district state_senate succeeded predecessor religion party preceded state_house term term_start residence article_title state occupation
12th 17th wyoming stephen watt marty martin christian democratic stephen watt wyoming january 3 , 2007 -- january 7 , 2013 january 7 , 2013 rock springs , wyoming bernadine craft
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bernadine craft

bernadine l. craft is an american politician , currently democratic member of the wyoming state senate and previously a member of wyoming house of representatives , representing the 12th district since 2013 .
craft first ran for and won a seat in the wyoming house of representatives in 2006 , representing the city of rock springs .
in 2012 , craft announced that she would run for the 12th district in the wyoming senate , replacing outgoing marty martin .
democrat joann dayton will succeed craft for the democratic nomination for the 17th district .
craft was sworn in as a state senator on january 7 , 2013 .
she was subsequently selected to be senate minority whip .
in addition to being in the wyoming senate , craft serves as executive director of the sweetwater board of cooperative educational services in rock springs , wyoming .
