Wyoming House of Representatives explained

Wyoming House of Representatives
Coa Pic:Seal of the Wyoming State Legislature.png
Session Room:Cheyenne capitol sitzungssaal3.jpg
House Type:Lower house
Term Limits:None
New Session:January 10, 2023
Leader1:Albert Sommers (R)
Election1:January 10, 2023
Leader2 Type:Speaker pro tempore
Leader2:Clark Stith (R)
Election2:January 10, 2023
Leader3 Type:Majority Leader
Leader3:Chip Neiman (R)
Election3:January 10, 2023
Leader4 Type:Minority Leader
Leader4:Mike Yin (D)
Election4:January 10, 2023
Term Length:2 years
Salary:$150/day + per diem
Members:62
Structure1:Wyoming House of Representatives 2022.svg
Structure1 Res:250px
Political Groups1:Majority (57)

Minority (5)

Last Election1:November 8, 2022
(62 seats)[1]
Next Election1:November 5, 2024
(62 seats)
Redistricting:Legislative Control
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.

Composition of the House of Representatives

AffiliationParty

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

Total
RepublicanDemocraticIndependentLibertarianVacant
nowrap style="font-size:80%"End of the 59th Legislature431700600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"End of the 60th Legislature411900600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"End of the 61st Legislature501000600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"End of the 62nd Legislature52800600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"End of the 63rd Legislature51900600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"December 23, 2016[4] 50591
nowrap style="font-size:80%"January 4, 2017[5] 51600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"Beginning of the 64th Legislature51900600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"May 15, 2017[6] 50591
nowrap style="font-size:80%"June 5, 2017[7] 51600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"September 14, 2017[8] 50591
nowrap style="font-size:80%"October 13, 2017[9] 51600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"End of the 65th Legislature50910600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"Beginning of the 66th Legislature51711600
nowrap style="font-size:80%"Beginning of the 67th Legislature57500620
Latest voting share

Leadership

See also: Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives.

Position Name Party District
Rep 20
Rep 1
Speaker pro tempore Rep 48
Rep 51
Dem 16
Dem 45
Minority Caucus Chairman Dem 14

Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives

DistrictRepresentativePartyResidenceCounties RepresentedFirst Elected
1 Chip NeimanRepHulettCrook, Weston2020
2 Allen SlagleRepNewcastleConverse, Goshen, Niobrara, Weston2022
3 Abby AngelosRepGilletteConverse, Campbell2022
4 Jeremy HaroldsonRepWheatlandPlatte2020
5 Scott SmithRepLingleGoshen, Platte2022
6 Tomi StrockRepDouglasConverse2022
7 Bob NicholasRepCheyenneLaramie2010
8 David ZwonitzerRepCheyenneLaramie2022 (2006*)
9 Landon BrownRepCheyenneLaramie2016
10 John Eklund Jr.RepCheyenneLaramie2010
11 RepCheyenneLaramie2016
12 RepCheyenneLaramie2018*
13 Ken ChestekDemLaramieAlbany2022
14Trey SherwoodDemLaramieAlbany2020
15 Donald BurkhartRepRawlinsCarbon2010
16Mike YinDemJacksonTeton2018
17J.T. LarsonRepRock SpringsSweetwater2022
18 Scott HeinerRepGreen RiverSweetwater, Uinta2020
19 Jon ConradRepMountain ViewUinta2022
20 Albert SommersRepPinedaleSublette2012
21Lane AllredRepAftonLincoln2022
22 Andrew ByronRepJacksonLincoln, Sublette, Teton2022
23 Liz StorerDemJacksonTeton2022
24 Sandy NewsomeRepCodyPark2018
25 David NorthrupRepPowellPark2022 (2012)
26 Dalton BanksRepCowleyBig Horn, Park2022
27Martha LawleyRepWorlandWashakie2022
28 John WinterRepThermopolis2018
29 Ken PendergraftRepSheridanSheridan2020
30 Mark JenningsRepSheridanSheridan2014
31John BearRepGilletteCampbell2020
32Ken CloustonRepGilletteCampbell2022
33Sarah PennRepLanderFremont2022
34Pepper OttmanRepRivertonFremont2020
35Tony LockeRepCasperNatrona2022
36Art WashutRepCasperNatrona2018
37RepCasperNatrona2002
38 Tom WaltersRepCasperNatrona2012
39Cody WylieRepRock SpringsSweetwater2022
40Barry CragoRepBuffaloJohnson, Sheridan2020
41RepCheyenneLaramie2016
42RepCheyenneLaramie2022
43RepCheyenneLaramie2004
44Tamara TrujilloRepCheyenneLaramie2022
45Karlee ProvenzaDemLaramieAlbany2020
46Ocean AndrewRepLaramieAlbany2020
47Bob DavisRepBaggsAlbany, Carbon, Sweetwater2022
48Clark StithRepRock SpringsSweetwater2017*
49Ryan BergerRepUinta2022
50Rachel Rodriguez-WilliamsRepCodyPark2020
51Cyrus WesternRepSheridanSheridan2018
52Reuben TarverRepGilletteCampbell2022
53Chris KnappRepGilletteCampbell2020*
54Lloyd LarsenRepLanderFremont2012
55Ember OakleyRepRivertonFremont2020
56Jerry ObermuellerRepCasperNatrona2016
57Jeanette WardRepCasperNatrona2022
58Bill AllemandRepMidwestNatrona2022
59Kevin O'HearnRepMillsNatrona2020*
60Tony NiemiecRepGreen RiverSweetwater2022
61Daniel SinghRepCheyenneLaramie2022
62Forrest ChadwickRepEvansvilleCarbon, Natrona2022

*Member was originally appointed

Past composition of the House of Representatives

See main article: Political party strength in Wyoming.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Rice . Ethan . Wyoming enacts new state legislative districts . 14 April 2022 . Ballotpedia News . . 31 March 2022 . The enacted proposal adds one Senate seat and two House seats to the state legislature..
  2. Web site: About the Legislature. 2020-12-27. State of Wyoming Legislature.
  3. Web site: May 4, 2004. Wyoming lawmaker pushes for another vote on term limits. 2020-12-27. The Billings Gazette. en.
  4. Republican Kendell Kroeker (District 35) resigned before the start of the next legislative session. http://k2radio.com/kendell-kroeker-evansville-legislator-resigns/
  5. [Joe MacGuire]
  6. [Mark Baker (Wyoming politician)|Mark Baker]
  7. [Clark Stith]
  8. [Robert McKim (Wyoming politician)|Robert McKim]
  9. [Evan Simpson]