| Leslie J. Nutting | |
| State Senate: | Wyoming |
| State: | Wyoming |
| District: | 7th |
| Term Start: | January 11, 2011 |
| Term End: | January 5, 2015 |
| Preceded: | Kathryn Sessions |
| Succeeded: | Stephan Pappas |
| Party: | Republican |
| Birth Date: | 4 July 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Rifle, Colorado, U.S. |
| Residence: | Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Colorado |
| Occupation: | Nurse practitioner |
| Allegiance: |  United States |
| Serviceyears: | 1990-1995 |
| Rank: | Major |
Leslie J. Nutting (born July 4, 1945) was a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate, representing the 7th district[1] from 2011 until 2015. Senate District 7 encompasses Laramie County, which includes the city of Cheyenne. From 2011 until 2013, she was the only woman in the Wyoming Senate. Nutting was joined by Democrat Bernadine Craft in January 2013.
Nutting ran a write-in campaign against incumbent Democratic State Senator Kathryn Sessions. She won the Republican primary unopposed and defeated Sessions, 54% to 46%.
Nutting declined to run for a second term, and was succeeded by Republican Stephan Pappas.
Nutting received a B.S.N. at Loretto Heights College and an M.S.N. from the University of Colorado.[2]