Dennis W. Tippets (born December 30, 1938) was an American politician in the state of

Wyoming Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...

. He served in the

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as a member of the Republican Party. He attended the

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and was a mining company executive. He beat the incumbent Dale Urbigkit in the 1984 elections but just 51 votes after a recount.

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1938 births Living people University of Colorado alumni Businesspeople from Wyoming Republican Party members of the Wyoming House of Representatives People from Wheatland, Wyoming {{Wyoming-politician-stub