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Taft Love of Cheyenne will be sworn in Tuesday as a state lawmaker, filling a vacancy in Senate District 6 left by Darin Smith, who President Donald Trump nominated as U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming.

Love, a rancher and business owner, previously served on the Laramie County School District 2 Board and as chairman of the Laramie County GOP.

Senate District 6 encompasses Platte County and a rural swath of northeastern Laramie County. The process to fill its vacancy began late last month with a meeting in Guernsey , where GOP precinct committee members nominated Love alongside Roy Birt of Wheatland and Jeff Barnes of Cheyenne.

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