Sue Ellen Wallis (October 9, 1957 – January 28, 2014) was an American politician. She was a

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member of the

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who represented District 52 from January 2007 until her death in January 2014.

Personal life

Wallis, who attended the

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at Laramie, was a

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er and the daughter of former legislator

Dick Wallis Dick Wallis (born September 25, 1931) was an American politician in the state of Wyoming. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. He attended Colorado State University and the University of Wyoming a ...

. She had resided in

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Elections

*2012, Wallis won the three-way August 21, 2012 Republican primary with 520 votes (44.5%), and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 general election, winning with 2,939 votes. *2006, When Republican Representative Burke Jackson did not seek re-election to the District 52 seat in the Wyoming House, Wallis won the August 22, 2006 Republican primary with 818 votes (52.3%), and was unopposed for the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 2,238 votes. *2008, Wallis was unopposed for both the August 19, 2008 Republican primary, winning with 1,111 votes, and she won the November 4, 2008 general election with 3,462 votes. *2010, Wallis won the August 17, 2010 Republican primary with 1,022 votes (50.3%), and won the three-way November 2, 2010 general election with 1,687 votes (57.2%) against

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candidate Travis Hakert and Libertarian Nicholas De Laat.

Death

Wallis was found dead at age 56 on January 28, 2014, at a hotel in her native

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. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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