Dennis Dean "Bo" Biteman (born October 23, 1978) is an American politician and a
Republican member of the
Wyoming Senate
The Wyoming Senate is the upper house of the Wyoming Legislature, Wyoming State Legislature. There are 31 Senators in the Senate, representing an equal number of constituencies across Wyoming, each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senat ...
representing
District 21 since January 7, 2019. He previously served in the
Wyoming House of Representatives
The Wyoming House of Representatives is the lower house of the Wyoming Legislature, Wyoming State Legislature. There are 62 Representatives in the House, representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the Wyoming, st ...
representing
District 51 from 2017 to 2019.
Elections
2016
Biteman challenged incumbent
state Senate
In the United States, the state legislature is the legislative branch in each of the 50 U.S. states.
A legislature generally performs state duties for a state in the same way that the United States Congress performs national duties at ...
Majority Leader Rosie Berger in the Republican primary and defeated Berger with 56% of the vote. Biteman defeated Democrat Hollis Hackman in the general election with 69% of the vote.
Political future
In 2023, former President
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...
publicly encouraged Biteman to run for
Governor of Wyoming
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...
in
2026
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1 – Bulgaria is expected to adopt the euro and become the 21st member state of the eurozone.
* January 6 – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day.
* February 5 – The New START Treat ...
.
Political positions
Biteman is a staunch conservative. He supports restrictions on abortion; as in February 2020 he introduced a fetal heart bill to regulate abortion. He opposes instituting a state
income tax
An income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income). Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income. Tax ...
in Wyoming and supports lowering taxes on mineral extraction (which contribute the majority of Wyoming's tax revenue). Biteman has supported the
debunked claims of election fraud alleged by Donald Trump in the aftermath of the
2020 United States presidential election
United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and California junior senator Kamala H ...
and is a proponent of the
Stop the Steal
After Democratic nominee Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election, Republican nominee and then-incumbent president Donald Trump pursued an unprecedented effort to overturn the election, with support from his campaign, ...
movement.
References
External links
Official pageat the
Wyoming Legislature
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 ...
Profilefrom Ballotpedia
1978 births
21st-century members of the Wyoming Legislature
Living people
Grand Valley State University alumni
Presidents of the Wyoming Senate
Republican Party members of the Wyoming House of Representatives
Republican Party Wyoming state senators
Wyoming Republicans
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