Wyoming's 17th House of Representatives district

Wyoming's 17th State House of Representatives district
Wyoming's 17th House of Representatives district as of 2022
Representative	J.T. Larson R – Rock Springs
Demographics	74%  White 2%  Black 18%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 1% Other 4%  Multiracial
Population (2022)	7,892 [1]

Wyoming's 17th House of Representatives district is one of 62 districts in the Wyoming House of Representatives. The district encompasses part of Sweetwater County. ^[2] It is represented by Republican Representative J.T. Larson of Rock Springs. ^{[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
Ray Sarcletti	Democratic	1993 – 1995	Elected in 1992. [5]
Fred Parady	Republican	1995 – 2005	Elected in 1994. [6] Re-elected in 1996. [7] Re-elected in 1998. [8] Re-elected in 2000. [9] Re-elected in 2002. [10]
Stephen Watt	Republican	2005 – 2007	Elected in 2004. [11]
Bernadine Craft	Democratic	2007 – 2013	Elected in 2006. [12] Re-elected in 2008. [13] Re-elected in 2010. [14]
Stephen Watt	Republican	2013 – 2015	Elected in 2012. [15]
JoAnn Dayton-Selman	Democratic	2015 – 2021	Elected in 2014. [16] Re-elected in 2016. [17] Re-elected in 2018. [18]
Chad Banks	Democratic	2021 – 2023	Elected in 2020. [19]
J.T. Larson	Republican	2023 – present	Elected in 2022. [20] Re-elected in 2024. [21]

Recent election results

2014

House district 17 general election ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	JoAnn Dayton-Selman	1,218	57.58%
	Republican	Stephen Watt (Incumbent)	894	42.26%
	Write-ins		3	0.14%
Total votes			2,115	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			75
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

House district 17 general election ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	JoAnn Dayton-Selman (Incumbent)	2,177	95.90%
	Write-ins		93	4.09%
Total votes			2,270	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			804
	Democratic hold

2018

House district 17 general election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	JoAnn Dayton-Selman (Incumbent)	1,240	59.27%
	Republican	Traci Ciepiela	841	40.20%
	Write-ins		11	0.52%
Total votes			2,092	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			268
	Democratic hold

2020

House district 17 general election ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chad Banks	1,822	92.48%
	Write-ins		148	7.51%
Total votes			1,970	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			857
	Democratic hold

2022

House district 17 general election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J.T. Larson	1,389	60.76%
	Democratic	Chad Banks (Incumbent)	895	39.15%
	Write-ins		2	0.08%
Total votes			2,286	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			59
	Republican gain from Democratic

2024

House district 17 general election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J.T. Larson (Incumbent)	2,590	95.50%
	Write-ins		122	4.49%
Total votes			2,712	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			552
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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

References

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