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{{Short description|American physician and politician (born 1952)}}
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{{Use American English|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = John Barrasso
| image               = John Barrasso official portrait 112th Congress.jpg
| caption             = Official portrait, 2010
| office              = [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Whip-designate]]
| term_start          = January 3, 2025
| 2blankname          = Leader
| 2namedata           = [[John Thune]]
| succeeding          = [[Dick Durbin]]
| office1             = [[Chairman of the United States Senate Republican Conference|Chair of the Senate Republican Conference]]
| leader1             = [[Mitch McConnell]]
| 1blankname1         = Vice Chair
| 1namedata1          = [[Joni Ernst]]<br>[[Shelley Moore Capito]]
| term_start1         = January 3, 2019
| term_end1           = 
| predecessor1        = [[John Thune]]
| successor1          = 
| office2             = Ranking Member of the [[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Senate Energy Committee]]
| term_start2         = February 3, 2021
| term_end2           = 
| predecessor2        = [[Joe Manchin]]
| successor2          = 
| office3             = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works|Senate Environment Committee]]
| term_start3         = January 3, 2017
| term_end3           = February 3, 2021
| predecessor3        = [[Jim Inhofe]]
| successor3          = [[Tom Carper]]
| office4             = Chair of the [[Senate Republican Policy Committee]]
| term_start4         = January 26, 2012
| term_end4           = January 3, 2019
| leader4             = [[Mitch McConnell]]
| predecessor4        = [[John Thune]]
| successor4          = [[Roy Blunt]]
| office5             = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs|Senate Indian Affairs Committee]]
| term_start5         = January 3, 2015
| term_end5           = January 3, 2017
| predecessor5        = [[Jon Tester]]
| successor5          = [[John Hoeven]]
| jr/sr6              = United States Senator
| state6              = [[Wyoming]]
| alongside6          = [[Cynthia Lummis]]
| term_start6         = June 22, 2007
| term_end6           = 
| predecessor6        = [[Craig L. Thomas]]
| successor6          = 
| state_senate7       = Wyoming
| district7           = [[Wyoming's 27th State Senate district|27th]]
| term_start7         = January 3, 2003
| term_end7           = June 22, 2007
| predecessor7        = Bruce Hinchey
| successor7          = [[Bill Landen]]
| birth_name          = John Anthony Barrasso III
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1952|7|21}}
| birth_place         = [[Reading, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = Linda Nix (divorced)<br />{{marriage|Bobbi Brown|January 1, 2008|January 25, 2024|end=died}}
| children            = 3
| education           = [[Georgetown University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])
| website             = {{URL|barrasso.senate.gov|Senate website}}
| signature           = John Barrasso signature.png
| module              = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=John Barrasso's comments on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.ogg|title=John Barrasso's voice|type=speech|description=John Barrasso's comments on the [[Bipartisan Safer Communities Act]]<br/>Recorded June 23, 2022}}
}}
'''John Anthony Barrasso III''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˈ|r|ɑː|s|oʊ}} {{Respell|bə|RAH|soh}}; born July 21, 1952) is an American physician and politician serving as the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior]] [[United States Senate|United States senator]] from [[Wyoming]], a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he served in the [[Wyoming Senate|Wyoming State Senate]] from 2003 to 2007. As [[Chairman of the United States Senate Republican Conference|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 [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] and [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] He conducted his [[residency (medicine)|medical residency]] at [[Yale University]] before moving to Wyoming and beginning a private [[orthopedic surgery|orthopedics]] practice in [[Casper, Wyoming|Casper]]. Barrasso was active in various medical societies and associations.

Barrasso first ran for U.S. Senate in [[1996 United States Senate election in Wyoming|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 United States Senate special election in Wyoming|2008]] and won his first full term in [[2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming|2012]]. In 2018, Barrasso was selected as chair of the [[Senate Republican Conference]]. He has been the dean of [[United States congressional delegations from Wyoming|Wyoming's congressional delegation]] since 2021 and became Wyoming's senior senator, when Enzi retired from the Senate.

==Early life, education, and medical career==
Barrasso was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on July 21, 1952,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001261|title=BARRASSO, John A.
|website=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> the son of Louise M. (née DeCisco) and John Anthony Barrasso Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.lutzfuneralhome.com/obituaries/barrasso-louise|title = Louise M. Barrasso (Decisco)|website = Lutz Funeral Home|accessdate = November 13, 2024}}</ref> Barrasso's father was a cement finisher who had a ninth-grade education.<ref name="Wyofile" /> Barrasso is a third-generation [[Italian Americans|Italian-American]] with paternal grandparents from [[Carife]] and maternal grandparents from [[Vasto]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G4TF-FBT |title=FamilySearch.org profile of John Anthony Barrasso Jr (1917-2005)|access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G4TN-NPW |title=FamilySearch.org profile of Louise M. DeCisco (1922-2020)|access-date=28 July 2023}}</ref>

Barrasso is a graduate of the former [[Reading Central Catholic High School|Central Catholic High School]], which later merged with [[Holy Name High School (Reading, Pennsylvania)|Holy Name High School]] to form [[Berks Catholic High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/extra-extra/so-you-voted-yes-on-devos-does-that-make-you-a-hypocrite-d21c8758f81b|title=So you voted ‘yes’ on DeVos. Does that make you a hypocrite?|website=Medium.com|first=Paige|last=Zubel|date=February 8, 2017}}</ref> He attended [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] for two years and joined the [[Phi Kappa Tau]] fraternity.<ref name="LegiStorm 2024">{{cite web |title=Sen. John Barrasso, Biography |website=LegiStorm |date=2024-09-05 |url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/51863/John_Anthony_Barrasso_III.html |access-date=2024-11-11}}</ref> Barrasso graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbk.org/congress|title=PBK - About Phi Beta Kappa|website=www.pbk.org|access-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> from Georgetown in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in [[biology]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgetown.edu/members-of-georgetown-community-dedicate-commit-to-public-service-as-they-take-office-serve-administrations/|title=Hoyas in the 117th Congress |website=georgetown.edu |access-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> He received his M.D. degree from [[Georgetown University School of Medicine]] in 1978 and conducted his [[Residency (medicine)|residency]] at [[Yale Medical School]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].<ref name="auto"/>

In 1983, after completing his residency at Yale, Barrasso moved to Wyoming with his then-wife, Linda Nix.<ref name="Wyofile">{{cite news|last1=Lancaster|first1=John|title=Rising from the Right: Barrasso's rise in Senate follows increasingly conservative course|url=http://wyofile.com/john_lancaster/barrasso-profile/|access-date=August 30, 2014|publisher=Wyo File|date=May 31, 2011|archive-date=August 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814214300/http://wyofile.com/john_lancaster/barrasso-profile/|url-status=live}}</ref> He joined a private orthopedic practice in [[Casper, Wyoming|Casper]] and for a time was the [[Wyoming Medical Center]]'s chief of staff.<ref name="Wyofile"/> Barrasso was a board-certified [[orthopedic surgeon]] in private practice in Casper from 1983 to 2007.<ref name="Whorunsgov"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Barrasso's Biography|url=https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorBarrasso.Biography|website=Barrasso.senate.gov|access-date=November 12, 2014|archive-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026183242/http://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorBarrasso.Biography|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2023}} He has served as president of the Wyoming Medical Society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Barrasso|title=John Barrasso |website=britannica.com |access-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> Barrasso was also a [[rodeo]] physician for the [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/article/surgeon-rodeo-doctor-and-now-senator/|title=Surgeon, rodeo doctor and, now, senator|work=Yale Medicine Magazine |date=Winter 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2023}}</ref> (and a member of the "Cowboy Joe Club") and volunteered as a team physician for [[Casper College]] and several local high schools.<ref name="Whorunsgov">{{cite web|url=http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/John_A._Barrasso#At_a_Glance |title=John A. Barrasso (profile) |website=whorunsgov.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818044731/http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/John_A._Barrasso |archive-date=August 18, 2010 |access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2023}}

==1996 U.S. Senate election==
{{Main|1996 United States Senate election in Wyoming}}
Barrasso ran for the Republican nomination for the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] in [[United States Senate elections, 1996|1996]] for the seat being vacated by Republican [[Alan K. Simpson]], losing narrowly to [[Wyoming State Senate|State Senator]] [[Mike Enzi]], 32% to 30%, in a nine-candidate election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=215163|title=Our Campaigns - WY US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 20, 1996|website=Ourcampaigns.com|access-date=January 9, 2018|archive-date=January 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054811/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=215163|url-status=live}}</ref> Enzi garnered support due to his pro-life stance, while Barrasso—who had been expected to win the primary—identified as pro-choice at the time.<ref name="Wyofile" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9608/21/wyoming/index.shtml|title=Wyoming Voters Pick Senate Candidates |website=CNN.com |date=August 21, 1996}}</ref>

==Wyoming Senate==
Barrasso was elected to the [[Wyoming Senate]] unopposed in 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2002/02Results/02General/02_General%20Legislative%20Districts.pdf|title=Statewide Legislative Abstract -- Official General Election Results|date=November 5, 2002|website=Soswy.state.wy.us|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=November 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127191421/http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2002/02Results/02General/02_General|url-status=live}}</ref> and reelected unopposed in 2006. He represented [[Wyoming's 27th State Senate district|Wyoming's 27th Senate District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2006/06Results/06General/SW_Legislative_Summary.pdf|title=Statewide Legislative Candidates Official Summary : Wyoming General Election|date=November 7, 2006|website=Soswy.state.wy.us|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=May 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505014123/http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2006/06Results/06General/SW_Legislative_Summary.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> During his State Senate tenure, he chaired the Transportation and Highways Committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/2/barrasso-streamline-projects-to-help-rebuild-america-s-infrastructure |title= Barrasso: Streamline Projects to Help Rebuild America's Infrastructure |date= February 7, 2018 |website= epw.senate.gov |access-date= 29 August 2018 |archive-date= August 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830012137/https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2018/2/barrasso-streamline-projects-to-help-rebuild-america-s-infrastructure |url-status= live }}</ref>

==U.S. Senate==
[[File:Donald Trump and John Barrasso.jpg|thumb|right|Barrasso with President [[Donald Trump]] in 2018]]

===Appointment===
On June 22, 2007, Governor [[Dave Freudenthal]] appointed Barrasso to replace Senator Craig L. Thomas, who had died in office earlier that month. Under state law, Freudenthal was able to consider only three individuals chosen by the Republican State Central Committee because the seat was vacated by a Republican. The others were former State Treasurer [[Cynthia Lummis]] of [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]], and former Republican state chairman and Justice Department attorney [[Tom Sansonetti]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rollcall.com/2007/06/22/state-senator-appointed-to-fill-thomas-vacancy/|title=State Senator Appointed to Fill Thomas Vacancy|date=June 22, 2007|website=Roll Call}}</ref>

===Elections===
====2008====
{{main|2008 United States Senate special election in Wyoming}}
Barrasso won the general election in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Nick Carter with 73% of the vote.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |title=2008 Election Statistics - Wyoming For United States Senator |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008/2008Stat.htm#stateWY |website=clerk.house.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629165612/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008/2008Stat.htm#stateWY |archive-date=2011-06-29 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====2012====
{{main|2012 United States Senate election in Wyoming}}
Barrasso ran for reelection to a first full term in 2012. He faced two opponents for the Republican nomination, which he won with 90% of the vote.<ref name=WYSOS_prim /> In the general election, he defeated Democratic nominee Tim Chestnut with 76% of the vote.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=Statewide Candidates Official Summary - Wyoming General Election - November 6, 2012 |url=https://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2012/Results/General/2012_Statewide_Candidates_Summary.pdf |access-date=August 2, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818094758/http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2012/Results/General/2012_Statewide_Candidates_Summary.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

====2018====
{{main|2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming}}
Barrasso faced Dave Dodson and four other challengers in the 2018 Republican primary; he won the primary with 65% of the vote.<ref name="primaryresults" /> Barrasso defeated Democrat [[Gary Trauner]] and Libertarian Joseph Porambo in the general election, receiving 67% of the vote.<ref name="auto3">{{cite web |title=2018 General Election - Total Ballots Cast |url=https://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2018/Results/General/2018_Wyoming_General_Election_Results.pdf |website=Wyoming State Canvassing Board |access-date=August 2, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115135240/http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2018/Results/General/2018_Wyoming_General_Election_Results.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

====2024====
{{main|2024 United States Senate election in Wyoming}}
In the primary, Barrasso faced Casper Executive Reid Rasner, who attacked Barrasso for his support of the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]], among other issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/reid-rasner-attempts-to-take-over-barrasso-s-seat-in-the-u-s-senate/article_e4787144-5db7-11ef-950f-a38e76842848.html|title= Rasner claims to gain ground against Barrasso in primary|date=August 13, 2024|website=Wyoming News}}</ref> Barrasso defeated Rasner, 67.9% to 24.5%. He won the general election against Democratic nominee Scott Morrow with 75.7% of the vote. 

===Tenure===
[[File:Secretary Kerry Meets With Senators McCain, Graham, Barrasso (11728192345).jpg|thumb|right|Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] meets with Senators [[John McCain]], Lindsey Graham and John Barrasso in [[Jerusalem]] on January 3, 2014]]
At the time of his appointment to the U.S. Senate in 2007, Barrasso was quoted as saying on his application: "I believe in [[limited government]], lower taxes, less spending, traditional family values, local control and a strong national defense"; he also said that he had "voted for [[school prayer|prayer in schools]], against [[gay marriage]] and [had] sponsored legislation to protect the [[sanctity of life]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070622-1123-wyomingsenator.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628154644/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070622-1123-wyomingsenator.html |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |title=Wyoming governor appoints GOP state Sen. John Barrasso to replace late U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |last=Moen |first=Bob |date=June 22, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018, Barrasso was selected as chair of the [[Senate Republican Conference]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bolton |first1=Alexander |title=McConnell reelected as leader, Thune promoted to whip |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/416616-mcconnell-re-elected-as-leader-thune-promoted-to-whip/ |work=The Hill |date=November 14, 2018 |access-date=17 November 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424103459/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/416616-mcconnell-re-elected-as-leader-thune-promoted-to-whip |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, he declined to run for Senate Republican leader and instead announced that he would run for [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Republican Whip]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Montellaro |first1=Zach |title=Trump backs Barrasso for Senate GOP whip |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/14/trump-backs-barrasso-for-senate-gop-whip-00147245 |website=Politico |access-date=3 March 2024}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]], Barrasso voted against the [[American Rescue Plan Act of 2021]] but for the [[PPP Extension Act of 2021|PPP Extension Act]] and the [[Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic#United States|COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 6, 2021 |title=COVID-19 relief bill passes 50-49 in Senate, Sens. Barrasso and Lummis vote no |work=The Buckrail |url=https://buckrail.com/covid-19-relief-bill-passes-50-49-in-senate-sens-barrasso-and-lummis-vote-no/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413151756/https://buckrail.com/covid-19-relief-bill-passes-50-49-in-senate-sens-barrasso-and-lummis-vote-no/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00140|access-date=2021-03-30|website=www.senate.gov|archive-date=December 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216214728/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=117&session=1&vote=00140|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/14/politics/anti-asian-hate-crimes-senate-vote/index.html|title=Senate advances bill to combat surge of anti-Asian hate crimes|publisher=CNN|last=Rogers|first=Alex|date=14 April 2021|access-date=14 April 2021|archive-date=April 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416022341/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/14/politics/anti-asian-hate-crimes-senate-vote/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Committee assignments ====
*[[United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources|Committee on Energy and Natural Resources]] (Ranking Member)<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: Committee Assignments of the 118th Congress|url=https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_assignments/assignments.htmm|access-date=2023-05-24|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>
**As Ranking Member of the full committee, Barrasso may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.
*[[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Committee on Finance]]
**[[United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure|Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure]]
**[[United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care|Subcommittee on Health Care]]
**[[United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness|Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness]]
*[[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Committee on Foreign Relations]]
**[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy|Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy]]
**[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation|Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation]]
**[[United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy|Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy and Environmental Policy]]

==Political positions==
===Abortion===
When Barrasso ran for the 1996 Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, he presented himself as a supporter of [[Abortion-rights movements|abortion rights]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kraushaar|first1=John|title=State senator John Barrasso appointed to fill vacant Wyoming Senate seat|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0607/Gov_Freudenthal_appoints_state_senator_John_Barrasso_to_fill_vacant_Wyoming_senate_seat.html|access-date=August 30, 2014|publisher=Politico|date=June 22, 2007|archive-date=November 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127151425/http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0607/Gov_Freudenthal_appoints_state_senator_John_Barrasso_to_fill_vacant_Wyoming_senate_seat.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wyofile"/> Following his loss in 1996, Barrasso's position on abortion (and on other issues) shifted in a conservative direction.<ref name="Wyofile" />

During his tenure in the [[Wyoming Legislature]], Barrasso sponsored an unsuccessful bill to treat the killing of a pregnant woman as a double homicide.<ref name="Wyofile"/> He has voted to prohibit federal funding for abortion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/social/John_Barrasso_Abortion.htm|title=John Barrasso on Abortion|website=www.ontheissues.org|access-date=2019-03-04|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111538/http://www.ontheissues.org/social/John_Barrasso_Abortion.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Gun laws===
In April 2013, Barrasso was one of 46 senators to vote against a bill that would have expanded [[background checks]] for all gun buyers. He voted with 40 Republicans and five Democrats to stop the bill.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/modeling-the-senates-vote-on-gun-control/ | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Nate | last=Silver | title=Modeling the Senate's Vote on Gun Control | date=April 18, 2013 | access-date=April 21, 2013 | archive-date=April 20, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420020054/http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/modeling-the-senates-vote-on-gun-control/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Health care===
Barrasso voted against the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)]] in December 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00396|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session|website=Senate.gov|access-date=January 9, 2018|archive-date=July 18, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718202033/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00396|url-status=live}}</ref> and against the [[Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00105 |title=U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote |publisher=U.S. Senate |access-date=August 29, 2010 |archive-date=August 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804082122/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=2&vote=00105 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was part of a group of 13 senators that drafted the [[2017 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act replacement proposals#Senate legislation|Senate version]] of the [[American Health Care Act of 2017]], an Obamacare repeal bill that failed to pass.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/05/politics/senate-republican-health-care-men/index.html|title=GOP defends having no women in health care group|last1=Bash|first1=Dana|author-link1=Dana Bash|last2=Fox|first2=Lauren|date=May 9, 2017|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=June 14, 2017|last3=Barrett|first3=Ted|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614131347/http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/05/politics/senate-republican-health-care-men/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/claire-mccaskill-senate-gop-healthcare-bill-secrecy-attack-2017-6|title='We have no idea what's being proposed': Democratic senator gives impassioned speech on GOP healthcare bill secrecy|last=Bryan|first=Bob|date=June 9, 2017|work=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=June 17, 2017|archive-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615095821/http://www.businessinsider.com/claire-mccaskill-senate-gop-healthcare-bill-secrecy-attack-2017-6|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-13/senate-republicans-writing-obamacare-repeal-behind-closed-doors|title=Senate Republicans Are Writing Obamacare Repeal Behind Closed Doors|last=Litvan|first=Laura|date=June 13, 2017|work=Bloomberg|access-date=June 17, 2017|archive-date=June 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614064252/https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-06-13/senate-republicans-writing-obamacare-repeal-behind-closed-doors|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/9/15763926/senate-republican-health-care-plan-path|title=Senate Republicans are closer to repealing Obamacare than you think|last=Scott|first=Dylan|date=June 9, 2017|work=[[Vox.com|Vox]]|access-date=June 17, 2017|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619154055/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/9/15763926/senate-republican-health-care-plan-path|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Environment and energy===
When asked in 2014 whether human activity contributes to climate change, Barrasso denied the existence of the [[scientific consensus on climate change]], saying that "the role human activity plays is not known."<ref>{{cite news|last=Cusack|first=Bob|date=June 5, 2014|title=Republican leader: Climate change science 'not known'|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/208431-gop-leader-climate-change-science-not-known/|access-date=January 21, 2017|archive-date=July 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721184036/http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/208431-gop-leader-climate-change-science-not-known|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 5, 2014|title=Newsmakers with Senator John Barrasso|work=Newsmakers|agency=[[C-SPAN]]|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?319785-1/newsmakers-sen-john-barrasso-rwy|access-date=January 21, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202004707/https://www.c-span.org/video/?319785-1%2Fnewsmakers-sen-john-barrasso-rwy|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, he admitted, "We believe that mankind is certainly contributing" to climate change.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 27, 2021|title=Senator Barrasso Says Republicans Believe Climate Change is Man Made|publisher=[[C-SPAN]]|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4983779/senator-barrasso-republicans-climate-change-man-made|access-date=January 19, 2022|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120045109/https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4983779%2Fsenator-barrasso-republicans-climate-change-man-made|url-status=live}}</ref>

Barrasso was a leading opponent of President [[Barack Obama]]'s climate change policies.<ref>{{cite news|last=Davenport|first=Coral|date=January 16, 2016|title=U.S. Pledges to Ease Pain of Closing Coal Mines in Shift to Cleaner Energy|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/us/politics/obama-coal-mining.html|access-date=January 21, 2017|archive-date=January 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105192639/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/us/politics/obama-coal-mining.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Barrasso opposed the [[CIA]]'s creation of its Center on Climate Change and National Security in 2009.<ref>Broder, John M. (October&nbsp;6, 2009). "[http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/cia-climate-center-spurs-opposition/ C.I.A. Climate Center Irks Barrasso] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116030329/http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/cia-climate-center-spurs-opposition/ |date=November 16, 2012 }}". ''The New York Times'' (blog post). Retrieved July&nbsp;6, 2018.</ref>  In 2011, he introduced a bill that would prevent the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] from limiting carbon dioxide emissions.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/wyoming-senator-seeks-to-lasso-e-p-a/ |title=Wyoming Senator Seeks to Lasso E.P.A. |work=The New York Times |type=blog post |date=January 31, 2011 |access-date=October 24, 2012 |first=John M. |last=Broder |archive-date=December 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224223257/http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/wyoming-senator-seeks-to-lasso-e-p-a/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Barrasso and Senators [[Mike Enzi]] and [[Pat Roberts]] introduced a bill to remove tax credits for electric cars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://electrek.co/2019/02/06/republican-senator-bill-kill-electric-vehicle-tax-credit/|title=Republican senators push new bill to kill electric vehicle tax credit completely and add new EV tax|last=Lambert|first=Fred|date=2019-02-06|website=Electrek|access-date=2019-02-07|archive-date=February 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208114955/https://electrek.co/2019/02/06/republican-senator-bill-kill-electric-vehicle-tax-credit/|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to [[OpenSecrets]], as of 2017, Barrasso had received over $585,000 from the oil and gas industry since 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/01/republican-senators-paris-climate-deal-energy-donations|title=The Republicans who urged Trump to pull out of Paris deal are big oil darlings|date=June 1, 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=June 1, 2017|archive-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601120951/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/01/republican-senators-paris-climate-deal-energy-donations|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, Barrasso inaccurately claimed that "livestock will be banned" as a result of the [[Green New Deal]], and said we needed to "say goodbye to dairy, to beef, to family farms, to ranches. American favorites like cheeseburgers and milkshake would become a thing of the past."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/20/republicans-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal|title=How Republicans have seen red over Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal|last=Lewis|first=Bobby|date=2019-02-20|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-03|archive-date=March 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303015810/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/20/republicans-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2020, Barrasso supported a measure to dramatically limit the use of [[hydrofluorocarbon]]s used in refrigerants and other applications that have contributed to global warming.<ref name=WP>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/09/10/rare-bipartisan-climate-agreement-senators-forge-plan-slash-use-potent-greenhouse-gas/ In rare bipartisan climate agreement, senators forge plan to slash use of potent greenhouse gas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911114756/https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/09/10/rare-bipartisan-climate-agreement-senators-forge-plan-slash-use-potent-greenhouse-gas/ |date=September 11, 2020 }}, ''Washington Post'', Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.</ref>

In November 2022, Barrasso criticized China's "developing country advantage" in international climate agreements, arguing that China is given unfair privileges in climate agreements that do not reflect its economic growth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-28 |title=End China's 'Developing Country' Advantage |url=https://www.newsweek.com/end-chinas-developing-country-advantage-opinion-1755223 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>

In November 2024, after Trump nominated fracking magnate [[Chris Wright (energy executive)|Chris Wright]] for [[United States Secretary of Energy|secretary of energy]], Barrasso called Wright an "energy innovator" .<ref name="coloradosun">{{Cite news |last=Matthew Daly, Will Weissert and Colleen Long |date=2024-11-17 |title=Trump names CEO of Denver-based oil and gas company as energy secretary |url=https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/17/chris-wright-trump-energy-secretary-denver/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |work=The Associated Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Criminal justice===
Barrasso opposed the [[FIRST STEP Act]], legislation which sought to reform the federal prison system. The bill passed 87–12 on December 18, 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levin |first1=Marianne |title=Senate approves Trump-backed criminal justice overhaul |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/18/criminal-justice-reform-bill-vote-1068268 |work=Politico |access-date=December 18, 2018 |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219053901/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/18/criminal-justice-reform-bill-vote-1068268 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Foreign policy===
Barrasso opposed the Russian-backed [[Nord Stream 2]]—a pipeline to deliver [[Russia in the European energy sector|natural gas from Russia]] to Germany. [[Bloomberg News]] reported, "Congress brought forward bills authorizing the administration to levy sanctions against a consortium of five European energy companies that have partnered with [Russia's main gas company] [[Gazprom]]; at least one bill, sponsored by Republican Senator John Barrasso, would make them mandatory."<ref>{{cite news |title=The Right (and Wrong) Way to Deal With Nord Stream 2 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-27/nord-stream-2-the-right-and-wrong-response-for-america |work=Bloomberg |date=November 27, 2018 |access-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-date=January 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109161043/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-27/nord-stream-2-the-right-and-wrong-response-for-america |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2022, during the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], Barrasso visited [[Kyiv]] and met with Ukrainian president [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] as a part of a U.S. Senate delegation to show support to Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-war-crimes-4cc0ea6b166aa0fd9fb1306f280739fc|title=Ukraine: Russians withdraw from around Kharkiv, batter east|last1=Stashevskyi|first1=Oleksandr|last2=Keyton|first2=David|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|date=May 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222003431/https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-war-crimes-4cc0ea6b166aa0fd9fb1306f280739fc|archive-date=December 22, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> The delegation also visited Finland to meet with President [[Sauli Niinistö]] and Prime Minister [[Sanna Marin]] to express support for Finland's application to join [[NATO]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vnk.fi/en/-/prime-minister-marin-meets-with-united-states-senators|title=Prime Minister Marin meets with United States Senators - Prime Minister’s Office|website=Valtioneuvoston kanslia}}</ref>

=== Donald Trump ===
After it was revealed in November 2018 that Trump had business dealings with Russia while a candidate in the 2016 election, Barrasso said, "The president is an international businessman; I’m not surprised he was doing international business." Asked whether Trump should have disclosed those business ties during the campaign, Barrasso said, "There were so many things involved in the 2016 campaign, it’s hard to point to what one thing influenced voters."<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sonmez |first1=Felicia |last2=Cunningham |first2=Paige Winfield |date=2018-12-02 |title=Cohen's guilty plea suggests Russia has 'leverage' over Trump, top Democrat says |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cohens-guilty-plea-suggests-russia-has-leverage-over-trump-top-democrat-says/2018/12/02/ac2f5e92-f65c-11e8-8d64-4e79db33382f_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2018-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203003018/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cohens-guilty-plea-suggests-russia-has-leverage-over-trump-top-democrat-says/2018/12/02/ac2f5e92-f65c-11e8-8d64-4e79db33382f_story.html |archive-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/incoming-house-judiciary-chair-says-cohen-cooperation-proof-russian-leverage-n942711|title=Cohen cooperation is proof of Russian 'leverage' over Trump, Rep. Nadler says|work=NBC News|access-date=2018-12-02|archive-date=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203105718/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/incoming-house-judiciary-chair-says-cohen-cooperation-proof-russian-leverage-n942711|url-status=live}}</ref> Trump joined Barrasso on Thanksgiving 2019 in a surprise visit to American troops stationed at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. At the time, approximately 370 Wyoming National Guard soldiers were deployed in Europe and the Middle East, the most since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/senator-barrasso-joins-president-trump-overseas109340|title=Sheridan Media News|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130132246/https://www.sheridanmedia.com/news/senator-barrasso-joins-president-trump-overseas109340 |archive-date=November 30, 2019}}</ref>

In December 2019, Barrasso appeared to promote Senator [[John Kennedy (Louisiana politician)|John Kennedy]]'s views supporting the [[Conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal|discredited conspiracy theory]] of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-embraces-a-debunked-ukraine-conspiracy-to-defend-trump-from-impeachment/2019/12/03/af3aa372-15ea-11ea-8406-df3c54b3253e_story.html|title=GOP embraces a debunked Ukraine conspiracy to defend Trump from impeachment|last1=Costa|first1=Robert|date=December 3, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 8, 2019|last2=Demirjian|first2=Karoun|archive-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207060615/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-embraces-a-debunked-ukraine-conspiracy-to-defend-trump-from-impeachment/2019/12/03/af3aa372-15ea-11ea-8406-df3c54b3253e_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2021, Barrasso opposed the [[second impeachment of Donald Trump]], calling it a "partisan crusade."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://cowboystatedaily.com/2021/02/09/barrasso-impeachment-of-trump-will-do-nothing/|title=Barrasso: Impeachment of Trump Will Do Nothing|last1=Fike|first1=Ellen|date=February 9, 2021|work=Cowboy State Daily|access-date=February 11, 2021|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414164208/https://cowboystatedaily.com/2021/02/09/barrasso-impeachment-of-trump-will-do-nothing/|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 13, 2021, Barrasso voted to acquit Trump of inciting the [[2021 United States Capitol attack]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Still |first1=Ashlyn |last2=Rieger |first2=JM |last3=Blanco |first3=Adrian |date=2021-02-13 |title=How Democratic and Republican senators voted on Trump's second impeachment |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/senate-impeachment-whip-count-where-democrats-republicans-stand/ |access-date=February 14, 2021 |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214024915/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/senate-impeachment-whip-count-where-democrats-republicans-stand/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 28, 2021, Barrasso voted against creating the [[January 6 commission]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 28, 2021 |title=Which senators supported a Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/january6-commission-senators-vote/ |access-date=May 29, 2021 |archive-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526225939/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/january6-commission-senators-vote/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2021, Barrasso refused to condemn Trump for defending January 6 rioters who called for [[Mike Pence|Pence]]'s death.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cohen|first=David|title=Sen. Barrasso declines to condemn Trump over Pence remarks|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/14/barrasso-trump-hang-pence-521960|access-date=November 19, 2021|work=Politico|archive-date=November 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119000524/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/14/barrasso-trump-hang-pence-521960|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023===
Barrasso was among the 31 Senate Republicans who voted against final passage of the [[Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4031302-here-are-the-senators-who-voted-against-the-bill-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602084725/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4031302-here-are-the-senators-who-voted-against-the-bill-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2023|title=Here are the senators who voted against the bill to raise the debt ceiling|first=Aris|last=Folley|date=June 1, 2023|access-date=June 17, 2023|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Barrasso has three children. He is divorced from Linda Nix.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morton|first1=Tom|title=Casper wishes Barrasso well in D.C.|url=http://trib.com/news/local/casper-wishes-barrasso-well-in-d-c/article_b9543a8c-f4a1-5dac-b3e0-d9125baf16e2.html|access-date=August 30, 2014|publisher=Casper Star Tribune|date=June 23, 2007|archive-date=November 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117070453/http://trib.com/news/local/casper-wishes-barrasso-well-in-d-c/article_b9543a8c-f4a1-5dac-b3e0-d9125baf16e2.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)|url=http://www.rollcall.com/members/2484.html|publisher=Roll Call|access-date=August 30, 2014|archive-date=August 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824182748/http://www.rollcall.com/members/2484.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 11, 2007, during Cheyenne's annual [[Race for the Cure]], Barrasso and Bobbi Brown, herself a breast cancer survivor and at the time the director of Barrasso's state senate offices, announced their engagement. Brown then resigned from her position in Barrasso's state senate offices.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0807/Sen_Barrasso_announces_his_engagement.html|title=Sen. Barrasso announces his engagement|work=Politico|access-date=January 9, 2018|archive-date=May 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520042109/http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0807/Sen_Barrasso_announces_his_engagement.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They were married on January 1, 2008, in [[Thermopolis]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=41c3f84b-06c9-6d39-1657-0642633d3590&Region_id=&Issue_id=|title=United States Senator John Barrasso|first=United States Senator John|last=Barrasso|website=Barrasso.senate.gov|access-date=January 9, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726041952/https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=41c3f84b-06c9-6d39-1657-0642633d3590&Region_id=&Issue_id=|url-status=live}}</ref> Brown died of brain cancer on January 25, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2024/1/statement-on-the-passing-of-bobbi-barrasso|title=On the Passing of Bobbi Barrasso|first=United States Senator John|last=Barrasso|website=Barrasso.senate.gov|access-date=January 25, 2024|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2024/1/statement-on-the-passing-of-bobbi-barrasso|url-status=live}}</ref> She was known for being an advocate on mental health and suicide prevention.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-26 |title=Republican senator’s wife dies after cancer battle |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/senator-barrasso-wife-cancer-b2485580.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

Barrasso is a member of the board of directors of [[Presidential Classroom]], and a member of the Casper [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://casperwyoming.chambermaster.com/list/member/u-s-senator-john-barrasso-2202|title=Casper Chamber of Commerce|website=casperwyoming.chambermaster.com|access-date=29 August 2018|archive-date=August 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830005641/http://casperwyoming.chambermaster.com/list/member/u-s-senator-john-barrasso-2202|url-status=live}}</ref> He identifies as a member of the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/mcdaniel-as-presbyterians-trump-enzi-and-barrasso-made-a-covenant/article_cc973a64-c1d4-5711-a044-dadc90b2bcf8.html|title=McDaniel: As Presbyterians, Trump, Enzi and Barrasso made a covenant|work=Wyoming Tribune Eagle|date=September 2019 |access-date=January 30, 2020|archive-date=December 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203125436/https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/mcdaniel-as-presbyterians-trump-enzi-and-barrasso-made-a-covenant/article_cc973a64-c1d4-5711-a044-dadc90b2bcf8.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Election history==
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 | candidate  = John Barrasso (incumbent)
 | votes      = 183,063
 | percentage = 73.35%
 | change     = +3.37%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Nick Carter
 | votes      = 66,202
 | percentage = 26.53%
 | change     = -3.33%
}}
{{Election box candidate
 | party      = None
 | candidate  = Write-ins
 | votes      = 293
 | percentage = 0.12%
 | change     =
}}
{{Election box majority
 | votes      = 116,861
 | percentage = 46.83%
 | change     = +6.70%
}}
{{Election box turnout
 | votes      = 249,558
 | percentage =
 | change     =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
 | winner     = Republican Party (United States)
 | loser      =
 | swing      =
}}
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{{Election box begin no change
| title = U.S. Senate Republican primary election in Wyoming, 2012<ref name=WYSOS_prim>{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2012/Results/Primary/2012_Statewide_Candidates_Summary.pdf|title=Statewide Candidates Official Summary|access-date=September 16, 2012|work=[[Secretary of State of Wyoming]]|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203060357/http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2012/Results/Primary/2012_Statewide_Candidates_Summary.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Barrasso (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 73,516
| percentage = 89.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thomas Bleming
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 5,080
| percentage = 6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Emmett Mavy
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 2,873
| percentage = 3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Write-in
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 279
| percentage = 0.3
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 81,748
| percentage = 100
}}
{{Election box end}}

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 | title=U.S. Senate general election in Wyoming, 2012<ref name="auto1"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = John Barrasso (incumbent)
 | votes      = 185,250
 | percentage = 75.66%
 | change     = +2.31%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Tim Chesnut
 | votes      = 53,019
 | percentage = 21.65%
 | change     = -4.88%
}}
{{Election box candidate
 | party      = Wyoming Country
 | candidate  = Joel Otto
 | votes      = 6,176
 | percentage = 2.52%
 | change     = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party      = n/a
 | candidate  = Write-ins
 | votes      = 417
 | percentage = 0.17%
 | change     = +0.05%
}}
{{Election box total
 | votes      = 244,862
 | percentage = 100.0%
 | change     = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
 | winner     = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title = U.S. Senate Republican primary election in Wyoming, 2018<ref name="primaryresults">{{Cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2018/Results/Primary/2018_Statewide_Candidates_Summary.pdf|title=Statewide Candidates Official Summary|access-date=August 2, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115150856/http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2018/Results/Primary/2018_Statewide_Candidates_Summary.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Barrasso (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 74,292
| percentage = 64.76%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Dave Dodson
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 32,647
| percentage = 28.46%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Holtz
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 2,981
| percentage = 2.60%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charlie Hardy ''(withdrawn)''
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 2,377
| percentage = 2.07%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 1,280
| percentage = 1.16%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Anthony Van Risseghem
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 870
| percentage = 0.7%
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 267
| percentage = 0.23%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 114,714
| percentage = 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=U.S. Senate general election in Wyoming, 2018<ref name="auto3"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party      = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate  = John Barrasso (incumbent)
| votes      = 136,210
| percentage = 66.96%
| change     = -8.70%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate  = Gary Trauner
| votes      = 61,227
| percentage = 30.10%
| change     = +8.45%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
| candidate  = Joseph Porambo
| votes      = 5,658
| percentage = 2.78%
| change     = N/A
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link
| votes      = 325
| percentage = 0.16%
| change     = N/A
}}
{{Election box total
| votes      = 203,420
| percentage = 100%
| change     = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
*[[Physicians in the United States Congress]]
*[[List of United States senators from Wyoming]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://barrasso.senate.gov Senator John Barrasso] official U.S. Senate website
*[https://www.barrassoforwyoming.com/ John Barrasso for U.S. Senate] official campaign website
*{{C-SPAN|1011694}}
* {{CongLinks |congbio=b001261 |votesmart=52662 |fec=S6WY00068 |congress= }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070625030744/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1636439,00.html Wyoming's New Senator] Rita Healy and P.G. Sittenfeld, ''[[Time Magazine]]'', June 22, 2007
*[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11331013 A Profile of Wyoming's New Senator] Elsa Heidorn, ''[[NPR]]'' [[All Things Considered]], June 23, 2007
*[https://wyoleg.gov/2006/members/s27.htm Wyoming State Senate Members Site]

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