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Jared Olsen
2025 - Present
2029
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Jared Olsen (Republican Party) is a member of the Wyoming State Senate, representing District 8. He assumed office on January 6, 2025. His current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Olsen (Republican Party) ran for election to the Wyoming State Senate to represent District 8. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Jared Olsen earned a bachelor's degree in political science, a master's degree in public administration from the University of Wyoming, and a law degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law. His career experience includes working as an attorney and small business owner.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Olsen was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee, Chairman
- Joint Rules and Procedure Committee
- State Retirement Board Liaison
2021-2022
Olsen was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Olsen was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Wyoming committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Judiciary |
| • Joint Judiciary |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Wyoming State Senate District 8
Jared Olsen defeated Marguerite Herman in the general election for Wyoming State Senate District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jared Olsen (R) | 57.9 | 3,444 |
 | Marguerite Herman (D)  | 41.4 | 2,464 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 39 | ||
| Total votes: 5,947 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wyoming State Senate District 8
Marguerite Herman advanced from the Democratic primary for Wyoming State Senate District 8 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marguerite Herman | 97.9 | 460 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 470 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 8
Jared Olsen advanced from the Republican primary for Wyoming State Senate District 8 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jared Olsen | 92.4 | 1,222 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 7.6 | 100 | ||
| Total votes: 1,322 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Olsen in this election.
2022
See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Incumbent Jared Olsen defeated Marguerite Herman in the general election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jared Olsen (R) | 52.6 | 1,145 |
| Marguerite Herman (D) | 46.6 | 1,013 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 2,175 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Marguerite Herman defeated James Byrd in the Democratic primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marguerite Herman | 64.0 | 162 |
 | James Byrd | 35.6 | 90 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 253 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Incumbent Jared Olsen advanced from the Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jared Olsen | 95.6 | 1,359 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.4 | 62 | ||
| Total votes: 1,421 | |||
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2020
See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Incumbent Jared Olsen defeated Amy Spieker in the general election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jared Olsen (R) | 55.0 | 1,807 |
| Amy Spieker (D) | 44.7 | 1,470 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 3,288 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Amy Spieker advanced from the Democratic primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Amy Spieker | 99.2 | 500 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 504 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Incumbent Jared Olsen advanced from the Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 on August 18, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jared Olsen | 95.8 | 803 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.2 | 35 | ||
| Total votes: 838 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Incumbent Jared Olsen defeated Calob Taylor in the general election for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jared Olsen (R) | 53.6 | 1,275 |
 | Calob Taylor (D) | 46.2 | 1,098 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 2,378 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Calob Taylor advanced from the Democratic primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Calob Taylor | 100.0 | 351 |
| Total votes: 351 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Incumbent Jared Olsen advanced from the Republican primary for Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jared Olsen | 100.0 | 843 |
| Total votes: 843 | |||
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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.
Jared Olsen defeated incumbent Mary Throne in the Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 general election.[2]
| Wyoming House of Representatives, District 11 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Jared Olsen |
51.02% | 1,549 | |
| Democratic | Mary Throne Incumbent | 48.98% | 1,487 | |
| Total Votes | 3,036 | |||
| Source: Wyoming Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Mary Throne ran unopposed in the Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Wyoming House of Representatives, District 11 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Mary Throne Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Jared Olsen ran unopposed in the Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 Republican primary.[3][4]
| Wyoming House of Representatives, District 11 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Jared Olsen (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Jared Olsen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Jared Olsen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Olsen was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Wyoming.[5]
In Wyoming’s county conventions and state convention in 2016, Ted Cruz won 23 delegates, while Marco Rubio and Donald Trump won one delegate each. Four Wyoming delegates attended the national convention as uncommitted delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Olsen was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention or if Olsen was one of Wyoming's four uncommitted delegates. If you have information on how Wyoming’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[6]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Wyoming to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at county conventions in March 2016 and a state convention in April 2016. Delegates elected at the state convention were self-nominated or nominated by a Nominating/Elections Committee. Delegate candidates, prior to their election, were required to indicate if they supported a specific presidential candidate or were uncommitted.
Wyoming caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Wyoming, 2016
| Wyoming Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Ted Cruz |
66.3% | 644 | 23 | |
| Marco Rubio | 19.5% | 189 | 1 | |
| Donald Trump | 7.2% | 70 | 1 | |
| John Kasich | 0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 7% | 68 | 1 | |
| Totals | 971 | 26 | ||
| Source: The New York Times. Vote totals are from county conventions. | ||||
Delegate allocation
Wyoming had 29 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention: 23 at-large delegates, three congressional district delegates, and three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates). Wyoming's RNC delegates were not bound to support the winner of the state's caucuses. All other delegates were bound to support the preferred presidential candidates listed on their intent-to-run forms unless they were elected as an uncommitted delegate. Wyoming did not use a presidential preference poll to allocate and bind delegates in 2016.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Wyoming State Senate District 8 |
Officeholder Wyoming State Senate District 8 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Jared Olson State Senate, "Biography," accessed February 5, 2025
- ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2016 Official General Election Results," accessed November 29, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wyoming Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Election Candidate Roster," accessed May 31, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wyoming Secretary of State, "2016 Official Primary Election Results," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ Wyoming GOP, "2016 National Convention," accessed June 30, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties; email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials; official lists provided by state governments; and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Affie Ellis (R) |
Wyoming State Senate District 8 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Mary Throne (D) |
Wyoming House of Representatives District 11 2017-2025 |
Succeeded by Jacob Wasserburger (R) |
