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Jared Olsen
Image of Jared Olsen
Wyoming State Senate District 8
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Wyoming House of Representatives District 11
Predecessor: Mary Throne

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Graduate

University of Wyoming

Law

University of Wyoming College of Law

Personal
Profession
Attorney and small business owner
Contact

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:

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

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


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
Image of Jared Olsen
Jared Olsen (R)
 
57.9
 
3,444
Image of Marguerite Herman
Marguerite Herman (D) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Marguerite Herman
Marguerite Herman Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Jared Olsen
Jared Olsen
 
92.4
 
1,222
 Other/Write-in votes
 
7.6
 
100

Total votes: 1,322
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Endorsements

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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
Image of Jared Olsen
Jared Olsen (R)
 
52.6
 
1,145
Image of Marguerite Herman
Marguerite Herman (D) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Marguerite Herman
Marguerite Herman Candidate Connection
 
64.0
 
162
Image of James Byrd
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
Image of Jared Olsen
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
Image of Jared Olsen
Jared Olsen (R)
 
55.0
 
1,807
Amy Spieker (D) Candidate Connection
 
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 Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Jared Olsen
Jared Olsen
 
95.8
 
803
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.2
 
35

Total votes: 838
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2018

See also: Wyoming House of Representatives elections, 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
Image of Jared Olsen
Jared Olsen (R)
 
53.6
 
1,275
Image of Calob Taylor
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
Image of Calob Taylor
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
Image of Jared Olsen
Jared Olsen
 
100.0
 
843

Total votes: 843
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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.

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 Green check mark transparent.png 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 Green check mark transparent.png 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 Green check mark transparent.png 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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Jared Olsen campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Wyoming State Senate District 8Won general$26,515 $26,921
2022Wyoming House of Representatives District 11Won general$30,316 $31,386
2020Wyoming House of Representatives District 11Won general$41,660 N/A**
2018Wyoming House of Representatives District 11Won general$16,096 N/A**
2016Wyoming House of Representatives, District 11Won $12,939 N/A**
Grand total$127,527 $58,307
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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.

Scorecards

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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

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Wyoming, 2016 and Republican delegates from Wyoming, 2016

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
Green check mark transparent.pngTed 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

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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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


External links

Footnotes

  1. Jared Olson State Senate, "Biography," accessed February 5, 2025
  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 GOP, "2016 National Convention," accessed June 30, 2016
  6. 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)


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