Chip Neiman is a rancher,

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politician, and

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member of the

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, representing the 1st district since January 12, 2021.

Career

The Neiman family has been involved in logging and timber production in northeast Wyoming and the

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since 1936. On August 18, 2020, Neiman defeated incumbent state representative,

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, in the Republican primary for the Wyoming House of Representatives seat representing the 1st district. Neiman won by fewer than 200 votes. On 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 the Republican Party”.

Personal life

Neiman lives in

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. His wife is named Joni, and they have two children and four grandchildren. Neiman is Christian and attends Hulett Assemblies of God, a church affiliated with the

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. He is also affiliated with Vocations for Orphans and the Greater Hulett Community Center.

References

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