Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress

Craig Thomas

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · WyomingSenate 1995–2007 · House 1989–1995 (WY-AL)

Craig Thomas was a Republican U.S. senator from Wyoming, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 17 bills that became law (101st–110th Congress).

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174Bills & resolutions sponsored101st–110th Congress (excludes amendments)

42Passed a chamberof 174 bills & resolutions sponsored

17Became law16 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 101st–110th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

S. 1281 Craig Thomas Snake Headwaters Legacy Act of 2008
Jun 16, 2008 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 789.
S. 645 A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals.
Sep 17, 2007 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 356.
S. 278 National Heritage Areas Partnership Act
Sep 17, 2007 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 366.
S. 277 Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007
Jul 13, 2007 · Became Public Law No: 110-47.
S. 1443 Clean, Affordable, and Domestic Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2007
May 21, 2007 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Thomas has won

Sen. Thomas has won 2 U.S. House elections (1990–1992) and 3 U.S. Senate elections (1994, 2000, 2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.2 to 51.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won5 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 10.2 points1990, WY-AL

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 5 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Wyoming (at-large)Winners, most recent three: Cynthia M. Lummis (R) 2008–2014 → Liz Cheney (R) 2016–2020 → Harriet M. Hageman (R) 2022–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

Seat history, Wyoming Senate (class 1)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Malcolm Wallop (R) 1976–1988 → Craig Thomas (R) 1994–2006 → John Barrasso (R) 2012–2024.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Wyoming done while Sen. Thomas served?

2005 to 2006 in Wyoming: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.7 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

Wyoming: $74.6K in 2005 → $74.2K in 2006

Wyoming about the sameU.S. up 1%

Share of people below the poverty line

Wyoming: 9.5% in 2005 → 9.4% in 2006

Wyoming about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of workers looking for a job

Wyoming: 5.3% in 2005 → 3.5% in 2006

Wyoming down 1.7 pointsU.S. down 0.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Wyoming during Thomas’s time representing it (1995 to 2007). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Survey years start at 2005. The yearly estimates for Wyoming begin in 2005, so 1995 to 2004 are not shown. No 2020 yearly estimate exists.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	11	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	4	See the 4 →
With a committee report listed	4	See the 4 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.