Dan Wolgamott

Daniel Kirk Wolgamott (born October 24, 1990)^[1] 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.^[1]

Dan Wolgamott
Wolgamott in 2022
Speaker pro tempore of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office January 3, 2023 – January 14, 2025
Preceded by	Liz Olson
Succeeded by	Bjorn Olson
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 14B district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2019
Preceded by	Jim Knoblach
Personal details
Born	Daniel Kirk Wolgamott (1990-10-24) October 24, 1990 (age 34)
Political party	Democratic
Children	2
Education	Saint John's University (BA)

Early life, education, and career

Wolgamott was raised in the Elkhorn neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from Elkhorn High School.^[2][3] 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.^[1]

Minnesota House of Representatives

Wolgamott ran for Minnesota House in District 14A in 2014, losing to Republican Tama Theis.^[4] He then ran for the Minnesota Senate in District 14 in 2016, losing to Republican Jerry Relph by 141 votes.^[5] He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2018 and has been reelected every two years since.^[1]

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.^[1]

Electoral history

2014 Minnesota State House - District 14A^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tama Theis	7,292	54.90
	Democratic (DFL)	Dan Wolgamott	5,972	44.96
	Write-in		18	0.14
Total votes			13,282	100.0
	Republican hold

2016 Minnesota State Senate - District 14^[6]

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		41	0.11
Total votes			39,959	100.0
	Republican hold

2018 Minnesota State House - District 14B^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dan Wolgamott	7,950	58.07
	Republican	Jim Knoblach	5,705	41.67
	Write-in		36	0.26
Total votes			13,691	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) gain from Republican

2020 Minnesota State House - District 14B^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dan Wolgamott	9,422	55.93
	Republican	Paul Brandmire	7,383	43.82
	Write-in		42	0.25
Total votes			16,847	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) hold

2022 Minnesota State House - District 14B^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic (DFL)	Dan Wolgamott	7,652	51.80
	Republican	Aaron Henning	7,112	48.14
	Write-in		9	0.06
Total votes			14,773	100.0
	Democratic (DFL) hold

Personal life

Wolgamott has two children. He resides in St. Cloud, Minnesota.^[1] In 2014, he married Nicole Wolgamott (née Swanson); the couple divorced in 2021.^[10] In June 2024, Wolgamott announced his engagement to Erika Mejía.^[11]

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.^[12]

On July 7, 2023, Wolgamott was arrested in Kanabec County, Minnesota, for driving while intoxicated.^[13] 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.^[12] 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.^[14] He pleaded guilty in September and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation.^[15]