Meet Dan

Dan Wolgamott is a dad, husband, State Representative, and progressive champion running to be your next State Auditor.

Dan lives in St. Cloud with his wife, Erika Mejia-Wolgamott, and his youngest daughter, Polly. His eldest daughter is currently attending U of M Duluth. He coaches football at Sauk Rapids-Rice High School and attended the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University.

First and foremost, Dan has been working to get ICE out of Minnesota for good. His wife’s father—a Marine Corps Veteran—was harassed by federal agents because of the color of his skin. The overreach from the Trump administration targeting Minnesota has been frightening, unlawful, and a warning to all of us just how fragile our democracy is. This is why Dan is running—because we can’t let them get away with this.

Dan is the only candidate in this race with a proven progressive track record AND a plan to prevent Republicans from using fraud as a weapon to gut programs to help our most vulnerable Minnesotans. As our next state auditor, Dan will stand up for all Minnesotans and push back against Trump’s out of control federal government and the corporations that are preying on our communities.

Dan knows how to take on the right-wing propaganda machine and win. In his first election to the State House in 2018, he successfully flipped a competitive district by unseating a Republican incumbent. Since then, Dan has helped deliver historic progressive accomplishments, all while maintaining the support of his swing district through years of difficult elections for Democrats. Currently, Dan is the only DFL State Representative to win a Trump district in the state of Minnesota, a true testament to his hard work and record of results. 

In his time as a state legislator, Dan has built a strong track record of progressive victories, including strengthening pensions for Minnesota teachers and firefighters, making Minnesota a trans-refuge state, codifying abortion rights for all, and being the deciding House vote to pass Paid Family & Medical Leave. As the DFL Chair of the House Higher Education Committee, Dan is responsible for creating and accounting for a nearly $4 billion dollar budget. 

Dan has found that his most fulfilling work has been collaborating with local governments, earning public accolades from both the League of Minnesota Cities and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities. He worked directly with cities, counties, and townships throughout the state of Minnesota to chief-authored over 40 bills concerning local government, ranging from city tax increment financing, local road and bridge replacement cost-share appropriation allocations between counties, cities, and townships, intra-governmental data exchanges, local pipeline building permit requirements, county cost-share payment modifications, local cost-share assistance accounts, and more!

Dan cares about us—the Minnesotans who work every day in our towns, counties, and cities to do our best and leave a strong legacy for the next generation. And he believes we deserve to have local governments that work for all of us.

That’s why Dan is running for Minnesota State Auditor, and we hope you’ll join us in supporting our campaign!