Northrup, David

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David Northrup has served in House District 25 as a WY Representative for Park County from Jan 2023 to the present.  He also served House District 50 in Park County from 2013 to 2020.

Northrup has received a positive score for categories of 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.

“She always said … to look for things that are out of place. I’ve used that more than one time. I use it when I’m rock hunting, I use it when I’m gardening and, of course, I use it in politics.”

State Rep. David Northrup (R-Powell) on his mother, Mary Ann Northrup

From https://wyomingtruth.org/mother-knows-best-prominent-wyomingites-share-pearls-of-wisdom-from-their-mothers-and-grandmothers/

Overall Northrup earns a (+) for Representation.

Attendance

It appears that Northrup missed 3 votes in 2023 General Session:

• 2/2/23 – Committee of the Whole vote for HB156
• 2/3/23 – Revenue Committee vote for HB163
• 2/25/23 – Concurrence for HB86.

Public Conduct

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

Sponsorship History

In 2023 Northrup was the primary sponsor of 5 bills, and co-sponsored 13 bills and 2 joint resolutions.  Favored sponsorship topics appear to be education.  For more see his legislative webpage.

Committee Assignments

2023-House Education – Chairman
2023-House Revenue

Northrup scored a (–) for Constitutional Competence with an average of 58.3% on the constitutional issues listed below.  Constitutional issue categories that have a “N/A” grade, refer to specific bills that Northrup 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 Northrup, he receives a (+) for Integrity.

Employment/Income

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

• Secretary/treasurer of Northrup Farms Inc
• Representative – Powell, WY
• Income earned from “Any security or interest earnings” and “Real estate, leases, royalties”

Memberships/Civic Organizations

Willwood Irrigation District
Willwood Light and Power
Park County School District #1 Trustee
Mason, PM
Shriner
Widow Son
Northwest College Ag Advisory Board
Park County Republican Chairman

Campaign Contributions

The table below shows all campaign contributions reported by the WY Secretary of State for David Northrup / David Northrup for Senate Committee / The Committee to Elect David Northrup.

From 2012 to 2022 Northrup has received approximately 161 contributions that total approximately $47,270.40. Of the 161 donations, approximately 95 were from PACs &/or campaign committees. The total amount received from PACs &/or campaign committees was approximately $30,780, which is approximately 65% of all contributions received.

Noteworthy contributions are:

• $200 from Diamond Free Enterprises (RINO donor)
• $475 total from True family dynasty members
• $100 from Simpson family dynasty member
• $2,100 total from ESG compliant energy company PACs:
  • $1,000 total from DECPAC
  • $100 from MDU Resources Group Good Government Fund
  • $1,000 total from Pacific Power PAC
• $3,105 total from WY Education Association PAC for Education (teachers union)
• $100 from Pfizer
• $250 from WY Medical Society PAC
• $500 from WY Hospital Association
• $250 from FUTURE307

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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