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The Wyoming State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is a bicameral state legislature, consisting of a 62-member Wyoming House of Representatives, and a 31-member Wyoming Senate. The legislature meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne. There are no term limits for either chamber.
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.
Wyoming's 17th State Senate district is one of 31 districts in the Wyoming Senate. The district encompasses part of Teton County. [2] It is represented by Democratic Senator Mike Gierau of Jackson. [2] [3] In 1992, the state of Wyoming switched from electing state legislators by county to a district-based system. [4]
In early-2020, state representative Scott Clem announced that he would be retiring from the legislature. Bear then announced his candidacy and was endorsed by Clem. [3] [4] He defeated Micky Shober in the Republican primary for District 31 on August 18, 2020, and won the general election on November 3, 2020. Bear took office on January 4, 2021.
Hannah Shields is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle's state government reporter. She can be reached at 307-633-3167 or hshields@wyomingnews.com . You can follow her on X @happyfeet004.
In 1992, Wyoming reorganized all state agencies that deal with natural resources, and the legislature declared the EQC to be a separate operating agency. [5] There are also two Governor-appointed, Wyoming Senate-confirmed independent entities: the Environmental Quality Council (EQC) and the Industrial Siting Council.
Trust but Verify Wyoming, an initiative launched by a political action committee, aims to fight against it. Earlier this month, a Virginia-based PAC sent out political mailers to Wyomingites in ...