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Matthew Hansen Mead (born March 11, 1962) is a Wyoming attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 32nd governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 2001 to 2007.
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Mead was a rancher in Albany/Goshen County. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the state of Wyoming from 2001 to 2007 and was a partner in a private law practice from 1995 to 2001. Mead was also a prosecutor in Campbell County, a special assistant to the Wyoming attorney general, and an assistant U.S. attorney.
2012 1. 1.1. See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election Matt Mead endorsed Mitt Romneyin the 2012 presidential election.
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Response to Syria policy
1. 1.1. Main article: U.S. governors and their responses to Syrian refugees After the attacks in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015, many U.S. governors declared their support or opposition to Syrian refugee resettlement in their states. Mead expressed conditional opposition to the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state of Wyoming. He said:
2014 support for Medicaid expansion
Gov. Mead, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, and Utah Gov. Gary Herbert each announced support for a federal proposal to expand Medicaid following the 2014 elections. All three governors sought to receive additional Medicaid funding proposed by President Barack Obama (D) while crafting state-level alternatives to requirements in the Affordable Care Act. At that time, the three governors joined nine other Republican governors in seeking Medicaid expansion. At the end of Pres. Barack Obama's time in...
Job creation ranking
A June 2013 analysis by The Business Journalsranked 45 governors based on the annual private sector growth rate in all 50 states using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mead was ranked number 45. The five governors omitted from the analysis all assumed office in 2013.
Matt Mead served as governor of Wyoming from 2011 to 2019. During his time in office, Mead focused on economic growth, a state energy strategy, consolidation of government services, supporting local government and enhancing infrastructure and creating additional access to high-speed broadband.
Jun 24, 2018 · Governor Of Wyoming. The aroma of bacon, salty and crisp, filled Gov. Matt Mead’s ranch kitchen as his family roused to greet the long Memorial Day weekend.
Sep 6, 2018 · CHEYENNE – Gov. Matt Mead’s selection Tuesday of his chief of staff, Kari Jo Gray, to fill an upcoming Wyoming Supreme Court vacancy means it will soon have a majority of women serving as...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Matt Mead took the oath of office Monday to become the 32nd governor of Wyoming and said he will put the state first "to make the future as bright as it can be." Marilyn S....
Matt Mead was sworn in as governor of Wyoming on January 3, 2011, and was sworn for his second term on January 5, 2015. Born in Jackson, Wyoming, Mead was raised on the family ranch in Teton County. He has a bachelor’s degree from Trinity University in San Antonio and a law degree from the University of Wyoming.
