Bouchard, Anthony

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Anthony Bouchard has served Senate District 6 as a WY Senator from 2017 to the present for Laramie and Platte counties.  He has received a positive score for all three categories of Representation, Competence and Integrity and therefore has been ranked as High Trust.

He is up for reelection in 2024.

Wyomingites are victims of out-of-touch politicians who act just like their Washington DC counterparts. Excessive spending and steep pay raises for upper level government staffers has created a corrupted and bloated government that is inching us closer to the implementation of a state income tax.

The average American already works four months per year just to pay taxes.

That’s outrageous.

Unless we curb the state government’s appetite for spending, it will create more and more unnecessary burdens on Wyoming businesses and families.

-Anthony Bouchard

From http://www.senbouchard.com/issues/

Overall, Bouchard earns a (+) for Representation.

Attendance

It appears that Bouchard missed seven votes in 2023 General Session:

• 1/13/23 – SF7, SF9 and SF37;
• 2/22/23 – HB4 and HB286;
• 2/24/23 – HB123 and HB276.

Public Conduct

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

While there have been reports of ethics complaints and Senate Rules Committee investigations against Bouchard, such reports do not appear to be publicly accessible.  It is relevant that the trustworthiness of the investigators should be equally scrutinized (most members are actually ranked as Limited Trust at this website).

In regard to information provided in news articles, the reported incidences with Bouchard appear to have occurred during private exchanges with fellow legislators, lobbyists, or personal acquaintances.

Furthermore, lobbyists are not the same as citizen constituents or “the public” – lobbyists are paid to attempt to sway legislators on certain votes and decisions.

It appears that recent complaints filed against Bouchard were initiated by medical entities who disagree with Bouchard’s stance on Covid mandates and transgender issues.  Issues that constitutionally minded constituents would most likely agree with Bouchard on, as opposed to those who filed the complaints.

Many of those in the medical industry are being paid to promote policies and laws that would ultimately strip citizens of their rights.  Bouchard’s defense of his constituency from these lobbyists is, in our opinion, proper representation that everyone should hope to have.

Sponsorship History

From 2017 to 2023 Bouchard has been the primary sponsor of 28 bills, with defense of various constitutional rights being his  primary focus, primarily 2nd Amendment rights.  In 2023 he co-sponsored 6 bills.  For more see Bouchard’s legislative webpage.

Committee Assignments

2023-Senate Labor, Health & Social Services

Bouchard scored a (+) for Constitutional Competence with a 100% average 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 Bouchard, he receives a (+) for Integrity.

Employment/Income

According to Bouchard’s 2023 State Elected Officials Financial Disclosure available at Wyofile, he reported the following:

• Employed with State of WY
• Septic Service

Memberships/Civic Organizations

Member, Association of Strategic Marketing, present
Member, National Association of Sales Professionals, present
Charter Student Member, American Welding Society, 1981-1982

Campaign Contributions

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

From 2012 to 2022 Bouchard has received 268 contributions that total approximately $80,202.75.  Of the 268 donations, approximately 264 were from individuals and only 4 were from PACs &/or Campaign Committees.  The total amount received from PACs &/or Campaign Committees was $5,450.

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)

According to Evidence Based Wyoming generated data:

• Bouchard scored a 88.9% as a Fiscal Conservative for 2023 legislative session
• Bouchard earned the Very Conservative Political Leaning Ranking for 2023 legislative session
• Bouchard scored a 82.9% as a Budget Conservative for 2022 legislative session
• Bouchard earned the Very Conservative Political Leaning Ranking for 2022 legislative session
• Bouchard earned the Very Conservative Political Leaning Ranking for 2021 legislative session
• Bouchard earned the Very Conservative Political Leaning Ranking for 2020 legislative session
• Bouchard earned the Very Conservative Political Leaning Ranking for 2019 legislative session
• Overall, Bouchard has scored a 100% for Pro-Life Voting

According to WyoRINO:

• Bouchard’s Index Score for 2023 legislative session was 90%, meaning he adhered to the Republican Party Platform 90% of the time.
• Bouchard’s Index Score for 2022 legislative session was 100%, meaning he adhered to the Republican Party Platform 100% of the time.
• Bouchard’s Index Score for 2021 legislative session was 90%, meaning he adhered to the Republican Party Platform 90% of the time.
• Bouchard’s Index Score for 2020 legislative session was 100%, meaning he adhered to the Republican Party Platform 100% of the time.
• Bouchard’s Index Score for 2019 legislative session was 100%, meaning he adhered to the Republican Party Platform 100% of the time.