It's a Republic Not a Popularity Contest with Rep Pendergraft 2/25

Cowboy State Politics · Feb 25, 2026 · 57m

Finally, I got to sit down with Rep Pendergraft, Agent 29, and talk about the session. It's been really hard to schedule time with him.

The conversation begins with a discussion of how he views representation. Some legislators look at their emails and make decisions based on how popular one side or the other is. Really though, according to Ken, this job is about being able to make the hard decisions.

His vote on Sheridan College was one of those. He originally fought for funding at the college and when that failed, lots of other things got added to the measure.

It's a Republic and not a…