Allen Hogg

MEETEETSE — Allen Hogg, a third-generation rancher who has worked the Upper Greybull River country his entire life, recently announced his candidacy for the Wyoming House of Representatives, District 28, as a Republican.

Rep. John Winter, R-Thermopolis, has served in the seat since 2019. He said Monday he will not be running again after four terms, and he’s passing his chairmanship of the Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources committee to Rep. Dalton Banks, R-Cowley.

Hogg, 66, operates the Hogg Ranch near Meeteetse — land his family has worked since 1918. He grew up in the Basin, earned his degree from Northwest College, and spent a brief couple of years in Hot Spring County, where he worked on a work over rig while providing for his young family. before returning to the ranch full-time. He and his wife Kristine have been married 45 years and have raised three sons, one of whom still works the ranch alongside him. When he’s not managing cattle, you’ll find him hunting elk, deer, and birds across the country he’s known since childhood, or throwing flies into the Greybull River that runs through the family property.

“I’m running because I’ve spent my whole life in this Basin and I’ve watched what happens when Cheyenne stops listening to the people actually living here,” said Hogg. “Our roads, our schools, our local boards — these things matter. My neighbors matter. That’s not politics. That’s just how I was raised.”

Hogg brings more than two decades of public service to the race. He served as vice-chairman of the Park County Fair Board, part of a board that saw growing attendance and revenue in amidst budget cuts. As treasurer of the Park County Predator Board, he helped secure state funding for programs protecting both livestock and Wyoming’s wildlife habitat. He is a former President of the Wyoming State Association of County Fairs, a life member of 4-H and FFA, and has worked alongside researchers from across the country with the aim to ensure that landowner reality — not just academic theory — shapes wildlife management decisions in House District 28.

“I’m not a politician, but I am someone who understands how government decisions impact people on the ground, “ Hogg said. ”In Wyoming, we value our independence, but we also value the local services that keep our communities running — our roads, our schools, and our libraries. I’m running to make sure those services are protected by practical conservation leadership, not sidelined by ideological distractions.”

Hogg’s goals include protecting the longstanding  parnerships between ranchers, the public, and public lands; securing necessary state funding for district infrastructure; and ensuring that local boards — not state-level mandates — maintain control over our schools and libraries.

Wyoming House District 28 covers Thermopolis, Meeteetse, smaller communites in southern Park County and up to Cody neighborhoods south of U.S. Highway 14/16/20E.

For more information, visit allenhoggforwyoming.com, or on Facebook at Allen Hogg for Wyoming.

(Zac Taylor contributed reporting)