Allen Hogg (Republican)
House District 28 - - (180)
Biography
Allen Hogg, 66, is a third-generation rancher who has worked the Upper Greybull River country his entire life. He operates the Hogg Ranch near Meeteetse — land his family has worked since 1918. Allen grew up in the Basin, earned his degree from Northwest College, and spent a brief couple of years in Hot Springs County, where he worked on a workover rig while providing for his young family, before returning to the land 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. Our roads, our schools, our local boards — these things matter.
Experience
Vice-Chairman of the Park County Fair Board
President of the Wyoming State Association of County Fairs
Treasurer of the Park County Predator Board
A life long member and supporter of 4-H and FFA.
Bighorn Basin Sage Grouse working group
Park County Open Lands advisory Board
Park County Planning and Zoning (Meeteetse) Board
Park County Junior Livestock Sale Committee
Park County Bred and Fed Stock Show
Wyoming Game & Fish Access Yes Program
Wyoming Game & Fish Landowner of the Year 2012
Education
Meeteetse High School
Northwest College Associates of Science Degree
Artificial Inseminations Tech Training
Bud Williams Livestock Handling Program
Various Range Managements Seminar
Quickbooks Business Training
Brucellosis Management Programs
Community Activities and Memberships
NRA Member
Wyoming Stock growers
Wyoming Farm Bureau
Bighorn REA Member
Wyoming Sportsman
Friends of the Black Footed Ferret Group
East Yellowstone Collaborative
Western Landowners Alliance
Wyoming Wildlife Migration Working Group
Park County Weed & Pest
Meeteetse Conservation District
Why I am Running
"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. Our roads, our schools, our local boards — these things matter. My neighbors matter. That's not politics. That's just how I was raised."
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. Allen is running to make sure those services are protected by practical conservative leadership, not sidelined by ideological distractions.
His platform prioritizes results over political theater. His goals include protecting the longstanding partnerships between ranchers 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.
Top 3 Priorities
Maintaining public lands, Agriculture and Education would probably be my top 3 priorities. Economic development, healthcare and housing must also be addressed.
Public lands should remain in public hands with good communication between the private sector and public land managers. These lands are essential to agriculture, sportsman, and logging, and should be managed for multiple uses.
Protecting Wyoming’s water rights is an issue that is important to agriculture in the state. Managing large predators is an issue. I believe the grizzly bear should be delisted and the management should be returned to the states.
Local control over special districts and school boards: the people running fair boards, predator boards, and conservation districts know their community's needs better than a mandate out of Cheyenne. My job is protecting their ability to make those calls, not making the calls for them.