Wyoming House District 59
The Wyoming House of Representative is the lower house of the state legislature. Similar to the U.S. House of Representatives, they work with Senators to create laws, set the state budget, and determine state tax rates. State Representatives are elected to a two-year term with no term limits.
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Laurie Longtine
(Dem)
Why are you running for this office? Describe the experience and skills that make you the most qualified candidate.
Do you support the ballot initiative for a 50% reduction in property taxes, and why? If passed, should the state backfill the loss of local revenue? Please explain.
Do you support or oppose the sale or exchange of public lands? Please explain.
Is the current structure and funding level for public education appropriate? Please explain.
What is your opinion on the use of public funds for social services?
I have grandchildren that will have to live in the world we are choosing to create. That means working to build back strong communities, communities with access to affordable healthcare, affordable housing, and meaningful work. As a multi-generational Wyomingite educated in our public schools who has worked and volunteered in a variety of positions, including leadership positions, I believe I can help craft legislation that will do just that.
I do not support the ballot initiative that will be on the ballot November 3, 2026. This initiative is a reverse Robin Hood bill. The worst effects of this initiative would fall on seniors, children, and working families while the greatest benefits would flow upward to the wealthy. This initiative would devastate the funding for municipal services, county services, and public education. Rural communities in particular rely heavily on property taxes to fund government services. Emergency services, public infrastructure, and special districts such as hospitals, senior centers, cemeteries, and libraries would all lose critical funding.
If the initiative were to pass, I would support the state backfilling lost local revenues.
I have had the privilege of living in Wyoming where I can recreate on public lands throughout the state. Most Wyomingites can enjoy public lands twenty minutes in any direction from their home. Many of us live in Wyoming in part because of our unequalled access to public lands. Tourism, driven by public lands, is the second largest industry in the state. For all these reasons, I oppose the sale of public lands.
The current structure and level of funding as passed out of the most recent legislative session is neither appropriate nor adequate. The Wyoming Legislature has a history of inadequately funding education and losing lawsuits repeatedly due to that inadequate funding. For the first time in 15 years, a recalibration bill was passed. However, that bill did not follow the recommendations of the recalibration study. The bill also changed the block grant structure to the detriment of public education as a whole in Wyoming.
Public schools, hospitals, libraries, senior centers and other social services are public goods that benefit all of us directly or indirectly. I believe it is our obligation to care for each other as members of a shared community.
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