Education
Augustana University.
Augustana University.
The district includes over half of the city of Eagan in Dakota County, which is in the southeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Republican, he was elected to the open seat vacated by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty in 2002. As a legislator, he focused on the issues of education, transportation, tax reduction, small business promotion, and health care reform.
While in office, Wardlow served on the following House committees: East-12 Education, Early Childhood Learning Finance Division, Education Finance and Economic Competitiveness Finance Division, Mental Health Division, and Veterans Affairs Division.
He also served in Vietnam in 1969 as a Lieutenant in the United States. Marine Corps, earning two Navy Commendation Medals with one a Combat V. He retired from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1995 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and a Master of Surgery in Mathematics from Mankato State University in Mankato.
In the November 2008 general election, Wardlow was unseated by Democrat Mike Obermueller in his bid for a fourth term.
Republican Party of Minnesota, Republican Party.