Bernadine L. Craft is an

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politician and a former Democratic member of the

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and previously a member of

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, and had represented the 12th district from January 7, 2013 to January 10, 2017. Craft first ran for and won a seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives in 2006, representing the city of Rock Springs. In 2012, Craft announced that she would run for the 12th district in the

Wyoming Senate The Wyoming Senate is the upper house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 30 Senators in the Senate, representing an equal number of constituencies across Wyoming, each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senate meets at the Wyomi ...

, replacing outgoing Marty Martin.

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succeeded Craft as the Democratic nominee, but lost to Stephen Watt. Craft, on the other hand, won the election without any opposition. Craft was sworn in as a State Senator on January 7, 2013. She was subsequently selected to be Senate Minority Whip. In addition to being in the

, Craft serves as Executive Director of the Sweetwater Board of Cooperative Educational Services in

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. She became an ordained Episcopalian Minister in the Spring of 2014. Craft declined to run for reelection in 2016.

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