Darin Smith is a Republican state senator representing District 6 in the Wyoming Senate, covering Platte and parts of Laramie counties. Elected in 2024, he served briefly from 2025 before resigning after his appointment as interim U.S. Attorney for Wyoming by Attorney General Pam Bondi; Taft Love replaced him in the Senate. Notable positions include cosponsoring legislation expanding Wyoming's obscenity laws and requiring public school students to use facilities based on sex assigned at birth , alongside explicit support for the Family Research Council on issues like opposition to marriage equality. He ran unsuccessfully in the 2021 GOP primary against U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and attended the January 6, 2021, Capitol events, drawing criticism from Democratic senators like Dick Durbin and Peter Welch as unqualified for U.S. Attorney due to lack of federal experience and statements on the riot.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: No specific details available from public records.
• Political Experience: Attorney with no prior criminal or federal court background noted; unsuccessful 2021 congressional primary candidate; Wyoming Senate District 6 .