Jerry D. Paxton is an American politician and a Republican member of 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 ...

representing District 47 since January 8, 2013.

Education

Paxton earned his BS in agricultural education and his MS in

vocational education Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an ind ...

from the

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Elections

*2012 When Republican Representative Jeb Steward retired and left the District 47 seat open, Paxton was unopposed for the August 21, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 1,219 votes, and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 3,019 votes (74.4%) against Libertarian candidate Michael Hendricks.

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Official page
at the Wyoming Legislature
Campaign site
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