Sara Burlingame (born 1976) is an American politician and former

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. A member of the

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, Burlingame represented the 44th district in the

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from 2019 to 2021.

Career

On November 6, 2018, Burlingame was elected to the

where she represents the 44th district. She won with 51.6% of the vote. She was sworn in on January 7, 2019. Burlingame is a

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. On August 12, 2019, Burlingame expressed an interest in stricter gun control legislation in the United States. Burlingame is the executive director of Wyoming Equality. She was defeated in the 2020 election by Republican John Romero-Martinez.

Personal life

Burlingame's home town is

Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne ( or ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 US Census. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne metropolitan statistical ...

. Burlingame is married to Jason Thomas. Burlingame is

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