Trujillo, Tamara

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Tamara Trujillo has served in House District 44 as a WY Representative for Laramie County from Jan 2023 to the present.  She has received a positive score for Representation and Integrity, and a negative score for Constitutional Competence.  Therefore Trujillo has been ranked as Limited Trust.

NOTE:  Trujillo missed receiving a positive score for Competence by only 5 points – if she focused on a stronger constitutional education we believe she could rank as a High Trust legislator next year.

She is up for reelection in 2024.

“I believe the office I’m seeking can do better. I feel there are cliques that believe they are doing things for the better of someone however not everything has been transparent or should I say follow procedures as they should. I feel the only way to help remedy this issue is to constantly ask the right questions to ensure we are following procedures and laws. Accountability for one’s actions is a big deal for me so recorded votes are important.”

Done https://capcity.news/latest-news/2022/07/15/candidate-questionnaire-tamara-trujillo-for-house-district-44/

Overall Trujillo earns a (+) for Representation.

Attendance

It appears that Trujillo missed 8 votes across 2 days in 2023 General Session:

• 3/2/23 – Concurrence vote for HB76; HB195; SF76; SF120;
• 3/3/23 – Concurrence vote for HB64; HB93; SF48; SF96.

Public Conduct

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

Sponsorship History

In 2023 Trujillo was the primary sponsor of 0 bills, and co-sponsored 23 bills.  Favored sponsorship topics appear to be education.  For more details, see her legislator webpage.

Committee Assignments

2023-House Labor, Health & Social Services
2023-NCSL – Health and Human Services

Trujillo scored a (–) for Constitutional Competence with an average of 80% on the constitutional issues listed below.  Because our cut-off is at 85%, she came close to scoring a ( +).

Constitutional issue categories that have a “N/A” grade, refer to specific bills that Trujillo did not have the opportunity to vote on. It is relevant that Trujillo cosponsored 2023 HB0205 Ban on teaching and training critical race theory, the bill however was not considered for Introduction in the House.

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 Trujillo, she receives a (+) for Integrity.

Employment/Income

According to Trujillo’s 2023 State Elected Officials Financial Disclosure available at Wyofile, she reports:

• Office administrator – Nextran Truck Centers

Memberships/Civic Organizations

None found.

Campaign Contributions

The table below shows all campaign contributions reported by the WY Secretary of State for Tamara Trujillo.

In 2022 Trujillo received approximately 29 contributions that total approximately $18,250.  Of the 29 donations, approximately 8 were from PACs &/or campaign committees.  The total amount received from PACs &/or campaign committees was approximately $12,300.00, which is approximately 67% of all contributions received.

Noteworthy contributions are:

• $5,000 from Wyoming Hope (RINO donor)

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.)