FC Inclusion Rationale - Better Wyoming Action + Research

How do you know if someone is in the Freedom Caucus?

While some Wyoming legislators and candidates are open about being part of the Freedom Caucus, others are not.

In order to shed some light on the group, we made it easier to understand who is part of it.

Some legislators are formal leaders or members, while others are simply followers who vote as they’re told in exchange for campaign support.

To determine which legislators and 2026 candidates are with the Freedom Caucus, we looked at three simple things:

Public Membership

Some Wyoming Freedom Caucus leaders and members are listed on the group’s website.

Several 2026 candidates are former Freedom Caucus legislators who admitted to being part of the group while they were in office, but they lost their seats and are running again.

Endorsements

The Freedom Caucus endorsed 42 House candidates for the 2024 primary elections. Those who won have followed the group’s orders once in office.

Some 2026 candidates are publicly endorsed by current Freedom Caucus members. In many cases, current Freedom Caucus members who are running for higher office have endorsed their chosen successors.

Voting Record

The Freedom Caucus publicly described 28 priorities that were represented by actual bills during the 2025 legislative session, and 10 priorities that were represented by bills or budget amendments during the 2026 session. Lawmakers in the Freedom Caucus voted for 90 - 100 percent of this legislation.

Thirty-one other bills from the 2025 session were tracked in Better Wyoming’s Grassroots Accountability Reports and 27 bills from the 2026 session were tracked in these reports. We compared individual lawmakers’ votes on those bills to the votes of Freedom Caucus Chairwoman Rachel Rodriguez-Williams. Many Freedom Caucus lawmakers voted according to their leader’s orders more than 80 or 90 percent of the time.

Candidates’ Affiliation

While many Freedom Caucus candidates refuse to publicly state their affiliation with the group, they appear at campaign or political events with Freedom Caucus members, rely on Freedom Caucus publications to promote their candidacies, and prioritize policies that are identical to Freedom Caucus priorities.