# Guy Padgett

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**Guy V. Padgett III** (born 1977) is a former American municipal politician from [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming). A member of the [Casper, Wyoming](/source/Casper,_Wyoming), City Council from 2003 to 2009, he was mayor of Casper from 2005 to 2006.[1][2] He is a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)).

He [came out](/source/Coming_out) as [gay](/source/Gay) while on the city council in 2003, becoming the state's first openly gay elected official.[3] Despite Wyoming's reputation for being politically [conservative](/source/Conservatism) and the murder of Casper native [Matthew Shepard](/source/Matthew_Shepard) in nearby Laramie in 1998, Padgett was unanimously elected mayor by the council in 2005. He reportedly enjoyed great popularity among his constituents, including support from prominent [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) politicians such as [Alan K. Simpson](/source/Alan_K._Simpson). In addition he was, at 27, Casper's youngest mayor.[4]

He was re-elected to the city council in 2006; he resigned his seat June 30, 2009, upon admission to a master's degree program at the [University of Denver's](/source/University_of_Denver) [Josef Korbel School of International Studies](/source/Josef_Korbel_School_of_International_Studies).[5] His resignation left only one openly gay elected official in Wyoming: state representative [Cathy Connolly](/source/Cathy_Connolly) (D–Laramie).

## References

1. ["The New Face Of Gay Power"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110120185152/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005870,00.html). *[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))*. October 13, 2003. Archived from [the original](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005870,00.html) on January 20, 2011.

1. ["Airport Manager Joins City Council"](http://www.casperjournal.com/articles/2009/07/08/news/news070809h.txt). *Casper Journal*. July 8, 2009.[dead link]

1. "Very Much At Home: A Gay Mayor In Wyoming". *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. December 15, 2005. p. 34 (section A)

1. ["Don't Ask, Don't Dare Tell"](http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2003/10/08/news/wyoming/ee15017994ad6dd9965a9ba125ac45a2.txt). *[Casper Star-Tribune](/source/Casper_Star-Tribune)*. October 6, 2003.

1. ["Meet Guy Padgett"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121004063535/https://www.du.edu/korbel/docs/admitted_students/ADM-Profile_Guy_Padgett.pdf). *Admitted Student Profiles*. University of Denver. Archived from [the original](http://www.du.edu/korbel/docs/admitted_students/ADM-Profile_Guy_Padgett.pdf) on October 4, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2012.

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