Obermueller, Jerry

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Jerry Obermueller has served in House District 56 as a WY Representative for Natrona County from 2017 to the present.

Obermeueller has received a positive score for Representation and Integrity, and a negative score for Constitutional Competence and therefore has been ranked as Limited Trust.

He is up for reelection in 2024.

“Obermueller asked where funding would come from that if the state were to lose much of its federal funding streams, adding that if Wyoming citizens were asked to fill those coffers, their taxes would need to increase significantly. He noted that federal dollars flowing into the state total more than all the taxes individuals in Wyoming pay to the state.

 

He said that he thinks that cries to stand up against the federal government will diminish if federal funding streams start to dry up.

 

“When the money stops flowing, this dance will certainly stop,” Obermueller said. “The brinkmanship will come to a screeching halt. We can play these games and then eat crow later or we can bow out gracefully now because bottom line: we need, we like and we depend on those federal dollars.”

From https://oilcity.news/wyoming/legislature/2021/10/28/wyoming-legislator-sees-call-for-secession-implied-in-approach-to-fighting-federal-vaccine-mandate/

Overall Obermueller earns a (+) for Representation.

Attendance

It appears that Obermueller missed 3 votes on one day in 2023 General Session:

3/3/23 – Concurrence votes on HB76; HB93; and SF96.

Public Conduct

Obermueller appears to behave appropriately in public and to the public.

Sponsorship History

In 2023 Obermueller was the primary sponsor of 1 bill, and he co-sponsored 1 bill and 1 joint resolution.  For more, see Obermueller’s legislative webpage.

Committee Assignments

2023-Select Committee on Capital Financing & Investments- Chairman
2023-House Education
2023-House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
2023-Multistate Highway Transportation Agreement Cooperating Committee

Obermueller scored a (–) for Constitutional Competence with an average of 28.8% on the constitutional issues listed below.

For more on the bills used to analyze these scores click here. Special hat-tip goes out to Evidence Based Wyoming for use of their statistical tool to generate the following vote scores:

Conflicts

Because we have not found any conflicts of interest for Obermueller, he receives a (+) for Integrity.

Employment/Income

According to Obermueller’s legislative webpage he is a retired Certified public accountant.  According to Obermueller’s 2023 State Elected Officials Financial Disclosure available at Wyofile, he reports:

• Manager of HAH LLC in Casper
• Member/Manager of Nolan Farms LLC in Casper
• Income from “Any security or interest earnings” and “Real estate, leases, royalties”

Memberships/Civic Organizations

None found.

Campaign Contributions

The table below shows all campaign contributions reported by the WY Secretary of State for Jerry Obermueller; Jerry A Obermueller.

From 2016 to 2022 Obermueller received approximately 86 contributions that total approximately $40,559.67. Of the 86 donations, approximately 47 were from PACs &/or campaign committees. The total amount received from PACs &/or campaign committees was approximately $17,205.12, which is approximately 42% of all contributions

Noteworthy contributions are:

• $1,750 total from ESG complaint energy company PACs:
  • $750 total from DECPAC
  • $300 total from MDU Resources Group Good Government Fund
  • $700 total from Pacific Power PAC
• $700 total from WY Medical Society PAC
• $500 from WY Hospital Association PAC
• $750 from MOMENTUM 307
• $3,000 total from McMurry family dynasty member
• $750 total from True family dynasty members

Click the arrows at the top of columns to sort the data by name, date, $ amount, etc. (Data is publicly available records obtained from the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Wyoming’s Campaign Finance Information System.)

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