Bernadine Craft Explained

Bernadine Craft
State Senate:Wyoming
District:12th
Term Start:January 7, 2013
Term End:January 10, 2017
Predecessor:Marty Martin
Successor:Liisa Anselmi-Dalton
State House2:Wyoming
State:2Wyoming
District2:17th
Term Start2:January 9, 2007
Term End2:January 7, 2013
Preceded2:Stephen Watt
Succeeded2:Stephen Watt
Party:Democratic
Residence:Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S.
Occupation:Educator

Bernadine L. Craft is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Wyoming State Senate and previously a member of Wyoming House of Representatives, and had represented the 12th district from January 7, 2013 to January 10, 2017.

Craft first ran for and won a seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives in 2006, representing the city of Rock Springs. In 2012, Craft announced that she would run for the 12th district in the Wyoming Senate, replacing outgoing Marty Martin. JoAnn Dayton succeeded Craft as the Democratic nominee, but lost to Stephen Watt. Craft, on the other hand, won the election without any opposition.

Craft was sworn in as a State Senator on January 7, 2013. She was subsequently selected to be Senate Minority Whip.

In addition to being in the Wyoming Senate, Craft serves as Executive Director of the Sweetwater Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She is also an Episcopal priest, serving at her home parish of Holy Communion Episcopal Church in Rock Springs and Oregon Trail Memorial Church in Eden.[1]

Craft declined to run for reelection in 2016.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Submission . Community . Dr. Bernadine Craft Brings Sparkling Resume to the RSHS Hall of Fame . SweetwaterNOW . 2018-08-22 . 2024-08-06.
  2. Web site: Liisa Anselmi Dalton Announces For Wyoming Senate District #12 . SweetwaterNOW . December 5, 2016.