Don Gosen (born January 16, 1963) is a
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Insurance Agent
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,
co-owner of a
brewery, and a former
Republican member of the
Missouri House of Representatives.
He had represented the 101st district, which includes parts of
Chesterfield,
Wildwood,
Ellisville, and
Clarkson Valley
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, since 2011.
Early life and career
Don Gosen's father was a teacher and his mother was a homemaker.
Don Gosen was raised in
Hermann and attended Hermann High School.
He then received a
BBA-BSBA and
MBA from the
University of Missouri.
He then went to work for Boone County National Bank in
Columbia
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as a commercial loan officer.
He moved to
upstate New York to continue his career in banking and insurance.
For a small time he worked for several breweries, he received Brewing Certificate from the
Institute of Brewing and Distilling in
London, United Kingdom
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, and he received his
brewing
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microbiology schooling from the Lallemand Institute in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
He then moved back to
St. Louis where helped found the Tin Mill Brewing Company and where he has been a
State Farm
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insurance agent for twenty years.
Gosen is a member of the West County
Chamber of Commerce
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, a member of the Wildwood Business Association, a member of the Master Brewers Association of St Louis, and a member and former president of the Wildwood Area Lion's Club.
He currently lives in Chesterfield, with his wife and three children, and attends the Living Word
United Methodist Church in Wildwood.
Political career
In 2010, Don Gosen successfully ran to represent the 84th district in the Missouri House of Representatives.
He started his campaign in 2009 and was unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.
He was reelected to represent the 101st district in 2012.
On February 17, 2016 Representative Gosen resigned, after he was asked to resign by Speaker of the House
Todd Richardson the evening prior. Reasons the representative gave for resignation included having "personal issues". While the reasons for his resignation were unclear at the time, Gosen later acknowledged it was due to an extramarital affair that began in 2014. In July 2016, Gosen announced that he was considering re-entering politics, considering offices at the city and county (but not state) level.
Committee assignments
*Elections
*Insurance Policy (Chairman)
*Utilities
*General Laws
Electoral history
References
External links
ElectDonGosen.comOfficial Missouri House of Representatives profileCampaign Finance Information
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Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
Living people
Politicians from St. Louis
University of Missouri alumni
1963 births
People from Hermann, Missouri
Politicians from St. Louis County, Missouri