Sue Wallis
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Sue Wallis
|image =
|state_house = Wyoming
|district = 52nd{{cite web |url= http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=146 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110219112826/http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=146 |url-status= dead |archive-date= February 19, 2011 |title= Representative Sue Wallis |publisher= Wyoming Legislature |location= Cheyenne, Wyoming |access-date= December 16, 2013}}
|term_start = January 2007
|term_end = January 28, 2014
|predecessor = Burke Jackson
|successor = Troy Mader
|birth_date = {{birth date|1957|10|9|mf=yes}}
|birth_place = Gillette, Wyoming, U.S.
|death_date = c. {{death date and age|2014|1|28|1957|10|9|mf=yes}}
|death_place = Gillette, Wyoming, U.S.
|nationality = American
|party = Republican
|residence = Recluse, Wyoming
|alma_mater = University of Wyoming
|website = {{URL|wallisforwyohouse.com}}
}}
Sue Ellen Wallis{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/65967|title=Sue Wallis biodata|publisher=Project Vote Smart|access-date=December 16, 2013}} (October 9, 1957 – January 28, 2014) was an American politician. She was a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives who represented District 52 from January 2007 until her death in January 2014.
Personal life
Wallis, who attended the University of Wyoming at Laramie, was a rancher and the daughter of former legislator Dick Wallis. She had resided in Recluse.[http://www.centredaily.com/2014/01/28/4006973/wyoming-legislator-sue-wallis.html#storylink=cpy Notice of death of Sue Wallis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130235429/http://www.centredaily.com/2014/01/28/4006973/wyoming-legislator-sue-wallis.html |date=2014-01-30 }}, accessed January 31, 2014.
Elections
- 2012, Wallis won the three-way August 21, 2012 Republican primary with 520 votes (44.5%),{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2012/Results/Primary/2012_Statewide_House_Candidates_Summary.pdf|title=Statewide House Candidates Official Summary Wyoming Primary Election - August 21, 2012|publisher=Secretary of State of Wyoming|location=Cheyenne, Wyoming|page=52|access-date=December 16, 2013}} and was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 general election, winning with 2,939 votes.{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2012/Results/General/2012_Statewide_House_Candidates_Summary.pdf|title=Statewide House Candidates Official Summary Wyoming General Election|date=November 6, 2012|publisher=Secretary of State of Wyoming|location=Cheyenne, Wyoming|page=52|access-date=December 16, 2013}}
- 2006, When Republican Representative Burke Jackson did not seek re-election to the District 52 seat in the Wyoming House, Wallis won the August 22, 2006 Republican primary with 818 votes (52.3%),{{cite web |url= http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2006/06Results/R_Statewide_Legislative_Candidate_Summary.pdf|title= Republican Statewide Legislative Candidates Official Summary Wyoming Primary Election - August 22, 2006 |publisher= Secretary of State of Wyoming|location=Cheyenne, Wyoming |page= 20 & 21 |access-date= December 16, 2013}} and was unopposed for the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 2,238 votes.{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2006/06Results/06General/SW_Legislative_Summary.pdf|title=Statewide Legislative Candidates Official Summary Wyoming General Election - November 7, 2006|publisher=Secretary of State of Wyoming|location=Cheyenne, Wyoming|page=24|access-date=December 16, 2013}}
- 2008, Wallis was unopposed for both the August 19, 2008 Republican primary, winning with 1,111 votes,{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2008/08Results/R-SWLeg.pdf|title=Republican Statewide Legislative Candidates Official Summary Wyoming Primary Election|date=August 19, 2008|publisher=Secretary of State of Wyoming|location=Cheyenne, Wyoming|page=15|access-date=December 16, 2013}} and she won the November 4, 2008 general election with 3,462 votes.{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2008/08Results/General/SW-LegislatureHouse.pdf|title=Statewide House Districts Official Summary Wyoming General Election|date=November 4, 2008|publisher=Secretary of State of Wyoming|location= Cheyenne, Wyoming|page=27|access-date=December 16, 2013}}
- 2010, Wallis won the August 17, 2010 Republican primary with 1,022 votes (50.3%),{{cite web |url= http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2010/Results/Primary/2010_Statewide_House_Candidates_Summary.pdf|title=Statewide House Candidates Official Summary Wyoming Primary Election|date=August 17, 2010|publisher=Secretary of State of Wyoming |location= Cheyenne, Wyoming|page=52|access-date=December 16, 2013}} and won the three-way November 2, 2010 general election with 1,687 votes (57.2%) against Independent candidate Travis Hakert and Libertarian Nicholas De Laat.{{cite web|url=http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2010/Results/General/2010_Statewide_House_Candidates_Summary.pdf|title=Statewide House Candidates Official Summary Wyoming General Election|date=November 2, 2010|publisher=Secretary of State of Wyoming|location=Cheyenne, Wyoming|page=52|access-date=December 16, 2013}}
Death
Wallis was found dead at age 56 on January 28, 2014, at a hotel in her native Gillette, Wyoming. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed.{{cite news|last=Neary|first=Ben|title=Wyoming Legislator Sue Wallis Dies|url=http://www.centredaily.com/2014/01/28/4006973/wyoming-legislator-sue-wallis.html|access-date=January 29, 2014|newspaper=Centre Daily Times|location=Cheyenne, WY|date=January 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130235429/http://www.centredaily.com/2014/01/28/4006973/wyoming-legislator-sue-wallis.html|archive-date=January 30, 2014}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110219112826/http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=146 Official page] at the Wyoming Legislature
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210223905/http://www.wallisforwyohouse.com/ |date=February 10, 2014 |title=Campaign site}}
- {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=65967 | fec= | congress= }}
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Category:Republican Party members of the Wyoming House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Gillette, Wyoming
Category:University of Wyoming alumni
Category:Women state legislators in Wyoming
Category:Ranchers from Wyoming
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century members of the Wyoming Legislature
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