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Wyoming's 1st House Of Representatives District
Wyoming's 1st House of Representatives district is one of 62 districts in the Wyoming House of Representatives. It has been represented by Republican Party (US), Republican Chip Neiman since 2021, who has served as Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives since 2025. History Numbered legislative districts did not exist in Wyoming prior to 1992, as all House districts were apportioned among the 23 counties of Wyoming, with each county electing between one and nine representatives using plurality block voting. The apportionment being strictly based on counties led to the state house map having a Apportionment (politics)#Malapportionment, representational deviation of over 83 percent, violating the principle of one man, one vote. This setup was struck down by the courts in ''Gorin v. Karpan'', and Wyoming has used a single-member district plan ever since. Geography House District 1 currently contains two counties in northeastern Wyoming: *Crook County, Wyoming, Crook *Weston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Neiman
Chip Neiman is a rancher, United States, American politician, and Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, representing the Wyoming's 1st House of Representatives district, 1st district since January 12, 2021. Career The Neiman family has been involved in logging and timber production in northeast Wyoming and the Black Hills since 1936. On August 18, 2020, Neiman defeated incumbent state representative, Tyler Lindholm, in the Republican primary for the Wyoming House of Representatives seat representing the 1st district. Neiman won by fewer than 200 votes. On 2020 Wyoming House of Representatives election, November 3, 2020, Neiman was elected to this position, unopposed. Neiman was sworn in on January 4, 2021. Neiman was elected as the Republican nominee for majority floor leader in the state House of Representatives in November 2022. The appointment was seen as representing “the growing power of a more conservative wing of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |