Tyler Lindholm | |
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Member of the WyomingHouseofRepresentatives from the 1st district | |
In office January 5, 2015 –January 4, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Mark Semlek |
Succeeded by | Chip Neiman |
Personal details | |
Born | Sundance,Wyoming,US | May 18,1983
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Charity Lindholm |
Children | 4 |
Residence(s) | Sundance,Wyoming |
Profession | Rancher |
Tyler Lindholm (born May 18,1983) is an American politician and former state legislator for Wyoming. A member of the Republican Party,Lindholm represented the 1st district in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2015 to 2020. [1] [2]
Lindholm helped craft legislation in Wyoming designed to attract cryptocurrency start-ups and diversify the economy. [3] A company he helped start was BeefChain,a tracking system for cattle and beef which used the Cardano blockchain. [4] [5] Members included Rob Jennings,the former WPVI-TV anchor and a co-founder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition (which has since been disbanded [6] );Avanti Financial Group founder Caitlin Long;and Wyoming state senator Ogden Driskill. [7] [8]
Following his 2021 election defeat,Lindholm became state policy director for Senator Cynthia Lummis. [9] In 2023,he left Lummis’office to open a Wyoming chapter of Americans for Prosperity,a libertarian conservative political advocacy group. [10]
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Lindholm defeated challenger Ted Davis in the Republican primary on August 16,2016. He went on to win the general election against Democrat Randy Leinen.
In 2018,Lindholm ran unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.
Lindholm was defeated in the 2020 Republican primary by Chip Neiman who went on to win the general election and took office the following January. [11]
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