John Barrasso

John Barrasso
Senate Majority Whip
Assumed office
January 3, 2025
LeaderJohn Thune
Preceded byDick Durbin
Ranking Member of the Senate Energy Committee
In office
February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2025
Preceded byJoe Manchin
Succeeded byMartin Heinrich
Chair of the Senate Republican Conference
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2025
LeaderMitch McConnell
Vice ChairJoni Ernst
Shelley Moore Capito
Preceded byJohn Thune
Succeeded byTom Cotton
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. 2001; died 2025)
Children3
EducationRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Georgetown University (BS, MD)
Signature
WebsiteSenate website

John Barrasso (born July 21, 1952)[1] is the senior United States Senator from Wyoming. He is a member of the U.S. Republican Party and has been in Senate since June 25, 2007. He was in the Wyoming Senate from 2003 to 2007.[1]

Education

Barrasso was born on July 21, 1952 in Reading, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Georgetown University.

Personal life

He was married to Linda Nix until they divorced. He was then married to Bobbi Brown from 2008 until her death in 2024. Barrasso has three children.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Barrasso, John". Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress. Retrieved July 17, 2015.

Other websites

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