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Floyd A. Esquibel (born August 27, 1938) is an American politician. He is a former Democratic member of the
Wyoming Senate The Wyoming Senate is the upper house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 30 Senators in the Senate, representing an equal number of constituencies across Wyoming, each with a population of at least 17,000. The Senate meets at the Wyomi ...
, representing the 8th district.


Biography

Esquibel was born in
Mora, New Mexico Mora or is a census-designated place in, and the county seat of, Mora County, New Mexico, Mora County, New Mexico. It is located about halfway between Las Vegas, New Mexico, Las Vegas and Taos, New Mexico, Taos on Highway 518, at an altitude of 7 ...
and attended St Mary's High School. He earned a BS from the
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in 1966, and a MSW from the
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in 1972. In 1975 he earned a JD from the
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. He was Supervisor in Social Work from 1989 to 1996, and from 1989 to 1992 he served as Compliance Officer for the State of Wyoming. Esquibel was Supervisor for the
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in 1989, and Hearing Officer for the State of Wyoming from 1982 to 1986. Esquibel was elected to the
Wyoming House of Representatives The Wyoming House of Representatives is the lower house of the Wyoming State Legislature. There are 60 Representatives in the House, representing an equal number of single-member constituent districts across the state, each with a population of ...
, serving from 1997 through 2009. He served in the
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from 2009 until 2017, and was the Wyoming Senate Minority Caucus Chairman from 2011 to 2012. Esquibel and his wife Jacqueline have three children, Stephanie Esquibel, Martin Esquibel and Jacqueline Esquibel. They have three grandchildren and reside in
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 ...
. Esquibel is the brother of
Ken Esquibel Ken A. Esquibel (born June 30, 1959) is a former Democratic member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, representing the 41st district from 2007 to 2017. Esquibel is the brother of Floyd Esquibel, also a former state legislator in Wyoming. ...
, also a former state legislator in Wyoming. He is
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.Cheyenne lobbyist could be Wyoming's first Native American woman lawmaker
''Casper Star-Tribune,'' November 2, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2018.


References


External links


Wyoming State Legislature - Senator Floyd Esquibel
''official WY Senate website''
Floyd Esquibel for Wyoming
''official campaign website'' * *''Follow the Money'' - Floyd Esquibel
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Senate campaign contributions
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Esquibel, Floyd Democratic Party Wyoming state senators Democratic Party members of the Wyoming House of Representatives 1938 births Living people People from Mora, New Mexico Politicians from Cheyenne, Wyoming University of Wyoming alumni University of Denver alumni Hispanic and Latino American state legislators 21st-century American politicians 20th-century American politicians