# Chuck Wiger > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chuck_Wiger > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chuck_Wiger.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wiger > Source revision: 1349831300 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = file:Senator Chuck Wiger on NW Bonding Tour (cropped).jpg | name = Chuck Wiger | caption = Wiger in 2019 | state_senate = Minnesota | district = 43rd | prior_term = 55th (1997–2012) | term_start = January 7, 1997 | term_end = January 2, 2023 | preceded = Kevin Chandler | succeeded = Ann H. Rest | party = [Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|09|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = [Saint Paul, Minnesota](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota) | alma_mater = [Hamline University](/source/Hamline_University)
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[Hamline University School of Law](/source/Hamline_University_School_of_Law) | occupation = [attorney](/source/Attorney_at_law_(United_States)), writer, legislator | children = 5 }} '''Charles W. "Chuck" Wiger Sr.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|iː|g|ər}} {{respell|WEE-ger}}; born September 14, 1951) is a [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) politician and former member of the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate). A member of the [Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party) (DFL), he represented District 43, which includes parts of [Ramsey](/source/Ramsey_County%2C_Minnesota) and [Washington](/source/Washington_County%2C_Minnesota) counties in the northeastern [Twin Cities](/source/Twin_Cities) metropolitan area. ==Early life, education, and career== Wiger graduated [magna cum laude](/source/magna_cum_laude) from [Hamline University](/source/Hamline_University) in [Saint Paul](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota) in 1974 and earned his [J.D.](/source/juris_doctor) from the [Hamline University School of Law](/source/Hamline_University_School_of_Law) in 1977. In 1993 he attended graduate school at the School for Institution Management at the [University of Colorado](/source/University_of_Colorado_at_Boulder) in [Boulder](/source/Boulder%2C_Colorado).{{cite web |date= |title=Senator Charles W. 'Chuck' Wiger – Biography |url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=13228 |access-date= |website=VoteSmart |publisher=Votesmart.org}} Wiger has been active in [Ramsey County](/source/Ramsey_County%2C_Minnesota) and metropolitan government. He was a member of the [Metropolitan Council](/source/Metropolitan_Council_(Minnesota)) from 1983 to 1989. He is a former chair and member of the Ramsey County Soil and Water Conservation District, a member of the Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Commission and a liaison to the Metropolitan Parks and Open Space Commission.{{cite web |title=Wiger, Sr., Charles W. "Chuck" - Legislator Record |url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10713 |access-date= |website=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library |publisher=Minnesota Legislature}} Wiger is an [attorney](/source/Attorney_at_law) and a writer by profession. Before joining the Senate, he managed chambers of commerce.{{Cite web |date=2016-09-30 |title=Senator Chuck Wiger {{!}} Minnesota Senate DFL |url=http://staging20.senatedfl.mn/home/members/senator-chuck-wiger/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |language=en-US}} ==Minnesota Senate== Wiger was first elected to the Senate in 1996 as a [Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party) candidate and was reelected five times. During his tenure, he served on the Education, Finance, Environment, Veterans, State and Local Government, Jobs and Community Development, Rules and Administration, and Transportation Committees. His special legislative concerns included education, economic development, the environment, and water sustainability. The Minnesota Association of Charter Schools named Wiger the 2022 Charter School Champion for championing legislation for public school education in the Minnesota Senate.{{Cite web |title=2022 Charter School Champion - Senator Chuck Wiger |url=https://mncharterschools.org/media/articles-detail.php?ID=9277 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=MN Association of Charter Schools |language=en}} ==Personal life== Wiger has actively served the education community in his area. He was elected to the [North St. Paul](/source/North_St._Paul%2C_Minnesota)-[Maplewood](/source/Maplewood%2C_Minnesota)-[Oakdale](/source/Oakdale%2C_Minnesota) Community Education Board in 1973 at age 21, and served until 1990.{{Cite web |last=Orrick |first=Dave |date=2021-10-13 |title=After 25 years in state Senate, Chuck Wiger of Maplewood won't seek re-election |url=https://www.twincities.com/2021/10/13/after-25-years-in-mn-senate-chuck-wiger-wont-see-re-election/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Pioneer Press |language=}} He was also founding chair of the East Communities Youth Service Bureau, and served as a director for Northeast Metropolitan Intermediate School District 916. His is the father of five children, including [Carolyn Wiger](/source/Carolyn_Wiger), who competed on [Survivor 44](/source/Survivor_44) and on [the third season of The Traitors](/source/The_Traitors_(American_TV_series)_season_3).{{Cite web |last=Raihala |first=Ross |date=2024-06-06 |title='Survivor' favorite and North St. Paul native Carolyn Wiger to compete on 'The Traitors' |url=https://www.twincities.com/2024/06/06/carolyn-wiger-survivor-the-traitors/ |access-date= |website=Pioneer Press |language=}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{MN-legdb|10713}} *[http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?mem_id=1067 Senator Chuck Wiger] ''official Minnesota Senate website'' *[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=66 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Senator Charles Wiger] *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=13228 Project Vote Smart – Senator Charles Wiger Profile] {{DEFAULTSORT:Wiger, Charles}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Democratic Party Minnesota state senators Category:Politicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota Category:Hamline University School of Law alumni Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chuck Wiger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wiger) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Wiger?action=history)). 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