# Dan Wolgamott

Daniel Kirk Wolgamott (born October 24, 1990) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Wolgamott represents District 14B in central Minnesota, which includes the city of St. Cloud and parts of Benton, Sherburne, and Stearns Counties.

## Early life, education, and career

Wolgamott was raised in the Elkhorn neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from Elkhorn High School. He attended Saint John's University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. In 2011, he was an intern in U.S. Representative Tim Walz's office.

## Minnesota House of Representatives

Wolgamott ran for Minnesota House in District 14A in 2014, losing to Republican Tama Theis. He then ran for the Minnesota Senate in District 14 in 2016, losing to Republican Jerry Relph by 141 votes. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018 and has been reelected every two years since.
In the 2021–22 legislative session, Wolgamott was an assistant majority leader for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party House Caucus. He was sworn in as speaker pro tempore of the House on January 3, 2023. Wolgamott is the vice chair of the Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee and sits on the Capital Investment, Labor and Industry Finance and Policy, and Rules and Legislative Administration Committees.

## Electoral history

2014 Minnesota State House - District 14A :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Tama Theis | 7,292 | 54.90 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Wolgamott | 5,972 | 44.96 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 18 | 0.14 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,282 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
2016 Minnesota State Senate - District 14 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jerry Relph | 17,519 | 47.40 |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Wolgamott | 17,378 | 47.02 |
| | Libertarian | Stephen Zilberg | 2,021 | 5.47 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 41 | 0.11 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,959 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |
2018 Minnesota State House - District 14B :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Wolgamott | 7,950 | 58.07 |
| | Republican | Jim Knoblach | 5,705 | 41.67 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 36 | 0.26 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 13,691 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican | Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican | Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican | Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican |
2020 Minnesota State House - District 14B :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Wolgamott | 9,422 | 55.93 |
| | Republican | Paul Brandmire | 7,383 | 43.82 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 42 | 0.25 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 16,847 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold |
2022 Minnesota State House - District 14B :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic (DFL) | Dan Wolgamott | 7,652 | 51.80 |
| | Republican | Aaron Henning | 7,112 | 48.14 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 9 | 0.06 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 14,773 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold | Democratic (DFL) hold |

## Personal life

Wolgamott has two children. He resides in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In 2014, he married Nicole Wolgamott (née Swanson); the couple divorced in 2021. In June 2024, Wolgamott announced his engagement to Erika Mejía.

### Legal issues

On January 9, 2021, Wolgamott's vehicle was found abandoned in a yard in Golden Valley, Minnesota. Police investigated, noted the roads were icy at the time, and cited Wolgamott with a misdemeanor for abandoning his vehicle on private property without the property owner's consent.
On July 7, 2023, Wolgamott was arrested in Kanabec County, Minnesota, for driving while intoxicated. Two weeks later, surveillance video from a liquor store showed him drinking from a bottle of alcohol in the parking lot before getting in his car and driving away. On August 7, after blood test results showed a blood alcohol content of 0.09, above Minnesota's legal limit of 0.08, Wolgamott was charged with two counts of driving while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty in September and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation.