Wyoming's 16th House of Representatives district

Wyoming's 16th State House of Representatives district
Wyoming's 16th House of Representatives district as of 2022
Representative	Mike Yin D – Jackson
Demographics	67%  White 1%  Black 24%  Hispanic 2%  Asian 5%  Multiracial
Population (2022)	9,613 [1]

Wyoming's 16th House of Representatives district is one of 62 districts in the Wyoming House of Representatives. The district encompasses part of Teton County. ^[2] It is represented by Democratic Representative Mike Yin of Jackson. ^{[2] [3]}

In 1992, the state of Wyoming switched from electing state legislators by county to a district-based system. ^[4]

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Term	Note
Sam Blackwell	Democratic	1993 – 1995	Elected in 1992. [5]
Kenilynn S. Zanetti	Democratic	1995 – 2001	Elected in 1994. [6] Re-elected in 1996. [7] Re-elected in 1998. [8]
Stephen Watt	Republican	2001 – 2003	Elected in 2000. [9]
Pete Jorgensen	Democratic	2003 – 2011	Elected in 2002. [10] Re-elected in 2004. [11] Re-elected in 2006. [12] Re-elected in 2008. [13]
Ruth Petroff	Republican	2011 – 2017	Elected in 2010. [14] Re-elected in 2012. [15] Re-elected in 2014. [16]
Mike Gierau	Democratic	2017 – 2019	Elected in 2016. [17]
Mike Yin	Democratic	2019 – present	Elected in 2018. [18] Re-elected in 2020. [19] Re-elected in 2022. [20] Re-elected in 2024. [21]

Recent election results

2014

House district 16 general election ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ruth Petroff (Incumbent)	1,947	96.86%
	Write-ins		63	3.13%
Total votes			2,010	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			756
	Republican hold

2016

House district 16 general election ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Gierau	3,740	97.39%
	Write-ins		100	2.60%
Total votes			3,840	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			927
	Democratic gain from Republican

2018

House district 16 general election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Yin	2,530	59.58%
	Republican	Barbara Allen	1,712	40.32%
	Write-ins		4	0.09%
Total votes			4,246	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			128
	Democratic hold

2020

House district 16 general election ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Yin (Incumbent)	4,237	96.18%
	Write-ins		168	3.81%
Total votes			4,405	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			963
	Democratic hold

2022

House district 16 general election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Yin (Incumbent)	2,477	73.83%
	Republican	Jim McCollum	869	25.90%
	Write-ins		9	0.26%
Total votes			3,355	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			88
	Democratic hold

2024

House district 16 general election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Yin (Incumbent)	3,545	96.69%
	Write-ins		121	3.30%
Total votes			3,666	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			795
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Carbon County (part) Fremont County (part) Sweetwater County (part)	1992 Apportionment Plan	[5] [22]
	Teton County (part)	2002 Apportionment Plan	[23] [24]
	Teton County (part)	2012 Apportionment Plan	[25] [26]

References

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