John Vinich

John P. Vinich (June 13, 1950 – November 27, 2004) was an American Democratic politician and attorney who served as a member of the Wyoming Legislature from 1975 to 1999. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, and then in the Wyoming Senate from 1983 to 1999. He was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1988, and almost defeated incumbent Republican Senator Malcolm Wallop. He was also the Democratic nominee for Congress in the 1989 special election to replace Dick Cheney, and for Governor of Wyoming in 1998, losing both races by wider margins.

Vinich lived in Hudson, Wyoming, where his family owned a bar. He died at a hospital in nearby Lander, Wyoming, on November 27, 2004, aged 54.