district succeeded religion birth_place party preceded state_house birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name
48th mark baker lds rock springs , wyoming democratic marty martin wyoming 15 august 1983 2008 rock springs , wyoming joseph m. barbuto
 2013 joseph barbuto
joseph m. barbuto

joseph `` joe '' montague barbuto -lrb- born august 15 , 1983 in rock springs , wyoming -rrb- is an american state politician and democratic former wyoming state representative for district 48 in the 59th through 61st wyoming legislatures .
barbuto first ran for house district 48 in 2008 , defeating opponent tony herrera .
barbuto went on to win the general election unopposed .
upon the resignation of then representative marty martin , who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of state senator rae lynn job , barbuto was appointed early to his position and served briefly in the 59th wyoming state legislature .
his elected term in the 60th wyoming legislature began in january of 2009 .
in 2010 , barbuto ran for reelection unopposed .
during the 61st legislature , he was elected to serve as the house minority caucus chairman .
barbuto was named legislator of the year in 2010 and 2011 by the wyoming highway patrol association .
barbuto and his wife , erin , live in rock springs , wyoming , where he works in the non-profit sector .
