Donald Raleigh (politician)

On September 8, 2022, a Minnesota Reformer article revealed that Raleigh was on the membership roster of the Oath Keepers, a group designated by the Anti-Defamation League as an "anti-government extremist group." In an interview, Raleigh stated that he "disavows the group and its beliefs, and that he only signed up for a membership years ago as part of a project to conduct market research on organizations targeting veterans."

Raleigh was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in November 2020 and assumed office on January 5, 2021.

In 2016, on his way to Washington D.C., Raleigh was arrested at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport after a loaded firearm was found in his carry-on luggage.  Raleigh was charged with Presenting prohibited item at Security Screening Area and later pleaded guilty.

Raleigh graduated from Osceola High School in Polk County, Wisconsin in 1984. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in emergency and disaster management from American Military University.

Raleigh served in the United States Army from 1984 to 1992, where he was a member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment. From 1992 to 1994, he worked as a salesman for InaCOMP, a technology company based in Southfield, Michigan. He was also a salesman for Entex Industries, Syntegra, Control Data, BT Group, and Creative Internet Solutions. He later worked as a consultant at Control Data. In 2002, he founded Evolve Systems, a marketing agency. Raleigh also owns MYGUN.com LLC and Monitoring Management Solutions, Inc.

Donald Raleigh (born October 9, 1965) is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 38A district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 5, 2021.