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James W. Byrd
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In a 2026 campaign interview with the Laramie Boomerang / Wyoming News, Byrd explicitly stated his pro-choice position: 'It's your body — your personal real estate — and the government has no place in that.' This is a direct affirmation of bodily-autonomy-based abortion rights, rejecting any government role in restricting abortion access. His framing treats abortion as a private healthcare decision beyond government authority, directly opposing the rubric's sanctity_of_life q0 ideal of recognizing life from the moment of conception and establishing legal personhood for the unborn.
- wyomingnews.comUnclassified
- cowboystatedaily.comUnclassified
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As a Wyoming state legislator and now Senate candidate, Byrd 'expressed distaste for... growing support for homeschooling and charter schools' in Wyoming — directly opposing the parental-rights and homeschool-freedom plank of the rubric.
- wyomingpublicmedia.orgUnclassified
- cowboystatedaily.comUnclassified
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As a state representative, Byrd pushed to significantly raise Wyoming's minimum wage and advocates additional public spending on renewable energy, healthcare, and public lands — prioritizing government outlays over the deficit-reduction and fiscal-restraint standard the rubric requires.
- cowboystatedaily.comUnclassified
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
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Byrd publicly denounced the SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, H.R. 22) — which requires documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote — calling it 'Jim Crow on steroids.' He characterized proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirements as racially discriminatory voter suppression rather than legitimate ballot security. Byrd also spoke at an 'ICE Out' rally at the Wyoming State Capitol on February 2, 2026, opposing federal immigration enforcement operations. His explicit opposition to the SAVE Act's citizenship verification requirement directly contradicts the rubric's election_integrity q0 ideal of requiring documentary proof of citizenship and photo ID to vote.
- trib.comUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
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Appeared as a featured speaker at Wyoming's 'ICE Out' protest at the State Capitol in Cheyenne on February 2, 2026 — a rally explicitly calling on Wyoming officials to obstruct federal ICE deportation operations — placing him publicly on record in opposition to mandatory deportation enforcement.
- wyofile.comUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
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In a KGAB radio interview, Byrd stated on gun policy: 'I really don't care how many guns and how much ammunition you have. I only ask that you keep those guns locked up,' framing mandatory gun storage as the appropriate government response to gun violence under a 'personal responsibility' framework. While he acknowledged 'the government is close to encroaching on some rights,' his explicit advocacy for government-mandated locked-storage requirements places him in the camp of gun regulation rather than fully unrestricted constitutional carry and bare-bones Second Amendment protections.
- kgab.comUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
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