Zwonitzer, David

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David Zwonitzer has served in House District 8 as a WY Representative for Laramie County from Jan 2023 to the present.  From 2007 – 2016 he served House District 9 in Laramie County.  In 2016 he ran unsuccessfully for Senate District 6.

Additionally, David Zwonitzer is the father of Dan Zwonitzer, who began his legislative career around 2005, and currently serves in House 43, also in Laramie County.

David Zwonitzer has received a positive score for Representation and Integrity, and a negative score for Competence.  Thus he is ranked as Limited Trust.

He is up for reelection in 2024.

“I earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wyoming in 1975 and my Master of Science in water resources from the University of Wyoming in 1978.

I was the owner/auctioneer of the Western Auction Company for over 30 years and the owner of Z’s Home Furnishings along with my wife, Kym. I worked with a myriad of customers including corporations, government entities, financial institutions, and private citizens to sell equipment, firearms, coins, antiques, State of Wyoming vehicles and a large variety of estates.

I was an associate real estate broker/auction specialist for Kuzma Success Realty.”

From https://capcity.news/latest-news/2022/06/06/candidate-questionnaire-dan-zwonitzer-for-wyoming-house-district-8/

Overall, David Zwonitzer earns a (+) for Representation.

Attendance

It appears that David Zwonitzer missed 0 votes in 2023 General Session.

Public Conduct

David Zwonitzer appears to behave appropriately in public and to the public.

Sponsorship History

In 2023 David Zwonitzer was the primary sponsor of 2 bills, and co-sponsored 2 bills and 1 joint resolution.  Favored sponsorship topics appear varied.  For more details, see his legislator webpage.

Committee Assignments

2023-House Appropriations

David Zwonitzer scored a (–) for Constitutional Competence with an average of 26.6% on the constitutional issues listed below.  Constitutional issue categories that have a “N/A” grade, refer to specific bills that David Zwonitzer 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 clear conflicts of interest for David Zwonitzer, he receives a (+) for Integrity.

Employment/Income

According to David Zwonitzer’s legislative webpage, he is a retired auctioneer.

Memberships/Civics Organizations

PTO President
Pack Cubmaster
Youth League Soccer & Basketball Coach
4-H and FFA Livestock Auctioneer

Campaign Contributions

The table below shows all campaign contributions reported by the WY Secretary of State for Zwonitzer for Senate, Zwonitzer for HD 9.

From 2010 to 2022 David Zwonitzer received approximately 74 contributions that total approximately $26,094.44.  Of the 74 donations, approximately 58 were from PACs &/or campaign committees.  The total amount received from PACs &/or campaign committees was approximately $23,719.44, which is approximately 90% of all contributions.

Noteworthy contributions are:

• ESG compliant energy company PACs
  • $500 from DECPAC
  • $300 from Pacific Power/Rocky Mountain Power PAC
• $2,250 total from CONPAC Contractors PAC
• $200 total from True family dynasty members
• $500 from WY Education Association PAC for Education (teacher’s union)

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.)