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Hundreds of third-party and independent candidates have run for state legislative seats in the state of Wyoming. Only candidates who achieved more than 5% of the vote since 1996 are included. Only candidates who achieved more than 5% of the vote since 1996 are included.
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The mineral extraction industry, including oil and gas, is the main driver of the Wyoming economy, accounting for more than three-fifths of the state's revenues. [1] [2] Travel and tourism is the second-largest sector in the state, providing $3.3 billion to the state's economy, with $170 million in tax revenues in 2015, along with 32,000 jobs. [3]
The Callaghan Apartments, also known as the Plaza Apartments and Hotel and the Plaza Hotel, was erected in 1918 in Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis, Wyoming.It was at one time one of six hotels catering to tourists using the Big Spring of Thermopolis, a hot spring reputed to possess curative properties.
Estelle Reel (1862 - August 2, 1959) was an educator and the first woman elected to Wyoming public office as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1895. [1] She was appointed as the national Superintendent of Indian Schools by President William McKinley in 1898, becoming the first woman to hold a federal appointment requiring Senate ...
Wyoming's 15th State Senate district is one of 31 districts in the Wyoming Senate. The district encompasses part of Uinta County. [2] It is represented by Republican Senator Wendy Davis Schuler of Evanston. [2] [3] In 1992, the state of Wyoming switched from electing state legislators by county to a district-based system. [4]
The Department of Revenue is a department of the Wyoming state government responsible for the collection of mineral and excise taxes as well as valuing property and the wholesale distribution of alcoholic beverages and enforcement of liquor laws. Personal or corporate income taxes are not levied.
The 2024 Wyoming House of Representatives election saw victories in primaries for hard-right Republican members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, increasing their seat share from twenty-eight to thirty-four, a simple majority in the sixty-two seat chamber, in what was the first takeover of any legislature by a state Freedom Caucus.