When a vacancy occurs in the Wyoming Legislature, new members are appointed to fill the resultant vacancy. As per Wyoming law, in the case of a legislative vacancy, the political party which the previous incumbent identified with upon assuming office is contacted. The party is to produce a list of three candidates. The board or boards of county commissioners of the legislative district then vote to appoint a member to fill the vacancy from the list. If the previous incumbent identified with no party, any qualified individual in the district is able to apply to seek appointment. The appointee serves the remainder of the previous incumbent's term, until the next general election.
List of appointed members of the Wyoming House of Representatives Year Dist. Incumbent Party Appointee Party Cause Ref. 1995 12th Sherri L. Wooldridge Dem. Leo Garcia Dem. Resigned 1995 7th Ace Baty Rep. Tony Ross Rep. Death 1996 25th John DeWitt Rep. Denny Smith Rep. Death 1997 19th Wayne Morrow Dem. Peggy L. Rounds Dem. Resigned 1999 49th Virginia Casady Dem. C. Elaine Phillips Dem. Resigned 1999 25th Denny Smith Rep. Alan C. Jones Rep. Death 1999 59th Nancy Berry Dem. Dick Sadler Dem. Resigned 2000 13th Jim Rose Dem. Jane Warren Dem. Resigned 2002 15th Tony Rose Rep. Dave Rader Rep. Resigned 2002 53rd Nick Deegan Dem. Don Warfield Dem. Resigned 2003 39th Christopher Boswell Dem. John Hastert Dem. Resigned 2004 33rd Harry B. Tipton Rep. Jim Allen Rep. Death 2004 31st Jene Jansen Rep. Tom Lubnau Rep. Resigned 2005 53rd Frank W. Latta Rep. Erin E. Mercer Rep. Resigned 2006 9th Bryan Pedersen Rep. David Zwonitzer Rep. Resigned 2006 5th James Hageman Rep. Matt Teeters Rep. Death 2007 36th Liz Gentile Dem. Mary Hales Dem. Resigned 2008 56th Tom Walsh Rep. Tim Stubson Rep. Resigned 2008 48th Marty Martin Dem. Joseph M. BarbutoThe candidate was elected in the general election to the seat prior to their appointment. Dem. Resigned 2009 49th Saundra Meyer Dem. Terry Kimble Dem. Resigned 2009 53rd Erin E. Mercer Rep. Gregg Blikre Rep. Resigned 2011 58th Lisa Shepperson Rep. Tom Reeder Rep. Resigned 2012 30th Jon Botten Rep. Kathy Coleman Rep. Resigned 2014 52nd Sue Wallis Rep. Troy Mader Rep. Death 2015 29th John Patton Rep. Mark Kinner Rep. Death 2016 12th Harlan Edmonds Rep. Lars Lone Rep. Resigned 2017 35th Kendell Kroeker Rep. Joe MacGuire Rep. Resigned 2017 48th Mark Baker Rep. Clark Stith Rep. Resigned 2017 21st Robert McKim Rep. Evan Simpson Rep. Resigned 2018 12th Lars Lone Rep. Clarence Styvar Rep. Resigned 2020 53rd Roy Edwards Rep. Chris Knapp Rep. Death 2020 59th Bunky Loucks Rep. Kevin O'Hearn Rep. Resigned 2021 2nd Hans Hunt Rep. J. D. Williams Rep. Resigned 2025 10th John Eklund Jr. Rep. Justin Fornstrom Rep. Death
List of appointed Wyoming state senators Year Dist. Incumbent Party Appointee Party Cause Ref. 1993 20th John Rankine Rep. Gerald Geis Rep. Resigned 1993 22nd Robert H. Trent Rep. John Schiffer Rep. Resigned 1993 28th Susan Anderson Rep. Mary C. MacGuire Rep. Resigned 2002 14th Mark O. Harris Dem. Larry Caller Dem. Resigned 2003 1st Billie L. Barton Rep. Charles Townsend Rep. Resigned 2004 6th Rich Cathcart Dem. Jana H. Ginter Dem. Resigned 2005 19th Laness Northrup Rep. R. Ray Peterson Rep. Death 2007 26th Bob Peck Rep. Eli Bebout Rep. Death 2007 27th John Barrasso Rep. Bill Landen Rep. Resigned 2008 12th Rae Lynn Job Dem. Marty Martin Dem. Resigned 2009 5th Bob Fecht Rep. Rick Hunnicutt Rep. Resigned 2009 11th Bill Vasey Dem. James Elliott Dem. Resigned 2009 15th Ken Decaria Dem. Saundra Meyer Dem. Resigned 2014 22nd John Schiffer Rep. Dave Kinskey Rep. Death 2015 2nd Jim Anderson Rep. Brian Boner Rep. Resigned 2022 29th Drew Perkins Rep. Bob Ide Rep. Resigned 2025 6th Darin Smith Rep. Taft Love Rep. Resigned
See also List of special elections to the Wyoming Legislature
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