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Dennis Dean "Bo" Biteman (born October 23, 1978) is an American politician and a Republican member of the
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representing District 21 since January 7, 2019. He previously served in the
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representing District 51 from 2017 to 2019.


Elections


2016

Biteman challenged incumbent
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Majority Leader Rosie Berger in the Republican primary and defeated Berger with 56% of the vote. Biteman defeated Democrat Hollis Hackman in the general election with 69% of the vote.


Political future

In 2023, former President
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publicly encouraged Biteman to run for
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in
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.


Political positions

Biteman is a staunch conservative. He supports restrictions on abortion; as in February 2020 he introduced a fetal heart bill to regulate abortion. He opposes instituting a state
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in Wyoming and supports lowering taxes on mineral extraction (which contribute the majority of Wyoming's tax revenue). Biteman has supported the debunked claims of election fraud alleged by Donald Trump in the aftermath of the
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and is a proponent of the
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movement.


References


External links


Official page
at the
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