Clouston, Ken

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Ken Clouston has served in House District 32 as a WY Representative for Campbell County from December 2022 to the present. After he had won the 2022 General election for HD32, he was appointed by Campbell County Commissioners in Dec 2022 to replace Tim Hallinan who had resigned.

He has received a positive score for Representation and Integrity, and a negative score for Competence.  Therefore Clouston has been ranked as Limited Trust.

He is up for reelection in 2024.

“I am also proud of the fact that I have read and researched every floor and committee bill that I have voted on. One of the advantages of being involved in the Gillette community for the last 30 years is that I have a great many resources to consult with. Thank you our Chief of Police, our Sheriff, our County Attorney, our County Assessor, the CCH CEO, our Superintendent, the physicians, the bankers, the teachers, the realtors, the nurses, the coal mine executives and employees, our School Board and Hospital Board members, our County Commissioners, City Council Members, pharmacists, former Representatives, hunters, and all of the constituents who have answered my daily emails, texts, and phone calls so I can be better informed on my votes.”

From Feb 17, 2023 post at https://www.facebook.com/people/Ken-Clouston-WY-Representative-House-District-32/100090401140179/

Overall, Clouston earns a (+) for Representation.

Attendance

It appears that Clouston missed one vote in 2023 General Session: Concurrence vote for HB86 on 2/15/23.

Public Conduct

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

Sponsorship History

In 2023 Clouston was the primary sponsor of 2 bills, and co-sponsored 12 bills.  Favored sponsorship topics appear to be healthcare and education. For more on Clouston see his legislative webpage.

Committee Assignments

2023-House Education
2023-House Labor, Health & Social Services
2023-Education Commission of the States
2023-Educational Attainment Executive Council

Clouston scored a (–) for Constitutional Competence with an average of 53.3% on the constitutional issues listed below.  Constitutional issue categories that have a “N/A” grade, refer to specific bills that Clouston did not have the opportunity to vote on.

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 Clouston, he receives a (+) for Integrity.  We do however believe that Clouston serving on the House Labor, Health & Social Services could potentially pose conflict of interest issues in the future.

Employment/Income

According to Clouston’s legislator webpage, his occupation is Physical Therapist.  According to Clouston’s 2023 State Elected Officials Financial Disclosure available at Wyofile, he reports:

• President of Gillette Physical Therapy, P.C.
• GPT Properties, LLC
• MACH II, LLC

Memberships/Civic Organizations

Has served on Campbell County School Board.

Campaign Contributions

The table below shows all campaign contributions reported by the WY Secretary of State for Committee to Elect Ken Clouston.

In 2022 Clouston received 38 contributions that total approximately $17,070.  Of the 38 donations, approximately 5 were from PACs &/or Campaign Committees.  The total amount received from PACS &/or Campaign Committees was approximately $2,100.

Noteworthy contributions are:

• $300 from WY EDUCATION ASSN. PAC FOR EDUCATION

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.)