Wyoming's 45th House of Representatives district

Wyoming's 45th State House of Representatives district
Wyoming's 45th House of Representatives district as of 2022
Representative	Karlee Provenza D – Laramie
Demographics	77%  White 1%  Black 14%  Hispanic 4%  Asian 1%  Native American 3%  Multiracial
Population (2022)	9,602 [1]

Wyoming's 45th House of Representatives district is one of 62 districts in the Wyoming House of Representatives. The district encompasses part of Albany County. ^[2] It is represented by Democratic Representative Karlee Provenza of Laramie. ^{[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
Wende Barker	Democratic	1993 – 1999	Elected in 1992. [5] Re-elected in 1994. [6] Re-elected in 1996. [7]
Lorna Johnson	Democratic	1999 – 2005	Elected in 1998. [8] Re-elected in 2000. [9] Re-elected in 2002. [10]
Kevin A. White	Republican	2005 – 2009	Elected in 2004. [11] Re-elected in 2006. [12]
Seth Carson	Democratic	2009 – 2011	Elected in 2008. [13]
Matt Greene	Republican	2011 – 2015	Elected in 2010. [14] Re-elected in 2012. [15]
Charles Pelkey	Democratic	2015 – 2021	Elected in 2014. [16] Re-elected in 2016. [17] Re-elected in 2018. [18]
Karlee Provenza	Democratic	2021 – present	Elected in 2020. [19] Re-elected in 2022. [20] Re-elected in 2024. [21]

Recent election results

2014

House district 45 general election ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Pelkey	1,115	52.76%
	Republican	C. J. Young	989	46.80%
	Write-ins		9	0.42%
Total votes			2,113	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			116
	Democratic gain from Republican

2016

House district 45 general election ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Pelkey (incumbent)	1,894	52.17%
	Republican	Tom Schmit	1,728	47.60%
	Write-ins		8	0.22%
Total votes			3,630	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			123
	Democratic hold

2018

House district 45 general election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Pelkey (incumbent)	1,784	59.96%
	Republican	Roxie Jackson Hensley	1,185	39.83%
	Write-ins		6	0.20%
Total votes			2,975	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			155
	Democratic hold

2020

House district 45 general election ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karlee Provenza	2,043	51.86%
	Republican	Roxie Hensley	1,883	47.80%
	Write-ins		13	0.33%
Total votes			3,939	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			114
	Democratic hold

2022

House district 45 general election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karlee Provenza (incumbent)	2,151	93.93%
	Write-ins		139	6.06%
Total votes			2,290	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			542
	Democratic hold

2024

House district 45 general election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karlee Provenza (incumbent)	2,493	62.57%
	Republican	Paul Crouch	1,477	37.07%
	Write-ins		14	0.35%
Total votes			3,984	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			158
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

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

References

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22. "Map Archive". The American Redistricting Project. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
23. "HOUSE BILL NO. 0075" (PDF). March 1, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 12, 2002. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
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