Wyoming Congressional Candidate Frank Chapman Outlines Primary Platform

Wyoming congressional candidate Frank Chapman has outlined his legislative platform ahead of the upcoming primary election, focusing heavily on economic relief and federal pushback. Chapman aims to dismantle bureaucratic hurdles to protect the state’s traditional energy and agricultural sectors.

As the August 18 primary election approaches, local media is introducing candidate questionnaires to help voters make informed decisions at the ballot box.

Every candidate in the primary field received the same three questions with a strict limit of 500 words, which could be distributed among their answers as they saw fit. To ensure a fair and direct line to the community, all responses are published exactly as submitted, without edits or alterations.

Questionnaires are being published on a rolling basis online through August 11. They will be accessible via the online election tracking platform.

Additionally, a comprehensive print voters guide will be mailed directly to all Natrona County households in mid-July, featuring all questionnaires received by July 6.

What are the most crucial challenges your constituents are facing?

The most crucial challenges facing Wyoming families are inflation, high food and fuel costs, federal overreach, attacks on energy and agriculture, access to healthcare, border security, and decisions about our land, water, resources, and way of life being made by Washington bureaucrats and Washington elites instead of Wyoming people.

Wyoming families are paying more for groceries, gas, housing, utilities, healthcare, and basic necessities. At the same time, ranchers, energy workers, miners, outfitters, small businesses, counties, tribes, veterans, and rural communities are too often forced to fight the federal government just to live, work, build, graze, drill, mine, hire, or access the land.

If elected, how will you address these challenges?

If elected, I will fight to lower costs by cutting wasteful spending, unleashing Wyoming coal, oil, gas, uranium, trona, and minerals, reducing red tape, securing the border, strengthening American jobs, and protecting the industries that fund our schools, roads, services, and state budget. I will also fight for Wyoming agriculture by opposing foreign beef that undercuts American ranchers, supporting honest country-of-origin labeling, opening grazing leases, creating emergency grazing leases when conditions require it, and supporting tax credits for heifers to help rebuild American herds and lower food costs.

I am deeply concerned about judicial overreach. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., Tanya Chutkan, threw out the environmental review for the massive Converse County oil and gas project near Douglas and Glenrock. A Montana judge recently threw out more than 1.5 million acres of Wyoming oil and gas leases. These distant court rulings threaten Wyoming jobs, revenue, schools, roads, families, and energy independence.

That is why Congress must act. I will push bipartisan reforms to venue, standing, timelines, appeals, statutes of limitation, and mandatory mediation so outside groups cannot use distant courts, judge shopping, endless environmental assessments, costly soil tests, and delay tactics to shut down responsible Wyoming projects.

We must also amend and modernize the Endangered Species Act so it protects species without destroying Wyoming agriculture, grazing, mineral extraction, oil and gas, and local economies. Wyoming can protect wildlife while still producing energy, food, minerals, and jobs.

Constituent services will be a major priority. When a Wyoming citizen, rancher, veteran, business owner, family, tribe, county, or community is up against a federal agency, you will not be alone. I will fight hand in hand with you against government overreach and Washington elites.

What qualities/qualifications do you possess that have prepared you to meet these challenges?

I am uniquely qualified for this fight. I am a rancher, businessman, Licensed Wyoming Outfitter, attorney, and business owner. I have built businesses, signed paychecks, dealt with federal agencies, worked the land, protected public access, and practiced law for over 30 years with a spotless disciplinary history. I am running to fight effectively for your family, your job, your rights, and our Wyoming way of life.

When We Fight… We Win

Future Outlook

The outcome of the upcoming primary will heavily influence Wyoming’s legislative approach toward federal land management and resource extraction. If platforms like Chapman’s gain traction, federal agencies can expect heightened resistance from state leadership, alongside intensified legal battles over energy leasing rights across western public lands.

FAQs

When is the Wyoming primary election scheduled to take place?

The primary election is scheduled for August 18, with candidate questionnaires published online on a rolling basis until August 11.

What specific judicial reforms does Frank Chapman propose?

Chapman proposes bipartisan changes regarding venue, standing, appeals, statutes of limitation, and mandatory mediation to stop out-of-state legal challenges from delaying local projects.

How does the candidate plan to support the local agricultural sector?

He intends to block competing foreign beef imports, enforce transparent country-of-origin labeling, institute emergency grazing leases, and implement heifer tax credits.

What professional background does Frank Chapman bring to the race?

Chapman has over 30 years of experience as a practicing attorney alongside his background as a rancher, business owner, and licensed local outfitter.