Wyoming's 53rd House of Representatives district

Wyoming's 53rd State House of Representatives district
Wyoming's 53rd House of Representatives district as of 2022
Representative	Chris Knapp R – Gillette
Demographics	87%  White 8%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 1%  Native American 4%  Multiracial
Population (2022)	8,806 [1]

Wyoming's 53rd House of Representatives district is one of 62 districts in the Wyoming House of Representatives. The district encompasses part of Campbell County. ^[2] It is represented by Republican Representative Chris Knapp of Gillette. ^{[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
Dick Erb	Republican	1992 – 1997	Elected in 1992. [5] Re-elected in 1994. [6]
Nick Deegan	Democratic	1997 – 2002	Elected in 1996. [7] Re-elected in 1998. [8] Re-elected in 2000. [9] Resigned in 2002. [10]
Don Warfield	Democratic	2002 – 2003	Appointed in 2002. [11]
Frank W. Latta	Republican	2003 – 2005	Elected in 2002. [12] Re-elected in 2004. [13] Resigned in 2005. [14]
Erin E. Mercer	Republican	2005 – 2009	Appointed in 2005. [15] Re-elected in 2006. [16] Re-elected in 2008. [17] Resigned in 2009. [18]
Gregg Blikre	Republican	2009 – 2015	Appointed in 2009. [18] Re-elected in 2010. [19] Re-elected in 2012. [20]
Roy Edwards	Republican	2015 – 2020	Elected in 2014. [21] Re-elected in 2016. [22] Re-elected in 2018. [23] Died in 2020. [24] Re-elected in 2020. [25] [a]
Chris Knapp	Republican	2020 – present	Appointed in 2020. [26] Re-elected in 2022. [27] Re-elected in 2024. [28]

Recent election results

2014

House district 53 general election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy Edwards	1,540	98.40%
	Write-ins		25	1.59%
Total votes			1,565	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			351
	Republican hold

2016

House district 53 general election ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy Edwards (incumbent)	2,437	98.34%
	Write-ins		41	1.65%
Total votes			2,478	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			598
	Republican hold

2018

House district 53 general election ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy Edwards (incumbent)	1,793	97.39%
	Write-ins		48	2.60%
Total votes			1,841	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			358
	Republican hold

2020

House district 53 general election ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roy Edwards [a] (incumbent)	2,303	95.16%
	Write-ins		117	4.83%
Total votes			2,420	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			791
	Republican hold

2022

House district 53 general election ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Knapp (incumbent)	1,647	84.89%
	Constitution	Larry Williamson	279	14.38%
	Write-ins		14	0.72%
Total votes			1,940	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			118
	Republican hold

2024

House district 53 general election ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Knapp (incumbent)	2,466	97.93%
	Write-ins		52	2.06%
Total votes			2,518	100.0%
Invalid or blank votes			463
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Campbell County (part)	1992 Apportionment Plan	[5] [29]
	Campbell County (part)	2002 Apportionment Plan	[30] [31]
	Campbell County (part)	2012 Apportionment Plan	[32] [33]

Notes

1. Edwards died a day before the 2020 election. His name was still on the ballot and he ran unopposed. He was re-elected posthumously.

References

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