Doug ChapinDoug Chapin

Doug Chapin is running to represent Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District after a long career as a nationally-recognized expert and media commentator on democracy and elections. He spent nine years studying politics, government and law and has over 35 years of experience working in and around public service. Doug served as an attorney in Congress, represented clients in private law practice, and worked as an advocate for federal, state and local election reform nationwide – and built the nation’s first online certificate program in election administration for the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Doug and his partner Stephanie Tomlinson own Sweater Vest Strategies, a Minnesota-based policy research and advocacy firm. He also is the host of Civics Anonymous, a regular series of nonpartisan discussions on the inner workings of law and government behind the current headlines. Doug is the father of three adult children and lives in Hanover.

Doug Chapin is a nationally recognized expert on election policy and administration with almost forty years of experience in the field. Doug spent over a decade leading The Pew Charitable Trusts’ elections team, where he successfully lobbied for enactment of military and overseas voting reform in Congress and state legislatures, linked state election offices and technology partners like Google to provide official voting information online; and worked with the elections community to design and implement efforts to upgrade the nation’s voter registration systems. In 2001, Doug founded electionline.org , which is still the nation’s leading nonpartisan source for election policy news and information. He has been an attorney in private practice specializing in election and ethics law and served as elections counsel to the Democrats on the U.S. Senate Rules Committee.