Curt Meier
2019 - Present
2027
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Curt Meier (Republican Party) is the Wyoming Treasurer. He assumed office on January 7, 2019. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.
Meier (Republican Party) ran for re-election for Wyoming Treasurer. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Meier is a former Republican member of the Wyoming State Senate, representing District 3 from 1995 to 2019.
Biography
Meier is a native of LaGrange, Wyoming, where he owns a farm and ranch. He received a bachelor’s degree in animal science and is also the former owner of an irrigation business. His wife, Charlene, retired in 2019 after 45 years as an elementary school teacher.[1]
Meier previously held a seat on the Wyoming State Board of Education and was the chair of the Advisory Council of the Republican National Committee.[2]
Political career
Wyoming Treasurer (2019-present)
Meier was elected Wyoming treasurer on November 6, 2018. He assumed office in January 2019.
Wyoming State Senate (1995-2019)
Meier represented District 3 in the Wyoming State Senate from 1995 to 2019.
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Wyoming committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources |
| • Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs, Chair |
| • Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources |
| • Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs, Chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Meier served on the following committees:
| Wyoming committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Joint Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs, Chair |
| • Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions |
| • Transportation, Highways and Military Affairs, Chair |
| • Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Meier served on the following committees:
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| • Appropriations |
| • Joint Appropriations |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Meier served on these committees:
| Wyoming committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Appropriations |
| • Joint Appropriations |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Meier served on these committees:
| Wyoming committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Appropriations |
Issues
ESG
| Environmental, social, and corporate governance |
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As treasurer, Meier took positions in opposition to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), an approach to investing and corporate decision-making.
State financial officers, including treasurers, auditors, and controllers, are responsible for auditing other government offices, managing payroll, and overseeing pensions. In some states, certain SFOs are also responsible for investing state retirement and trust funds.
West Virginia letter supporting financial system access for fuel industry (November 2021)
Meier was also a co-signer on a November 22, 2021, letter sent by West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore (R) and addressed: “To Whom It May Concern in the U.S. Banking Industry.” The signatories were the treasurers, auditors, and comptrollers from fifteen states. The letter identified them as the “fiduciaries and stewards of more than $600 billion” in combined investment capital.[3]
The letter began: “We are writing to notify you that we will be taking collective action in response to the ongoing and growing economic boycott of traditional energy production industries by U.S. financial institutions.” The signatories wrote their individual actions would be tailored to fit each state’s unique laws and economic position, but that the coordinated objective would be “to select financial institutions that support a free market and are not engaged in harmful fossil fuel industry boycotts for our states’ financial services contracts.”[4]
Opposition to Federal Reserve Bank appointee (January 2022)
In January 2022, Meier was one of 25 members of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) who co-signed a letter to President Joe Biden (D), asking him to withdraw the nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to the Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors.[5]
In a May 2020 New York Times commentary titled “Why Is the Fed Spending So Much Money on a Dying Industry?,” Raskin wrote that Federal Reserve policy decisions should oppose investments in fossil fuels and support investments in the renewable energy sector: “The decisions the Fed makes on our behalf should build toward a stronger economy with more jobs in innovative industries — not prop up and enrich dying ones.”[6]
Meier and the signatories on the SFOF letter wrote that they were concerned Raskin “would use the supervisory authority as Vice-Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank to disrupt the private banking sector, reliable energy supplies, and the U.S. economy.”[7]
In March 2022, Raskin withdrew her name from consideration for the Federal Reserve position.[8]
Opposition to SEC proposal to mandate ESG reporting (June 2022)
In June 2022, Meier and 22 other state financial officials submitted a comment to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing an SEC rule proposal titled the “Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors.” In December 2022, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported that if the SEC rule were finalized it “would become some of the first mandatory environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting requirements for U.S. companies, requiring the disclosure of climate-related risk information in registration statements and periodic reports.”[9][10]
“We have watched with dismay as the Commission and other federal commissions and boards have proposed rules and policies that promote political causes that will adversely affect public finance and retirement income,” wrote the state financial officers in the letter. “The Proposed Rule is another such rule.”[11]
Opposition to Morningstar ratings of Israel investments (August 2022)
In late August 2022, Meier and 17 other members of the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) co-signed a letter addressed to the Morningstar investment rating service expressing their “serious concern regarding reports that Morningstar, Inc. (Morningstar), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sustainalytics, negatively rates firms connected to Israel in apparent alignment with the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.” The letter asserted the BDS movement was “antithetical to the global causes of peace, democracy, and human rights” and asked Morningstar to take corrective action immediately to terminate all research and ratings products that treat Israel-connected companies differently than companies operating in other free democracies.”[12]
Elections
2022
See also: Wyoming Treasurer election, 2022
General election
General election for Wyoming Treasurer
Incumbent Curt Meier won election in the general election for Wyoming Treasurer on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Curt Meier (R) | 98.0 | 159,626 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 3,217 | ||
| Total votes: 162,843 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wyoming Treasurer
Incumbent Curt Meier defeated Bill Gallop in the Republican primary for Wyoming Treasurer on August 16, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Curt Meier | 70.2 | 97,538 |
 | Bill Gallop | 29.3 | 40,658 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 772 | ||
| Total votes: 138,968 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Ziomek (R)
2018
- See also: Wyoming Treasurer election, 2018
General election
General election for Wyoming Treasurer
Curt Meier defeated Chris Lowry in the general election for Wyoming Treasurer on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Curt Meier (R) | 72.0 | 141,826 |
 | Chris Lowry (D) | 27.9 | 54,865 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 246 | ||
| Total votes: 196,937 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Wyoming Treasurer
Curt Meier defeated Leland Christensen and Ron Redo in the Republican primary for Wyoming Treasurer on August 21, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Curt Meier | 50.2 | 51,338 |
 | Leland Christensen | 45.1 | 46,070 | |
| Ron Redo | 4.7 | 4,779 | |
| Total votes: 102,187 | |||
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2014
- See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Wyoming State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 19, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 30, 2014. Incumbent Curt Meier ran unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[13][14]
2010
- See also: Wyoming State Senate elections, 2010
Curt Meier was re-elected to the Wyoming State Senate, District 3. He defeated Republican Cherie Steinmetz in the August 17, 2010, primary election. Meier was unopposed in the November 2, 2010, general election.[15][16]
| Wyoming State Senate, District 3 (2010) General Election | ||||
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 Curt Meier (R)
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5,496 | |||
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| Curt Meier (R)
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2,422 | |||
| Cheri E. Steinmetz (R) | 1,570 | |||
2006
On November 7, 2006, Curt Meier won re-election to the Wyoming State Senate, District 3.[17]
Meier raised $26,712 for his campaign, while Chris Shoults raised $8,376.[18]
| Wyoming State Senate, District 3 (2006) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Curt Meier (R)
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3,609 | |||
| Chris Shoults (D) | 2,608 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2018
In 2018, the Wyoming State Legislature was in session from February 12 to March 15.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- Legislators are scored by the Wyoming Liberty Index on "whether they support or inhibit liberty."
2017
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In 2017, the Wyoming State Legislature was in session from January 10 through March 3.
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2016
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In 2016, the Wyoming State Legislature was in session from February 8 through March 4.
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2015
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In 2015, the Wyoming State Legislature was in session from January 13 to March 12.
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2014
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In 2014, the Wyoming State Legislature was in session from February 10 through March 7.
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2013
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In 2013, the Wyoming State Legislature was in session from January 8 to February 27.
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2012
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In 2012, the Wyoming State Legislature was in session from February 13 through March 9.
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2011
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In 2011, the Wyoming State Legislature was in session from January 11 through March 3.
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Wyoming Liberty Index
The Wyoming Liberty Index, a study created in 2003, issues a Scorecard that rates all final bills in the Wyoming State Legislature on whether the bills supported or hindered liberty. Legislators are also given a "liberty score" based on their voting patterns. The Wyoming Liberty Index 2012 report was issued on the 61st Legislature during the 2012 budget session. Scores range from the highest score (100%) to the lowest (0%). A higher score indicates a higher level of "aye" votes on bills considered pro-liberty and "nay" votes on what the organization considers anti-liberty bills.[19] Meier received a score of 53% in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 7th out of 31 members of the Wyoming State Senate. Although there are 30 members of the Senate, a 31st "hypothetical legislator" voting nay on every bill was also included.
See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Treasurer’s Office, “Curtis E. Meier, Wyoming State Treasurer,” accessed November 22, 2022
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography,” accessed November 22, 2022
- ↑ West Virginia Office of the State Treasurer, “Letter: To Whom It May Concern in the U.S. Banking Industry,” November 22, 2021
- ↑ West Virginia Office of the State Treasurer, “Letter: To Whom It May Concern in the U.S. Banking Industry,” November 22, 2021
- ↑ State Financial Officers Foundation, “Letter to President Joe Biden from State Financial Officers Foundation.” January 31, 2021
- ↑ CNBC, “Republicans grill Fed nominee Raskin over past views on climate and big energy companies,” February 3, 2022
- ↑ State Financial Officers Foundation, “Letter to President Joe Biden from State Financial Officers Foundation,” January 31, 2021
- ↑ New York Post, “Sarah Raskin withdraws Federal Reserve nomination after Joe Manchin blocks Biden pick,” March 15, 2022
- ↑ Pittsburgh Business Times, “SEC’s proposed ESG rule: Key takeaways for public and private companies,” December 1, 2022
- ↑ State Financial Officers Foundation, Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Re: Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, June 17, 2022
- ↑ State Financial Officers Foundation, Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Re: Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors, June 17, 2022
- ↑ West Virginia Office of the State Treasurer, “Letter from membership of State Financial Officers Foundation to Mr. Kunal Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Morningstar, Inc.,” August 25, 2022
- ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Candidate Roster," accessed May 31, 2014
- ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2014 Official General Election Results," accessed November 12, 2014
- ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2010 Primary Candidates Roster," accessed July 25, 2010
- ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "2010 Official State Senate Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "State Election Results, 2006," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2006 candidate," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Wyoming Liberty Index, "2012 Wyoming Liberty Index," accessed April 30, 2014
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