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Drew H. Wrigley (born 1965 in Bismarck, North Dakota) is an American politician and the current Lieutenant Governor-designate for the State of North Dakota. Wrigley is expected to assume the office in December 2010. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Wrigley, born in Bismarck, grew up in Fargo and graduated from Fargo South High School. Wrigley earned a bachelor's degree in economics at the University of North Dakota in 1988. A law degree from American University in Washington, D.C. followed in 1991. His legal career began with a judicial clerkship in Delaware for one year, after which he then joined the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office as an Assistant District Attorney. He returned to North Dakota in 1998, serving as a policy adviser to Governor John Hoeven and also as his deputy chief of staff. Wrigley also served as an attorney for the North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau and in 1999 was the state Republican Party's Executive Director.

In 2001, President George W. Bush nominated and the United States Senate confirmed Wrigley as North Dakota’s 17th United States Attorney. He served into 2009 and resigned shortly after Bush left office. During his term, Wrigley oversaw the highly publicized prosecution of Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., who was convicted of killing University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin.

After leaving office, Wrigley was hired as vice president of Compliance, Audit and Corporate Ethics at Noridian Administrative Services in August 2009.

On 11/2/2010, Governor John Hoeven was elected to the United States Senate, taking the seat of longtime senator Byron Dorgan. Hoeven has announced his intention to resign the governorship in December, thereby elevating current Lieutenant Governor Jack Dalrymple to the office of Governor. On 11/4/2010, Dalrymple announced that upon his succession to the Governor's office, he will appoint Wrigley as his Lieutenant Governor.

Wrigley and his wife Kathleen have three children.