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title="Minnesota House of Representatives">Minnesota House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 38B district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 4, 2011 – January 7, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Obermueller" title="Mike Obermueller">Mike Obermueller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Redistricted</i></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1978-07-03</span>) </span>July 3, 1978<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 46)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Eagan,_Minnesota" title="Eagan, Minnesota">Eagan, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Jenny</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Wardlow" title="Lynn Wardlow">Lynn Wardlow</a> (father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Douglas G. Wardlow</b> (born July 3, 1978) is an American attorney and politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">Minnesota state representative</a> from district 38B. Wardlow was the unsuccessful Republican nominee in the <a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2018 Minnesota Attorney General election">2018 Minnesota Attorney General election</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Wardlow&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wardlow graduated from <a href="/wiki/Eagan_High_School" title="Eagan High School">Eagan High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Eagan,_Minnesota" title="Eagan, Minnesota">Eagan, Minnesota</a>, where he was one of the four valedictorians of his class. He attended <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, studied <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin Chinese</a> at <a href="/wiki/Beijing_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Beijing University">Beijing University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beijing,_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Beijing, China">Beijing, China</a>, and graduated <i><a href="/wiki/Magna_cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Magna cum laude">magna cum laude</a></i> from Georgetown University with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> in Political Theory with a minor in Mandarin Chinese. </p><p>Wardlow earned his <a href="/wiki/Juris_doctor" class="mw-redirect" title="Juris doctor">J.D.</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cum_laude" class="mw-redirect" title="Cum laude">cum laude</a></i> from <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Law_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgetown Law Center">Georgetown Law Center</a>. During law school, he also spent a summer clerking at the law firm of Lee and Li in <a href="/wiki/Taipei,_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Taipei, Taiwan">Taipei, Taiwan</a>. He also returned to Beijing University, completing English-language coursework on <a href="/wiki/Chinese_law" title="Chinese law">Chinese law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-state1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-parkerrosen1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parkerrosen1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Wardlow&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating law school, Wardlow served as a <a href="/wiki/Law_clerk" title="Law clerk">judicial law clerk</a> for Associate Justice <a href="/wiki/G._Barry_Anderson" class="mw-redirect" title="G. Barry Anderson">G. Barry Anderson</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Supreme_Court" title="Minnesota Supreme Court">Minnesota Supreme Court</a>. Following his judicial clerkship, Wardlow worked as a litigation attorney for Minneapolis law firm of Parker Rosen, where he specialized in <a href="/wiki/Eminent_domain" title="Eminent domain">eminent domain</a>, employment law and business law.<sup id="cite_ref-state1_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-setaside_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setaside-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wardlow also worked in international trade law.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minnesota_House_of_Representatives">Minnesota House of Representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Wardlow&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Minnesota House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Doug_Wardlow_floor_speech_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Doug_Wardlow_floor_speech_2.jpg/220px-Doug_Wardlow_floor_speech_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Doug_Wardlow_floor_speech_2.jpg/330px-Doug_Wardlow_floor_speech_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Doug_Wardlow_floor_speech_2.jpg/440px-Doug_Wardlow_floor_speech_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1202" data-file-height="1736" /></a><figcaption>Wardlow on the floor of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">Minnesota House of Representatives</a> in 2011.</figcaption></figure> <p>Wardlow was first elected to the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">Minnesota House of Representatives</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He narrowly lost his bid for reelection in 2012 to <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Laurie_Halverson" title="Laurie Halverson">Laurie Halverson</a>, in the newly created district 51B.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wardlow wrote a bill that sought to prohibit the creation of health care exchanges that were a component of the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a>, but the bill did not become law.<sup id="cite_ref-setaside_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setaside-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also unsuccessfully pushed for a state constitutional "right to work" amendment that would have banned employers and unions from requiring employees to become dues-paying union members.<sup id="cite_ref-setaside_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setaside-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alliance_Defending_Freedom">Alliance Defending Freedom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Wardlow&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Alliance Defending Freedom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wardlow worked for <a href="/wiki/Alliance_Defending_Freedom" title="Alliance Defending Freedom">Alliance Defending Freedom</a>, but left the group when he launched his bid to become Minnesota Attorney General in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-setaside_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setaside-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While working for the organization in 2017, Wardlow testified in a school board meeting against allowing <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> students to access facilities in accordance with their gender identities, stating that such policies would "expose children to members of the opposite sex in restrooms or in locker rooms."<sup id="cite_ref-setaside_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setaside-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wardlow has argued that transgender students using bathrooms reflecting their gender threatens the safety and privacy of other students, and that requiring students to refer to transgender people in accordance with their gender identities violates students' First Amendment right to freedom of speech.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Wardlow won a federal lawsuit regarding a Detroit funeral home that fired a transgender employee. The court ruled that the employer did not discriminate against an employee because transgender individuals are a protected class under federal employment laws. The court also ruled that the employer could not be forced to make employment decisions "that go against its sincerely held religious beliefs".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Wardlow opposed marriage between two individuals of the same sex. He told <i>The Colorado Independent</i> that the Supreme Courts' decision in favor of <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a> was a "totalitarian impulse," and that the country was not "many steps away from tyranny." According to <i>The Colorado Independent</i>, "[Wardlow's] hope is that the country will experience a “culture shift” and return to what he sees as the United States’ historical roots in <a href="/wiki/Judeo-Christian" title="Judeo-Christian">Judeo-Christian</a> beliefs and the idea that marriage is an exclusively heterosexual institution. He also acknowledges that without a change in the law, the Constitution now protects marriage equality and there is little Christians can do to change that without regaining broader power.”<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election">2018 Minnesota Attorney General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Wardlow&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2018 Minnesota Attorney General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2018 Minnesota Attorney General election">2018 Minnesota Attorney General election</a></div> <p>On August 14, 2018, Wardlow won the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> primary for Attorney General of Minnesota. He faced Democratic U.S. Rep. <a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">Keith Ellison</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Grassroots%E2%80%93Legalize_Cannabis_Party" title="Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party">Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party</a> candidate Noah Dilly Johnson had endorsed Ellison, but remained on the general election ballot.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wardlow had previously been endorsed by the Republican Party at its June 2, 2018, state convention.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wardlow lost the election to Ellison by a 49–45% margin.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his campaign, Wardlow said he would enforce same-sex marriage laws;<sup id="cite_ref-setaside_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setaside-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, Wardlow previously opposed gay marriage<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <i><a href="/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges" title="Obergefell v. Hodges">Obergefell v. Hodges</a></i> decision,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he described in 2015 as a "tyrannical impulse".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wardlow has stated that he would not join other Republican attorney generals who sued to overturn the Affordable Care Act.<sup id="cite_ref-setaside_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setaside-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his campaign for Minnesota Attorney General, Wardlow stated the office is not a "policymaking position" and would refrain from anything "legislative in scope."<sup id="cite_ref-setaside_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-setaside-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wardlow stated that, if elected, he would "fire 42 Democratic attorneys right off the bat" from the Attorney General's Office, leading to concern that he might politicize the office and make hiring decisions based on political loyalty rather than merit.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Controversy arose around Wardlow during the 2018 campaign. Former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Anderson remarked, after learning that Wardlow had maintained a politically conservative legal blog during his time as a law clerk, that "I found the conduct of Mr. Wardlow so egregious, so undermining of the ethics and the standards we have on the court I thought he should have been terminated immediately."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He initially promised to keep the attorney general's office apolitical, but received backlash after a tape caught his remarks saying, “We’re going to fire 42 Democratic attorneys right off the bat and get Republican attorneys in there."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, a high school classmate of Wardlow's, Ryan Durant, accused Wardlow of anti-gay bullying during high school, also claiming that Wardlow had mocked him after Durant returned to school following a suicide attempt.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wardlow admitted to committing campaign finance violations in the 2018. He was fined $46,000. Wardlow agreed to pay this amount to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board as a fine. Wardlow was supposed to spend $864,072 during the race. However, over two years, his campaign committee spent $910,490.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MyPillow_and_Mike_Lindell">MyPillow and Mike Lindell</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Wardlow&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: MyPillow and Mike Lindell"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2020, Wardlow joined <a href="/wiki/MyPillow" class="mw-redirect" title="MyPillow">MyPillow</a> as <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lindell" title="Mike Lindell">Mike Lindell</a>'s General Counsel, overseeing legal aspects of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wardlow remained part of Lindell's legal counsel during <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lindell#Attempts_to_overturn_2020_presidential_election" title="Mike Lindell">Lindell's attempt to overturn the 2020 election</a>, when both Lindell's personal and corporate accounts were permanently banned from Twitter.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wardlow also served on Lindell's legal team to advise Lindell about a possible run for Governor of Minnesota. The legal team was tasked with recommending marketing changes needed to make him a viable political candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election">2022 Minnesota Attorney General election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Wardlow&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2022 Minnesota Attorney General election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wardlow announced his running for Minnesota Attorney General in February 2021, and will seek GOP nomination.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is seeking a rematch with Attorney General <a href="/wiki/Keith_Ellison" title="Keith Ellison">Keith Ellison</a> in the statewide election. </p><p>Wardlow came under criticism over statements made following the <a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Daunte_Wright" title="Killing of Daunte Wright">killing of Daunte Wright</a> by police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wardlow was a guest of conservative talk show host <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pags" title="Joe Pags">Joe Pags</a>, when he stated that Daunte Wright "might still be alive if we didn't have so much pressure against the police."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the interview, Wardlow and Pags both attributed some recent police killings to victims' failure to comply with officers, something Wardlow said was the result of "a false narrative that's being spread and perpetuated by folks like Keith Ellison and Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar." The narrative, Wardlow said, makes people believe "police hate people of a certain race" and that there's "systemic racism" in police departments, both of which he said are "completely untrue." He also stated that because of public pressure, "the morale of police is so low, it makes it more likely for them to make mistakes and for accidents like this to happen."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">Minnesota DFL Party</a> stated that his comments were "beyond insulting", calling him "not fit to serve Minnesotans."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Wardlow&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wardlow_and_wife_Jenny_circa_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wardlow_and_wife_Jenny_circa_2008.jpg/220px-Wardlow_and_wife_Jenny_circa_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wardlow_and_wife_Jenny_circa_2008.jpg/330px-Wardlow_and_wife_Jenny_circa_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wardlow_and_wife_Jenny_circa_2008.jpg/440px-Wardlow_and_wife_Jenny_circa_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Wardlow with wife Jenny in 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>Wardlow and his family have long been active in government and politics. While attending <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a>, he volunteered at the offices of U.S. Representatives <a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">John Kline</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gil_Gutknecht" title="Gil Gutknecht">Gil Gutknecht</a>, and also worked as a volunteer legal research clerk for U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a>. His father, <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Wardlow" title="Lynn Wardlow">Lynn Wardlow</a>, also served as a Minnesota State Representative for the same district from 2003 to 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-state1_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-parkerrosen1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parkerrosen1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wardlow resides in <a href="/wiki/Prior_Lake,_Minnesota" title="Prior Lake, Minnesota">Prior Lake, Minnesota</a> with his wife Jenny and three children.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doug_Wardlow&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-state1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-state1_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-state1_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-state1_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15372">"Wardlow, Douglas "Doug" - 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Doug Wardlow profile</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110715043858/http://www.parkerrosen.com/attorneys/wardlow/">Parker Rosen Law Firm profile: Doug Wardlow</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110410220438/http://www.dougwardlow.com/index.php">Archived State House web site</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dougwardlowag.com/">Doug Wardlow for Attorney General web site</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Newman_(politician)" title="Scott Newman (politician)">Scott Newman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee for<br /><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Minnesota" title="Attorney General of Minnesota">Attorney General of Minnesota</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_Attorney_General_election" title="2018 Minnesota Attorney General election">2018</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; 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