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Wyoming House of Representatives | |
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67th Wyoming State Legislature | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 10, 2023 |
Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 62 |
Political groups | Majority (57)
Minority (5)
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Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Article 3, Wyoming Constitution |
Salary | $150/day + per diem |
Elections | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 (62 seats) [1] |
Next election | November 5, 2024 (62 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives Chamber Wyoming State Capitol Cheyenne, Wyoming | |
Website | |
Wyoming State Legislature |
The Wyoming House of Representatives is the lower house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 62 Representatives in the House, representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the state, each with a population of at least 9,000. The House convenes at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne.
Members of the House serve two year terms without term limits. [2] Term limits were declared unconstitutional by the Wyoming Supreme Court in 2004, overturning a decade-old law that had restricted Representatives to six terms (twelve years). [3]
The current Speaker of the House is Albert Sommers.
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Republican | Democratic | Independent | Libertarian | Vacant | ||
End of the 59th Legislature | 43 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
End of the 60th Legislature | 41 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
End of the 61st Legislature | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
End of the 62nd Legislature | 52 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
End of the 63rd Legislature | 51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
December 23, 2016 [4] | 50 | 59 | 1 | |||
January 4, 2017 [5] | 51 | 60 | 0 | |||
Beginning of the 64th Legislature | 51 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
May 15, 2017 [6] | 50 | 59 | 1 | |||
June 5, 2017 [7] | 51 | 60 | 0 | |||
September 14, 2017 [8] | 50 | 59 | 1 | |||
October 13, 2017 [9] | 51 | 60 | 0 | |||
End of the 65th Legislature | 50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
Beginning of the 66th Legislature | 51 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 0 |
Beginning of the 67th Legislature | 57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 92% | 8% | 0% | 0% |
Position | Name | Party | District |
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Speaker of the House | Albert Sommers | Rep | 20 |
Majority Leader | Chip Neiman | Rep | 1 |
Speaker pro tempore | Clark Stith | Rep | 48 |
Majority Whip | Cyrus Western | Rep | 51 |
Minority Leader | Mike Yin | Dem | 16 |
Minority Whip | Karlee Provenza | Dem | 45 |
Minority Caucus Chairman | Trey Sherwood | Dem | 14 |
District | Representative | Party | Residence | Counties Represented | First Elected |
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1 | Chip Neiman | Rep | Hulett | Crook, Weston | 2020 |
2 | Allen Slagle | Rep | Newcastle | Converse, Goshen, Niobrara, Weston | 2022 |
3 | Abby Angelos | Rep | Gillette | Converse, Campbell | 2022 |
4 | Jeremy Haroldson | Rep | Wheatland | Platte | 2020 |
5 | Scott Smith | Rep | Lingle | Goshen, Platte | 2022 |
6 | Tomi Strock | Rep | Douglas | Converse | 2022 |
7 | Bob Nicholas | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2010 |
8 | David Zwonitzer | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2022 (2006*) |
9 | Landon Brown | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2016 |
10 | John Eklund Jr. | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2010 |
11 | Jared Olsen | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2016 |
12 | Clarence Styvar | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2018* |
13 | Ken Chestek | Dem | Laramie | Albany | 2022 |
14 | Trey Sherwood | Dem | Laramie | Albany | 2020 |
15 | Donald Burkhart | Rep | Rawlins | Carbon | 2010 |
16 | Mike Yin | Dem | Jackson | Teton | 2018 |
17 | J.T. Larson | Rep | Rock Springs | Sweetwater | 2022 |
18 | Scott Heiner | Rep | Green River | Sweetwater, Uinta | 2020 |
19 | Jon Conrad | Rep | Mountain View | Uinta | 2022 |
20 | Albert Sommers | Rep | Pinedale | Sublette | 2012 |
21 | Lane Allred | Rep | Afton | Lincoln | 2022 |
22 | Andrew Byron | Rep | Jackson | Lincoln, Sublette, Teton | 2022 |
23 | Liz Storer | Dem | Jackson | Teton | 2022 |
24 | Sandy Newsome | Rep | Cody | Park | 2018 |
25 | David Northrup | Rep | Powell | Park | 2022 (2012) |
26 | Dalton Banks | Rep | Cowley | Big Horn, Park | 2022 |
27 | Martha Lawley | Rep | Worland | Washakie | 2022 |
28 | John Winter | Rep | Thermopolis | Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park, Fremont | 2018 |
29 | Ken Pendergraft | Rep | Sheridan | Sheridan | 2020 |
30 | Mark Jennings | Rep | Sheridan | Sheridan | 2014 |
31 | John Bear | Rep | Gillette | Campbell | 2020 |
32 | Ken Clouston | Rep | Gillette | Campbell | 2022 |
33 | Sarah Penn | Rep | Lander | Fremont | 2022 |
34 | Pepper Ottman | Rep | Riverton | Fremont | 2020 |
35 | Tony Locke | Rep | Casper | Natrona | 2022 |
36 | Art Washut | Rep | Casper | Natrona | 2018 |
37 | Steve Harshman | Rep | Casper | Natrona | 2002 |
38 | Tom Walters | Rep | Casper | Natrona | 2012 |
39 | Cody Wylie | Rep | Rock Springs | Sweetwater | 2022 |
40 | Barry Crago | Rep | Buffalo | Johnson, Sheridan | 2020 |
41 | Bill Henderson | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2016 |
42 | Ben Hornok | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2022 |
43 | Dan Zwonitzer | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2004 |
44 | Tamara Trujillo | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2022 |
45 | Karlee Provenza | Dem | Laramie | Albany | 2020 |
46 | Ocean Andrew | Rep | Laramie | Albany | 2020 |
47 | Bob Davis | Rep | Baggs | Albany, Carbon, Sweetwater | 2022 |
48 | Clark Stith | Rep | Rock Springs | Sweetwater | 2017* |
49 | Ryan Berger | Rep | Evanston | Uinta | 2022 |
50 | Rachel Rodriguez-Williams | Rep | Cody | Park | 2020 |
51 | Cyrus Western | Rep | Sheridan | Sheridan | 2018 |
52 | Reuben Tarver | Rep | Gillette | Campbell | 2022 |
53 | Chris Knapp | Rep | Gillette | Campbell | 2020* |
54 | Lloyd Larsen | Rep | Lander | Fremont | 2012 |
55 | Ember Oakley | Rep | Riverton | Fremont | 2020 |
56 | Jerry Obermueller | Rep | Casper | Natrona | 2016 |
57 | Jeanette Ward | Rep | Casper | Natrona | 2022 |
58 | Bill Allemand | Rep | Midwest | Natrona | 2022 |
59 | Kevin O'Hearn | Rep | Mills | Natrona | 2020* |
60 | Tony Niemiec | Rep | Green River | Sweetwater | 2022 |
61 | Daniel Singh | Rep | Cheyenne | Laramie | 2022 |
62 | Forrest Chadwick | Rep | Evansville | Carbon, Natrona | 2022 |
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