John Barrasso

John Barrasso
Official portrait, 2010
Chair of the Senate Republican Conference
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
LeaderMitch McConnell
Vice ChairJoni Ernst
Shelley Moore Capito
Preceded byJohn Thune
Ranking Member of the Senate Energy Committee
Assumed office
February 3, 2021
Preceded byJoe Manchin
Chair of the Senate Environment Committee
In office
January 3, 2017 – February 3, 2021
Preceded byJim Inhofe
Succeeded byTom Carper
Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee
In office
January 26, 2012 – January 3, 2019
LeaderMitch McConnell
Preceded byJohn Thune
Succeeded byRoy Blunt
Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byJon Tester
Succeeded byJohn Hoeven
United States Senator
from Wyoming
Assumed office
June 22, 2007
Serving with Cynthia Lummis
Preceded byCraig L. Thomas
Member of the Wyoming Senate
from the 27th district
In office
January 3, 2003 – June 22, 2007
Preceded byBruce Hinchey
Succeeded byBill Landen
Personal details
Born
John Anthony Barrasso III

(1952-07-21) July 21, 1952 (age 72)
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Linda Nix (divorced)
Bobbi Brown
(m. 2008; died 2024)
Children3
EducationGeorgetown University (BS, MD)
Signature
WebsiteSenate website

John Anthony Barrasso III (/bəˈrɑːs/ bə-RAH-soh; born July 21, 1952) is an American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Wyoming State Senate from 2003 to 2007. As Chair of the Senate Republican Conference since 2019, he is the third-ranking Senate Republican.

Born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania, Barrasso graduated from Georgetown University, where he received his B.S. and M.D. He conducted his medical residency at Yale University before moving to Wyoming and beginning a private orthopedics practice in Casper. Barrasso was active in various medical societies and associations.

Barrasso first ran for U.S. Senate in 1996, narrowly losing the Republican primary to Mike Enzi. In 2002, he was elected to the State Senate, where he stayed until his appointment to the U.S. Senate after the 2007 death of Craig L. Thomas. He was elected to finish Thomas's term in 2008, going on to win his first full term in 2012. In 2018, Barrasso was selected as chair of the Senate Republican Conference. He is the dean of Wyoming's congressional delegation.


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