{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Kermit Brown |office = 63rd Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives |term_start = January 13, 2015 |term_end = January 10, 2017 |predecessor = Tom Lubnau |successor = Steve Harshman |state_house1 = Wyoming |district1 = 14th |term_start1 = January 11, 2005 |term_end1 = January 10, 2017 |predecessor1 = Phil Nicholas |successor1 = Dan Furphy |birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1942|9|21}}}} |birth_place = Denver, Colorado, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |alma_mater = University of Wyoming }} '''Kermit C. Brown'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/52689 |title= Kermit Brown's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> (born September 21, 1942) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 14. Brown was the House majority leader from January 7, 2013, to January 13, 2015, and was Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017.
==Education== Brown earned his BS in animal husbandry and business administration from the University of Wyoming and his JD from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
==Elections== *2012 Brown was unopposed for the August 21, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 684 votes,<ref>{{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= 14 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 2,126 votes (56.0%) against Democratic nominee Tim Nyquist.<ref>{{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 - November 6, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of Wyoming |location= Cheyenne, Wyoming |page= 14 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> *2004 When Republican Representative Phil Nicholas ran for Wyoming Senate and left the District 14 seat open, Brown won the August 17, 2004 Republican Primary with 483 votes (73.6%),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2004/04Results/04_SW_Legislative%20Candidates.pdf |title= Legislative Candidates' Abstract - Official Wyoming Primary Election Results - August 17, 2004 |publisher= Secretary of State of Wyoming |location= Cheyenne, Wyoming |page= 11 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> and won the November 2, 2004 General election with 2,011 votes (56.6%) against Democratic nominee Joseph Kiovsky.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Docs/2004/04Results/04General/04_General_Legislative_Summary.pdf |title= Legislative Candidates' Abstract - Official Wyoming General Election Results - November 2, 2004 |publisher= Secretary of State of Wyoming |location= Cheyenne, Wyoming |page= 7 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> *2006 Brown was unopposed for both the August 22, 2006 Republican Primary, winning with 587 votes,<ref>{{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= 10 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> and the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 1,956 votes.<ref>{{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= 11 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> *2008 Brown was unopposed for the August 19, 2008 Republican Primary, winning with 558 votes,<ref>{{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 - August 19, 2008 |publisher= Secretary of State of Wyoming |location= Cheyenne, Wyoming |page= 8 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 1,966 votes (49.5%) against Democratic nominee Pat Kiovsky.<ref>{{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 - November 4, 2008 |publisher= Secretary of State of Wyoming |location= Cheyenne, Wyoming |page= 9 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> *2010 Brown was unopposed for the August 17, 2010 Republican Primary, winning with 855 votes,<ref>{{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 - August 17, 2010 |publisher= Secretary of State of Wyoming |location= Cheyenne, Wyoming |page= 14 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref> and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 1,568 (58.5%) votes against Democratic nominee Craig Cook.<ref>{{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 - November 2, 2010 |publisher= Secretary of State of Wyoming |location= Cheyenne, Wyoming |page= 14 |accessdate= December 16, 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090828002639/http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=882 Official page] at the Wyoming Legislature * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=52689 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Kermit_Brown Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=7415 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
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