Bear, John

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John Bear is a WY House Representative for House District 31 in Campbell County that has served from 2021 to the present.  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.

If you are politically progressive or live in one of the top five most populated cities in Wyoming, you will find that you are well represented by the Wyoming House Appropriations Committee. If you are traditionally conservative or live in a place other than Cheyenne, Casper or Laramie, you may find that those holding the purse strings wouldn’t agree with you on many matters of policy. 

Nearly half of the House Appropriations Committee represents Cheyenne. One member represents Laramie. Another, Casper. Lawmakers from Rock Springs and Lander fill the other two slots. Not only do six of the seven members hail from county seats– urban population centers for a state like ours– every member votes with the Democrats over 80% of the time. That threshold increases when voting on how to spend tax dollars.

-John Bear

From https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/19/john-bear-unipartys-push-for-anti-conservative-wyoming/

Overall Bear earns a (+) for Representation.

Attendance

It appears that Bear was present for every vote in 2023 General Session.

Public Conduct

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

Sponsorship History

From 2021 to 2023 Bear has sponsored 8 bills. In 2023 he co-sponsored 52 bills. Bill topics/subjects that Bear appears to favor for sponsorship include protection of the unborn, children and students; medical freedom; fair elections; 2nd Amendment.  See more at Bear’s WY legislative page.

Committee Assignments

2023-House Revenue
2023-Interstate Compact on Students of Military Families

Bear scored a (+) for Constitutional Competence with a 100% average on the constitutional issues listed below.  Constitutional issue categories that have a “N/A” grade, refer to bills that Bear did not have the opportunity to vote on.

It is relevant that Bear cosponsored 2023 SF0114 – Constitutional instruction and examination requirements but it failed before going to 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 Bear, he receives a (+) for Integrity.

Employment/Income

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

• President of cleaning business
• Vice president and General Manager of cleaning business

Memberships/Civic Organizations

United States Navy

Campaign Contributions

The table below shows all campaign contributions reported by the WY Secretary of State for Coalition to Elect John Bear.

From 2020 to 2022 Bear has received 86 contributions that total approximately $38,490.  With the exception of 6 PACs, all other donations came from individual contributors.

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:

• Bear scored a 93.8% as a Fiscal Conservative for 2023 legislative session
• Bear earned the Very Conservative Political Leaning Ranking for 2023 legislative session
• Bear scored a 91.2% as a Budget Conservative for 2022 legislative session
• Bear earned the Very Conservative Political Leaning Ranking for 2022 legislative session
• Bear earned the Very Conservative Political Leaning Ranking for 2021 legislative session
• Overall, Bear has scored a 100% for Pro-Life Voting

According to WyoRINO:

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