Doug Wardlow

Douglas G. "Doug" Wardlow (born 1978) 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. After earning his law degree, he clerked for Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice G. Barry Anderson. During law school, he also spent a summer clerking at the law firm of Lee and Li in Taipei, Taiwan. He also returned to Beijing University, completing English-language coursework on Chinese law.

Wardlow and his family have long been active in government and politics. While attending Georgetown University, he volunteered at the offices of U.S. Representative John Kline and former U.S. Representative Gil Gutknecht, and also worked as a volunteer legal research clerk for U.S. Senator Charles Grassley. His father, Lynn, also served as a Minnesota State Representative for the same district from 2003-2009.