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]
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][13]
On July 7, 2023, Wolgamott was arrested in Kanabec County, Minnesota, for driving while intoxicated.[14] 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.[13] 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.[15] He pleaded guilty in September and was sentenced to two years of supervised probation.[16]
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