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Riverton lawmaker at the center of Wyoming’s latest legislative residency dispute

A sheriff’s office is investigating whether the lawmaker’s temporary move outside House District 55 created a vacancy under state law, officials said.

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by Maggie Mullen, WyoFile Until last fall, Wyoming Republican Rep. Joel Guggenmos lived with his wife and son in a modest log cabin on East Adams Avenue in Riverton, within the confines of House District 55, which he represents. Then in September, he says, his landlord abruptly raised his rent to six times what he had been paying. “It was kind of a shock,” he told WyoFile on Thursday. “It was out of the blue.”  They couldn’t afford to stay, Gugg…

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WyoFile broke the news on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
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