Bill Henderson is an American politician and a

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member of the

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representing District 41 since January 10, 2017.

Elections

2014

Henderson challenged incumbent Republican Representative

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in the District 43 Republican primary and lost to Zwonitzer. Later that year, Henderson ran for a position on the Laramie County School District #1 Board of Trustees and lost in the general election.

2016

Incumbent Democratic Representative Ken Esquibel retired to run for a seat in the

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being vacated by

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. Henderson declared his candidacy for the seat, facing Patrick Fitzgerald in the Republican primary. Henderson defeated Fitzgerald by two votes to become the Republican nominee. He faced Democrat Amy Simpson in the general election and defeated her with 51% of the vote.

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