Philip Nicholas (born March 16, 1955) is a

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member of the

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Biography

Nicholas was born in

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in Fremont County in central Wyoming. He graduated from

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in Corvallis,

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, with a

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. He received a

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from the

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. He works as an attorney for the

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Nicholas & Tangeman, LLC in Laramie. He served as a member of the

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from 1997 to 2004. Since 2005, he has served as a member of the Wyoming Senate. From 2011-2012 he was the Senate Vice President. From 2013-2014, he served as the Senate Majority Floor Leader. From 2015-2016, Senator Nicholas was President of the Senate. Nicholas did not run for re-election to the State Senate in 2016. He is a member of the Laramie Rotary Club, Co-Chairman of the Laramie Beautification Committee, and an Ex-Officio Member of the Laramie Chamber Business Alliance (formerly the Laramie Economic Development Corporation). He is married with four children. He is a

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. His younger brother,

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, is a member of the Wyoming House from District 8 in

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