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已故共和党顶级金主福斯特·弗里斯之子史蒂夫·弗里斯决定从政治慈善家转向政治候选人，宣布计划今年竞选怀俄明州联邦众议员空缺席位。
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已故共和党顶级金主福斯特·弗里斯之子史蒂夫·弗里斯正式宣布参选怀俄明州联邦众议员空缺席位，谋求从资助政治候选人转向亲自参选。
弗里斯本周宣布，他将竞选怀俄明州联邦众议员全职空缺席位，该席位目前由怀俄明州共和党众议员哈丽雅特·哈格曼担任。哈格曼去年12月表示，她不会寻求连任众议员，而是将竞选美国参议院席位，接替即将退休的共和党参议员辛西娅·拉米斯。
弗里斯的父亲福斯特曾于2018年竞选怀俄明州州长，几年后去世。尽管在竞争激烈的选举中落败，但这位已故共和党商人和金主当时获得了唐纳德·特朗普的支持。其子史蒂夫表示，他也能够“自信且大胆地”推动特朗普的“美国优先”议程。
共和党州长候选人因知名高尔夫球手大额竞选捐款表示：“深感荣幸”
福斯特·弗里斯2018年在两党政策中心发表讲话，同年他竞选怀俄明州州长。（迈克尔·布罗克斯坦/SOPA图片/盖蒂图片社 lightRocket 供图）
“我乐观地认为，我可以帮助其他人自信且大胆地继续为特朗普总统推行美国优先议程。我认为——作为捐赠者，你未必总能如愿以偿。你捐了钱，却未必能得到期望的结果。”身为怀俄明州长期居民的弗里斯在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。
弗里斯自称是土生土长的怀俄明州人，将自己描述为“政治圈外人”，但同时也标榜自己在前线为保守主义事业奋斗的经历。
弗斯是已故共和党活动家查理·柯克创立的“转折点美国”组织的早期种子基金资助者之一，为“茶党爱国者”组织筹集了首笔100万美元资金，还大力支持选举诚信非营利组织“真实投票”。弗里斯在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时还提到，自己曾助力多名共和党候选人当选，包括蒙大拿州联邦参议员史蒂夫·戴恩斯、内布拉斯加州联邦参议员皮特·里基茨以及蒙大拿州州长格雷格·吉安福特。
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“这些先生们都曾拥有成功的职业生涯，之后都抽出时间以这种方式为国家服务。我认为这正是建国者们的初衷。”弗里斯说道，“我们这群人——没有人把这当成职业、头衔或者升迁捷径。我们都怀揣着服务本州和国家的真诚愿景。”
史蒂夫·弗里斯在竞选宣传照中持枪。（弗里斯竞选怀俄明州众议员团队 供图）
弗里斯在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，他支持特朗普总统在伊朗问题上的“大胆”行动，称特朗普在委内瑞拉的举措“十分出色”，并表示希望进一步聚焦政府的预算优先事项。
弗里斯还表示，如果当选，他将全力支持通过《拯救美国法案》——这是特朗普和共和党推动的一项选举诚信法案，旨在巩固选举安全。他还表示，将支持国会议员任期限制。
与此同时，弗里斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，如果当选，他还将推动恢复怀俄明州联邦矿业局。该联邦机构1910年成立，曾隶属于内政部，1966年被撤销。
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“我认为我们面临的一个重要国家安全问题是，中国在许多战略矿产方面占据了主导地位。而怀俄明州拥有这些战略矿产。我呼吁重新设立曾名为矿业局的机构。”弗里斯提出，“我的设想是，这个政府机构将设在怀俄明州，而非华盛顿特区新增的官僚机构。其目的是加快、简化并推进对我们本土资源的开发利用，这既关乎就业和发展机遇，也关乎国家安全。”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6392530887112
Son of Republican megadonor throws hat in the ring for open at-large House seat in Wyoming
April 4, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News
Steve Friess, son of the late GOP mega donor Foster Friess, is deciding to go from political philanthropist to political candidate, announcing plans to run for Wyoming’s open House seat this year.
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Steve Friess, the son of the late Republican mega donor Foster Friess, just threw his hat in the ring to run for Wyoming’s open at-large House seat, seeking to pivot from helping fund political candidates to becoming one himself.
Friess announced this week that he would be throwing his hat in the ring for Wyoming’s vacant, at-large House seat, which is currently held by Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., who, in December, indicated she would not run for reelection but instead for the U.S. Senate to replace retiring GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis.
Friess’s father, Foster, ran for governor of Wyoming in 2018 before his subsequent passing a few years later. Despite losing in a fiercely competitive race, the late GOP businessman and donor was able to obtain the backing of Donald Trump at the time. His son, Steve, says he thinks he too can help lead Trump’s America First agenda “confidently and boldly.”
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Foster Friess speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center in 2018, the same year he ran for governor of Wyoming.(Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
“I’m optimistic that I can help lead others to be very confidently and boldly continuing the America First agenda for President Trump. I think you can’t – you can’t always do that as a donor. You know, you write a check and you don’t always get what you hope comes out on the other side,” Friess, a longtime Wyoming resident, told Fox News Digital.
Friess, a longtime Wyoming native, describes himself as a “political outsider,” but at the same time is touting his record in “the trenches” fighting for conservative causes.
Friess was one of the early seed funders of the late GOP activist Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, raised the first million dollars for Tea Party Patriots and has been a big finder of the election-integrity nonprofit True the Vote. In talking to Fox News Digital, Friess also touted his work helping get major GOP candidates elected, such as Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Montana GOP Governor Greg Gianforte.
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“Each of these gentlemen had great successful careers and then took the time in their life to engage in this way of serving the country. I think this is what the founders intended,” Friess said. “None of us, none of that group – we’re not doing this for, you know, as a career, a title, or a way to get ahead. We all have a sincere vision of serving our state and our nation.”
Steve Friess poses with a rifle in campaign photos.(Friess for Wyoming)
Friess told Fox News Digital that he supports President Trump’s “bold” actions in Iran, described his actions in Venezuela as “wonderful” and said he wants to focus even more on the government’s budget priorities.
Friess also said if elected, he would put his full support behind passing the SAVE America Act, a voter integrity law being pushed by Trump and Republicans aimed at shoring up election security, and has also said he would support term limits for members of Congress.
Meanwhile, Friess told Fox News Digital that, if elected, he would also push to bring back Wyoming’s Federal Bureau of Mines, a federal agency previously housed under the Department of the Interior created in 1910 but later closed in 1966.
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“One important issue that I think we face from a national security level is the fact that China has us over the barrel for a lot of strategic minerals. Wyoming has those strategic minerals, and I’m going to be calling for the recreation of something that was once known as the Bureau of Mines,” Friess posited. “What I’m envisioning is a government entity that’ll be here in Wyoming, not a new bureaucracy in DC, but it will be designed to expedite, streamline and advance the idea of making use of the resources that we have here, both from a jobs perspective and an opportunity perspective, but also from a national security perspective.”
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6392530887112