.8 | 489 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 18 | ||
| Total votes: 2,244 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Alan Sheldon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sheldon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a father, husband, Christian, and Conservative Republican running for Wyoming House District 9. I appreciate small and efficient government that respects personal liberties and stays out of the way so the free market can work.
- I am for small and efficient government. I will work to decrease the size and scope of government to keep taxes and fees as low as possible.
- I support personal liberties and will fight against local and Federal overreach against our rights, especially encroachments on the 1st and 2nd Amendments.
- I support traditional American values and oppose the woke ideologies being pushed by special interests. I will fight to roll back ordinances and prevent special interests from getting their curriculum into the schools.
Personal liberties. Eliminating waste, fraud and abuse from state government. Linking the property tax assessment to the purchase price of the home so that people don't get taxed out of their homes. Helping to get the state onto a cash budget. Improving the Second Amendment Protection Act. Breaking the strangle hold the WEA and its supporters have on education resources in the state and get that money back to the students and teachers by removing administrative overhead.
I look up to Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, Tom Woods, and several fellows at the Misses Institute. These individuals have a history of support for the Constitution, personal liberties, free market economics (Austrian Economics), and a foreign policy that minds our own business unless we or a close ally are attacked.
I would suggest that they look at the Wyoming GOP Platform. I would also refer them to writings from Ludvig Von Mises, Tom Woods, Thomas Sowell, Kevin R Gutzman, Thomas Paine and George Mason.
Honesty, integrity, and transparency
To ensure that the government complies with its Constitutional mandates in an efficient manner. Legislators should work to restrain unnecessary encroachment on liberties, and the desire for government to grow in scope and budget.
They should exist in a symbiotic relationship. The Governor should be the spokesperson for small, efficient, and cost-effective government that exists to serve the purpose mandated by the state Constitution. The legislature should support this, but also act as a check and balance to the Governor. The legislature should pass law that protects individual liberties, keeps the government small and efficient, protects against overreach by the Federal Government, ensures that critical infrastructure is maintained, and that the state has enough reserve to handle emergencies, etc.
Wyoming's greatest challenge is likely to be diversification of our economy. We need to protect our legacy industries (agriculture, coal, natural gas, tourism) while also moving into other sectors.
Wyoming has a bicameral state legislature so this question isn't really relevant. There are likely efficiencies in having one house that will propose, discuss, and pass legislation. The downside is that you lose a check and balance in the system. Sometimes slower is better in government, we've all seen how knee jerk legislation can cause more harm than good.
Not necessarily. I have experience managing a program where I was responsible for government regulatory compliance, risk assessment and mitigation, and policy creation. This gives me a base of understanding so that I can hit the ground running if elected. I think that new legislators can do fine without this experience so long as they are open to learning and researching necessary topics.
Absolutely. I am willing to have a conversation and work with anyone who is willing to be intellectually honest. I think that we will get more done if we are rowing in the same direction, but we cannot compromise on principle.
Redistricting should only be done when absolutely necessary. I think the goal of redistricting should be to ensure that areas with like culture, politics, economic attainment, etc are grouped in a way that is equitable and doesn't artificially benefit one party over the other.
I have experience in leadership, aviation, IT, and auditing, so I would like to be on committees where my experience and strengths can be utilized.
Locally, I resonate with Bo Biteman, Chuck Gray, and Bill Fortner. Nationally, I like Rand Paul and Thomas Massie.
Not really. I am only running for State House Representative because the 6 year incumbent is a liberal leaning, tax and spend legislator. I would much rather spend time with family and friends, developing my business, riding motorcycles, or travelling and photographing the world.
People are very happy that I am running against the incumbent and that I have things that I stand for and a plan to implement improvements.
Yes, we cannot have a single person with the power to authorize initial or continuing emergency powers. The legislature must have the duty and authority to grant these powers after discussion and a consensus.
I believe that compromise is necessary in certain circumstances but that legislators should never compromise on their principles.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 18, 2022
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Majority Leader:Scott Heiner
Minority Leader:Mike Yin
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