[3] Yin is also the president of OtterSpace, a company that builds electric vehicle charging stations in Wyoming.
[5] Yin is a professional software developer, and had worked in the technology industry for a decade prior to his election in 2016.
[8] Prior to his election to the Wyoming House of Representatives, Yin served as vice chair for the Teton County Democratic Party.
[9] Yin ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination and faced Republican Barbara Allen in the general election.
Allen led in a local poll conducted by the Buckrail media outlet prior to the election.
[10] Analysis from The Casper Star-Tribune in 2018 found that he would likely be the second Asian American elected to the body, after Indian-born Republican legislator Nimi McConigley, who served from 1994 to 1996.