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Kenneth Casner

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Member, High Country Joint Powers Board (landfill), 2009-present

Member, Carbon County Economics Board, 2007-2010

Education

  • Attended, Casper College, 1969-1970
  • Diploma, East High School, 1968

Professional Experience

  • Attended, Casper College, 1969-1970
  • Diploma, East High School, 1968
  • Owner, Elk Mountain Trading Company, 1998-present
  • Owner, Elk Mountain Trading Company, Restaurant
  • Served, Wyoming National Guard, 1972-1998
  • Served, United States Army, Vietnam, 1970-1971

Political Experience

  • Attended, Casper College, 1969-1970
  • Diploma, East High School, 1968
  • Owner, Elk Mountain Trading Company, 1998-present
  • Owner, Elk Mountain Trading Company, Restaurant
  • Served, Wyoming National Guard, 1972-1998
  • Served, United States Army, Vietnam, 1970-1971
  • Candidate, United States Senate, Wyoming, 2020
  • Candidate, Wyoming Governor, 2018
  • Candidate, Wyoming State Senate, District 11, 2010
  • County Commissioner, 2008
  • Candidate, Wyoming State Senate, District 11, 2006
  • Candidate, Mayor, 2004
  • Candidate, Governor of Wyoming, 2002

Former Committees/Caucuses

Member, High Country Joint Powers Board (landfill), 2009-present

Member, Carbon County Economics Board, 2007-2010

Other Info

Date of Wedding Anniversary:

December 8. 1972

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Unknown Position

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Unknown Position

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Unknown Position

Wyoming State Legislative Election 2010 Political Courage Test

Abortion and Reproductive

1. Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life?
- Pro-life

2. Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy?
- Yes

3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- No Answer

4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

7. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- Yes

8. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- No Answer

Budget, Spending, and Tax

State SpendingIndicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.2) State TaxesIndicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.3) Budget StabilizationIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing Wyoming's budget.

1. Education (higher)
- Maintain Status

2. Education (K-12)
- Maintain Status

3. Environment
- Maintain Status

4. Health care
- Slightly Increase

5. Law enforcement
- Maintain Status

6. Transportation and highway infrastructure
- Slightly Increase

7. Welfare
- Greatly Decrease

8. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status

9. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status

10. Corporate taxes
- Greatly Increase

11. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status

12. Property taxes
- Eliminate

13. Sales taxes
- Eliminate

14. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

15. Tapping into Wyoming's "rainy day" fund
- Yes

16. Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders
- No

17. Increasing tuition rates at public universities
- No

18. Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees
- No

19. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No

20. Privatizing certain government services
- Yes

21. 23 counties should have have 23 shares of the Rainy day account.
- Welfare is dependance on Government!

Campaign Finance and Government Reform

1. Do you support limits on the number of terms for Wyoming governors?
- Yes

2. Do you support limits on the number of terms for Wyoming state legislators?
- Yes

Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?

1. Individual
- Yes

2. Political Action Committee
- Yes

3. Corporate
- Yes

4. Political Party
- Yes

5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- No Answer

6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- No Answer

Crime and Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

3. Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized?
- No Answer

4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No

5. Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges?
- No

6. Do you support increasing the fines for not wearing a seatbelt while driving?
- Yes

7. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Economic

1. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes

2. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- Yes

3. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- No

4. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- No

5. Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes

6. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- No

7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

1. Do you support national education standards?
- No

2. Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams?
- No

3. Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers?
- Yes

4. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- No Answer

5. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- No Answer

6. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from Wyoming high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No

Environment and Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy?
- No

2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- No

3. Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops?
- No

4. Do you support state funding for improvements to Wyoming's energy infrastructure?
- Yes

5. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- No Answer

6. Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change?
- No Answer

Gun

1. Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

2. Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- Yes

3. Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns?
- Yes

4. Do you support requiring a license for gun possession?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- No

2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- No

3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- No

4. Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance?
- No

5. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No

6. Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Wyoming?
- No

7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes

Social

1. Should marriage only be between one man and one woman?
- Yes

2. Should Wyoming allow same-sex couples to form civil unions?
- No Answer

3. Do you support state funding for stem cell research?
- No

4. Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research?
- No

5. Do you support the state's use of affirmative action?
- Yes

6. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Wyoming's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer

7. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Wyoming's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer