Chuck Gray (Wyoming politician)
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2021) |
Chuck Gray | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the 57th district | |
| Assumed office January 10, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Lockhart |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BS) |
Chuck Gray is an American politician and a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, having represented the 57th District since January 10, 2017.[1] He is the Republican nominee in the 2022 Wyoming Secretary of State election, in which he is running unopposed, and is expected to take office on January 5, 2023.
Career
Prior to his election to the Wyoming House of Representatives, Gray had a radio talk show on Casper radio station KVOC.[2]
Elections
2014
Gray challenged incumbent State Representative Thomas Lockhart in the Republican primary but was defeated, receiving only 48% of the vote to Lockhart's 52%.[3]
2016
When Lockhart announced his retirement, Gray again announced his candidacy for the seat. He defeated Ray Pacheco in the Republican primary with 59% of the vote and defeated Democrat Audrey Cotherman in the general election with 64% of the vote.[4]
2018
Gray ran for reelection in 2018. In the Republican primary he faced former Casper Mayor Daniel Sandoval, who defeated with 61% of the vote.[5][6] Gray defeated Democrat Jane Ifland in the general election with 61% of the vote.[7]
2020
In 2020, Gray was unopposed in the Republican primary. He again faced Democrat Jane Ifland in the general election and defeated her with 69% of the vote.[8]
2022
In March 2021, Gray announced that he was running for the Republican nomination for Wyoming's at-large congressional district, challenging incumbent Liz Cheney in a primary after Wyoming GOP censured Liz Cheney for her impeachment vote.[9] In September 2021, Donald Trump endorsed Harriet Hageman in the primary which led to Gray dropping out to consolidate the anti-Cheney vote around Hageman.[10]
In March 2022, Gray announced he would run for Wyoming Secretary of State in 2022. He would be endorsed by Donald Trump and he would go on to win the Republican primary.[11][12]
Political views
Chuck Gray has been described by the Associated Press as "one of Wyoming's most Trump-like legislators". Gray is a supporter of the disproven conspiracy theory that the 2020 presidential election–in which Joe Biden lawfully defeated Trump–was "stolen". He has accused the media of refusing to cover evidence of electoral fraud, and attended the 2021 Maricopa County presidential ballot audit. Gray has advocated banning ballot drop boxes and instituting mandatory hand-counted election audits. [13][14]
References
- ^ "Chuck Gray". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 6, 2016.
- ^ "Chuck Gray at the helm of KVOC". Casper Journal. Retrieved January 5, 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Statewide House Candidates Official Summary Wyoming Primary Election - August 19, 2014" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ "Statewide House Candidates Unofficial Summary Wyoming General Election - November 8, 2016" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ^ Klamann, Seth (June 24, 2018). "Former Casper mayor, local activist to challenge Chuck Gray for Wyoming House seat". Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ "Statewide House Candidates Official Summary Wyoming Primary Election - August 21, 2018" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ Wyoming Secretary of State. "Statewide House Candidates Official Summary – Wyoming General Election, November 6, 2018" (PDF). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
- ^ "Wyoming Secretary of State". sos.wyo.gov. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ Coulter, Tom (March 4, 2021). "State Rep. Chuck Gray announces 2022 primary bid against Cheney". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Axelrod, Tal (September 15, 2021). "Third Republican drops out of race to replace Cheney after Trump endorses challenger". TheHill.
- ^ "Wyoming Secretary of State Primary Election Results". The New York Times. August 16, 2022. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ Brown, Aaron. "Former President Donald Trump endorses Chuck Gray for Wyoming Secretary of State". Wyoming News Now. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ "Tara Nethercott Challenges Chuck Gray on Election Integrity". August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ^ Mullen, Maggie (June 15, 2022). "Election integrity front and center in secretary of state race". WyoFile. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
External links
- Official page at the Wyoming Legislature
- Profile from Ballotpedia
 | This article about a Wyoming politician is a stub. You can help Justapedia by expanding it. |
- All articles with dead external links
- Articles with dead external links from July 2020
- Articles with permanently dead external links
- Use mdy dates from August 2022
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Articles needing additional references from September 2021
- All articles needing additional references
- AC with 0 elements
- 21st-century American politicians
- Living people
- Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- Politicians from Casper, Wyoming
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Wyoming Republicans
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- All stub articles
- Wyoming politician stubs