Charles Wiger

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Charles Wiger
Image of Charles Wiger

Democratic Party

Prior offices
Minnesota State Senate District 43
Successor: Ann Rest

Education

Bachelor's

Hamline University

Law

Hamline University

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Profession
Attorney
Contact

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Charles Wiger (Democratic Party) was a member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 43. He assumed office in 1997. He left office on January 3, 2023.

Wiger (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 43. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Wiger has been the president of the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School Board.

Biography

Wiger earned his bachelor's and law degrees from Hamline University in 1974 and 1977, respectively. His professional experience includes working as an attorney.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Wiger was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Wiger was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2017
• E-12 Education Finance
• Local Government

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Wiger served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Wiger served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
• Education
• Finance
• Transportation and Public Safety

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Wiger served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Wiger served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022

Wiger did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 43

Incumbent Charles Wiger defeated Bob Zick and Doug Daubenspeck in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 43 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charles Wiger
Charles Wiger (D)
 
56.2
 
26,349
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Bob Zick (R)
 
35.2
 
16,523
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Doug Daubenspeck (Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota)
 
8.4
 
3,950
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
64

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 46,886
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 43

Incumbent Charles Wiger defeated Natasha Lapcinski in the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 43 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Charles Wiger
Charles Wiger
 
69.7
 
6,051
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Natasha Lapcinski
 
30.3
 
2,634

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,685
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 43

Bob Zick advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 43 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Bob Zick
 
100.0
 
2,352

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,352
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary election

Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Minnesota State Senate District 43

Doug Daubenspeck advanced from the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party of Minnesota primary for Minnesota State Senate District 43 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Doug Daubenspeck
 
100.0
 
81

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 81
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Campaign finance

2016

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Charles Wiger defeated Bob Zick and Chris Belflower in the Minnesota State Senate District 43 general election.[1][2]

Minnesota State Senate, District 43 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Charles Wiger Incumbent 57.03% 24,347
     Republican Bob Zick 35.48% 15,149
     Independence Chris Belflower 7.49% 3,197
Total Votes 42,693
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Incumbent Charles Wiger ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 43 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Minnesota State Senate, District 43 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Charles Wiger Incumbent (unopposed)

Bob Zick ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 43 Republican primary.[3][4]

Minnesota State Senate, District 43 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Bob Zick  (unopposed)

2012

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2012

Wiger won election in District 43 in 2012 due to redistricting. He was unopposed in the August 14 Democratic primary and defeated Duane E. (Swede) Johnson (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5][6]

Minnesota State Senate, District 43, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Wiger Incumbent 62.4% 26,767
     Republican Duane "Swede" Johnson 37.6% 16,137
Total Votes 42,904

2010

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2010

Wiger won re-election to the 55th District seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. Tami Ekstrand ran for the seat on the Republican ticket and Mark Jenkins ran for the Independence Party. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.

Minnesota State Senate, District 55 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Charles Wiger (DFL) 15082 52.87%
Tami Ekstrand (R) 11373 39.86%
Mark Jenkins (I) 2053 7.20%
Write-In 21 0.07%

2006

On November 7, 2006, Wiger won re-election to the 55th District Seat in the Minnesota State Senate, defeating Pete Fehlen (R).[7]

Minnesota State Senate, District 55 (2006)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Charles Wiger (DFL) 20,972 66.93%
Pete Fehlen (R) 10,319 32.93%
Write-In 45 0.14%

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign finance summary

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Charles Wiger campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Minnesota State Senate District 43Won general$77,183 N/A**
2016Minnesota State Senate, District 43Won $88,156 N/A**
2012Minnesota State Senate, District 43Won $40,209 N/A**
2010Minnesota State Senate, District 55Won $49,165 N/A**
2006Minnesota State Senate, District 55Won $55,467 N/A**
2002Minnesota State Senate, District 55Won $49,342 N/A**
2000Minnesota State Senate, District 55Won $74,332 N/A**
1996Minnesota State Senate, District 55Won $45,689 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 31 to May 23.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
    2. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
    5. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "State of Minnesota Canvassing Report," accessed May 25, 2014
    6. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Canvassing Report - State Primary - Tuesday, August 14, 2012," accessed April 23, 2014
    7. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - Nov. 7, 2006," accessed May 15, 2014

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    1997-2023    		 Succeeded by
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