Write Your Wyoming Representatives
2026 Session starts February 9—begin now
The Wyoming 2026 legislative session starts on February 9. This month and next month are our best opportunities to let our elected representatives hear our voices on current issues.
Here’s a way you can make a difference. You don’t need to be perfect. You don’t even need to be a good writer.
Why to start now
While the session starts in February, start writing now. You have five weeks to build the habit, then a month during the legislative session to use it.
Starting now gives you practice. If your first letter is during the session, the time pressure can lead to analysis paralysis, infinite research, and never-finished drafts.
Your efforts matter
In 2024 I set a goal to run a 5K. I didn’t reach the goal, but I still improved my running because I showed up and tried. My health improved, my endurance increased, and I’m glad I made the effort to learn how to improve my running and actually work on it. Your letters work the same way. The legislative staffers aren’t grading you on “perfect writing.” They’re tallying how many people write, and what their positions are. We’re creating change through volume, by getting something in front of the legislators’ staff.
Committees are meeting throughout January (see calendar). In February, the full session opens for floor debate and votes.
What I’m tracking this session
The property tax bill will be devastating for Wyoming local services if it is passed. You can read more about it in The Tax Swap Nobody Asked For.
Book banning legislation may return this session: Fahrenheit 451.
I’ll be reviewing the upcoming legislation to identify any other topics to write about as well. Whatever issues you care about, here’s how to write about them:
Here are the steps
This takes thirty minutes, at least once a week.
1. Draft (10 minutes)
Identify your topic, set a timer, and write for a full ten minutes. I suggest using the starting prompt “This week I noticed…” and continuing from there. If you get stuck, write “I noticed…” again and continue until the full ten minutes are up.
Writer Natalie Goldberg has rules for freewriting that work here:
Keep your hand moving
Don’t cross out
Don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, grammar
Lose control
Don’t think. Don’t get logical
Go for the jugular—if something scary comes up, dive into it
2. Edit (10 minutes)
Now that you have a draft, make it coherent.
Identify your single main point
What are your specific concerns and supporting observations? Cut what doesn’t support your main point.
Verify your contact information
Run spell check
3. Send it To Your Representatives (5-10 minutes)
Find your Wyoming State Representatives here:
Find your Wyoming Federal Representatives here:
Harriet Hageman: https://hageman.house.gov/zip_authentication?form=/contact
Cynthia Lummis: https://www.lummis.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/
John Barrasso: https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/
Phone calls have more impact than emails because their staffers are involved immediately. If you can, call them and read your letter to their staffer.
Harriet Hageman: https://hageman.house.gov/contact/offices
Cynthia Lummis: https://contactgovernors.com/wyoming/cynthia-lummis/
John Barrasso: https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/contact/office-locations
After sending, schedule your next writing appointment. Set yourself up for success by keeping it on your calendar.
What to do now
This is success through persistence. This is success by showing up even when your efforts feel like a literal “rough draft.” Put this week’s appointment on on your calendar right now before you close this tab. Write every week this month and you’ll be practiced when the state bills are being argued on the floor in February.
Sources:
· Webinar: BillTracker50. (2026, January 8). Wyominglwv.org. https://wyominglwv.org/legislative-sessions/
· Wyoming January Calendar: https://wyoleg.gov/Calendar/20260101/Meeting
· Wyoming 2026 Budget Session – Tentative Schedule: https://wyoleg.gov/docs/SessionSchedule.pdf
You'll probably get form letter responses, especially from our federal representatives.
I have. They represent hundreds of thousands of people and can't personally reply to everyone.
What matters is that their staff logs your position in their constituent tracking systems.
State representatives are more responsive—smaller districts, faster bill cycles, more direct accountability. That's why this month and February matter for Wyoming-specific issues.