17 Facts About Gary Trauner

Gary S Trauner was born on December 15,1958 and is an American businessman and politician from Wyoming.

Gary Trauner was nominated by the Democratic Party in the state's United States House of Representatives elections in 2006 and 2008, as well as in its 2018 US Senate election.

Gary Trauner previously chaired the Teton County School District Number 1 Board of Trustees.

Gary Trauner received a bachelor's degree from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University in New York City.

Gary Trauner first visited Wyoming when he was 13 and permanently moved to the state in 1990.

Gary Trauner co-founded and served as Chief Financial Officer of OneWest.

Gary Trauner previously served as Vice President of the Teton Trust money management company and founded a dog food company.

Gary Trauner served on the Teton County School District Number 1 Board of Trustees from 2002 to 2006, eventually rising to Chair of the Board.

Gary Trauner was credited with replacing the district's unpopular Superintendent with Pam Shea under whose leadership saw student test scores rise and teacher salaries go up.

Gary Trauner was the Chair of the Aspens Pines Water and Sewer District and his term ended in November 2018.

In 2013, Gary Trauner received the Silver Award for Best Politician That Does Not Hold an Office in Planet Jackson Hole Newspaper's annual awards as voted by the local community.

Additionally, Gary Trauner serves as Chair of the Charture Institute, a Jackson-based conservation think-tank founded in 2002.

Gary Trauner is the former Vice Chair of the Teton County Pathways Task Force, a nine-member citizen advisory committee appointed by the Town and County, and is a member of the Jackson Hole Land Trust.

Gary Trauner ran as the Democratic nominee in the 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming, and raised nearly as much money in the first quarter of 2006 as the incumbent Representative Barbara Cubin.

Gary Trauner ran for the seat again during the 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming and was endorsed by Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal.

Gary Trauner won the Democratic primary unopposed to run against incumbent United States Senator John Barrasso in the 2018 election.

Gary Trauner's goals included "getting big money out of politics," and had pledged not to accept corporate campaign funding from any political action committee.