Nathan Wendt

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Nathan Wendt

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 18, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Colorado, Boulder, 2002

Graduate

City University of New York, 2010

Personal

Birthplace

Leesburg, Va.

Profession

Vice president

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Nathan Wendt (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Wyoming. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 18, 2020.

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Biography

Nathan Wendt was born in Leesburg, Virginia. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2002 and a master's degree from City University of New York in 2010. His professional experience includes working as the vice president for the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs.

Elections

2020

See also: United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)

United States Senate election in Wyoming, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Wyoming

Cynthia Lummis defeated Merav Ben-David in the general election for U.S. Senate Wyoming on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Lummis (R)	72.8	198,100
		Merav Ben-David (D)	26.8	72,766
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,071

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 271,937
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Merav Ben-David	40.3	9,584
		Yana Ludwig	20.7	4,931
		Nathan Wendt	17.7	4,212
		Ken Casner	9.0	2,139
		Rex Wilde	7.9	1,888
		James Kirk DeBrine	3.6	865
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	173

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,792
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chuck Jagoda (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Wyoming on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Lummis	59.7	63,511
	Submit photo	Robert Short	12.7	13,473
		Bryan Miller	10.3	10,946
		Donna Rice	5.5	5,881
		R. Mark Armstrong	3.7	3,904
		Joshua Wheeler	3.5	3,763
		John Holtz	1.7	1,820
		Devon Cade	1.0	1,027
	Submit photo	Michael Kemler	0.9	985
	Submit photo	Star Roselli	0.6	627
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	501

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 106,438
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rolland Holthus (R)
• Patrick Dotson (R)

Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Nathan Wendt currently serves as Vice President at the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs (JHCGA), a bipartisan organization dedicated to Wyoming and global coal region's most pressing issues including economic diversification and climate action. Previously, he worked as a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting and Gallup.

Wendt is married with a 2-year-old daughter and son to be born in August.

He graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in Journalism and holds an MBA from the City University of New York.

Wendt's parents met in Wyoming in the sixties while working on a ranch.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• 1. Create Thousands of Family-sustaining Jobs - I have a county-by-county job creation plan based on the strengths that each county in Wyoming brings. For example, with the right leadership, Laramie County can become a leading wind power manufacturing hub and Campbell County can lead the nation in carbon capture through the creation of a new carbon capture national lab.
• 2. Dramatically Reduce the Costs of Healthcare while expanding access- Wyoming's healthcare costs are some of the highest in the nation. My plan, Medicare-For-All If-You-Want-It, provides Wyomingites the choice of accessing Medicare or not. I also believe in reforms such as letting Medicare negotiate low pharmaceutical prices, which they are currently prohibited to do; selling insurance across state lines with minimum standards met; and increasing price transparency.
• 3. Protect Worker's Rights and Increase Freedoms - In Wyoming, there are fewer and fewer good jobs to go around. No one can build the future they want working for $7.25 an hour without benefits and driving an Uber on the side, and yet, more and more people in Wyoming have to. It's time to put worker's and public servants first. I propose we start by implementing a living wage; doubling the pay for public school teachers, and creating more federal holidays and three-day weekends that honor justice and diversity such as Juneteenth.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about creating a prosperous Wyoming for all through policies that create more opportunities and increase our freedoms. To get us there we need a new vision for the future and strong leadership in Washington. Career politicians and yesterday's playbook won't work.

My campaign is an ideas campaign - 5 big ideas for Wyoming to thrive. These ideas are built on Wyoming's values and strengths: more jobs based on a county-by-county approach, significantly reduced healthcare costs, increased freedoms and worker's rights, reducing the deficit, and leadership in clean energy and climate. I am also fully committed to keeping public lands in public hands, a woman's right to choose, and civil rights.

I also deeply believe that it is time for a new type of leader - one that is focused on concrete results for people, not corporations or their reelection campaigns. I pledge to be that kind of leader.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My very first job was in middle school, working on a horse farm, mucking out the barn. Then early during my high school days, I worked at McDonald's.

What qualities does the U.S. Senate possess that makes it unique as an institution?

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Footnotes

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Wyoming's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Barrasso (R)

Cynthia Lummis (R)

Representatives

Harriet Hageman (R)

Republican Party (3)