Doug Wardlow

Who is Doug Wardlow?

Douglas G. "Doug" Wardlow is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 38B, which includes portions of the city of Eagan in Dakota County, which is in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican, he is also a litigation attorney for the Minneapolis law firm of Parker Rosen, specializing in eminent domain, employment law and business law.

Wardlow was first elected to the House in 2010. He served on the Civil Law, Judiciary Policy and Finance, and Taxes committees, and on the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Tax Division. He narrowly lost his bid for reelection in 2012 to Democrat Laurie Halverson, in the newly created District 51B.

Wardlow graduated from Eagan High School in Eagan, where he was co-valedictorian of his class. He attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., studied Mandarin Chinese at Beijing University in Beijing, China, and graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a B.A. in Political Theory with a double minor in Mandarin Chinese. He subsequently earned his J.D. from Georgetown cum laude.