Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., announced Friday that she won’t seek re-election next year, saying that “I do not have six more years in me.”
“Deciding not to run for re-election does represent a change of heart for me, but in the difficult, exhausting session weeks this fall I’ve come to accept that I do not have six more years in me. I am a devout legislator, but I feel like a sprinter in a marathon. The energy required doesn’t match up,” Lummis, 71, said in a statement.
“I am honored to have earned the support of President Trump and to have the opportunity to work side by side with him to fight for the people of Wyoming. I look forward to continuing this partnership and throwing all my energy into bringing important legislation to his desk in 2026 and into retaining commonsense Republican control of the U.S. Senate,” she added.
Lummis, who was first elected to the Senate in 2020 and will be retiring after just one term, has spearheaded efforts to regulate the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industries while in Congress.
Earlier this year, she introduced a bill that would shield AI companies from certain liability lawsuits if they complied with certain disclosure requirements.
Lummis was also one of several GOP senators who raised concerns about Trump’s decision to privately meet with investors in his $TRUMP meme token earlier this year.