Rep. Ann Lucas is a freshman Cheyenne legislator who is a Freedom Caucus member.

She is running for a second term in 2026.

By the numbers

During the Legislature’s 2026 budget session, Lucas voted for nine of the Freedom Caucus’ 10 priority bills (she was excused for the other vote). She voted along with Freedom Caucus chair Rachel Rodriguez-Williams 100% of the time when she was present on bills tracked in Better Wyoming’s 2026 Grassroots Accountability Report.

In the 2025 general session, Lucas voted for all 28 of the Freedom Caucus priority bills. She voted along with Freedom Caucus chair Rachel Rodriguez-Williams 93% of the time on bills tracked in Better Wyoming’s 2025 Grassroots Accountability Report.

Business Council Opponent

The Freedom Caucus, with Lucas’ support, has attempted to defund many of the state agencies that work to develop and diversify Wyoming’s economy.

Lucas supported the effort in 2026 to dismantle the Wyoming Business Council, which is the state’s main economic development organization. The WBC invests in infrastructure to attract new businesses and grow current enterprises, planning to help communities grow, and support for human resources.

These include many projects in Lucas’ own Laramie County community, including low-interest loans for new businesses, recruiting for companies like Magpul, and workforce housing infrastructure development.

Ultimately, the Freedom Caucus effort to dismantle the Business Council failed after significant popular pushback.

Voted against state employee wages

Wyoming state employees had not received a cost-of-living raise despite major inflation in the years since COVID.

State agencies were forced to spend more in response, because underpaid workers are leaving and the agencies need to invest more in hiring and training. Even still, many critical positions were unfilled and morale was terrible.

A bipartisan effort to increase worker pay to 2024 (not 2026) market levels faced stiff opposition from the Freedom Caucus, but a bipartisan proposal to give workers a raise ultimately succeeded.

No thanks to Rep. Lucas. She and the majority of her fellow Freedom Caucus members voted against the much-needed increase, even though many voters in Lucas’ district work for state agencies.

Still Wants to Lock Up Librarians

Banning books that politicians find offensive from public and school libraries has been a major focus of Lucas’ first term.

A legislative committee sponsored what some considered a “compromise” bill to ban books after more severe efforts have failed over the past several years. The compromise would have allowed individuals to sue schools and libraries if they found an “offensive” book in the collections.

However, the proposed ban was not strict enough for Lucas. She sponsored her own bill that would have put librarians in prison for up to a year and/or levied a $6,000 fine for dirty books being in the library.

Ultimately, no book ban bills passed the Legislature in 2026.

No Food for Hungry Kids

In another repeat from last year, Rep. Lucas voted against a budget amendment to ensure hungry kids in her Laramie County House District and throughout Wyoming could access nutritional food over the summer.

The federal SUN Bucks program would have benefited an estimated 32,000 Wyoming children, but it was voted down by the Freedom Caucus and Rep. Lucas.

Fortunately, Gov. Mark Gordon signed an executive order directing one-time state funds to be used for this purpose in the 2026 summer months. It will need legislative approval to be available in future years.

No to public land access

Rep. Lucas’ district is in Cheyenne, where few people who enjoy the outdoors have private land of their own to recreate on. Like most Wyoming residents, Lucas’ voters depend on public land.

Even so, Lucas voted against a bill to ensure that hunters can access public land via “corner crossing.” A legal ruling last year stated that landowners could not block hunters from stepping from one corner of public land to another, but confusion remains among landowners and hunters alike.

Lucas joined many of her Freedom Caucus colleagues in voting against a proposal that would have clarified the situation and ensured that the Wyoming residents are able to access land that all Americans own.