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. 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. 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.

State Auditor candidacy

On September 4, 2025, incumbent Minnesota State Auditor Julie Blaha announced her decision not to run for reelection in 2026. The same day, Wolgamott announced his candidacy for state auditor.

Personal life Wolgamott has two children. He resides in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In June 2024, Wolgamott announced his engagement to Erika Mejía. They married in August 2025.

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. He pleaded guilty in September and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation.

Electoral history