David Wanzenried

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = David Wanzenried

|image = Wanzenried SD49.jpg

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|11|20}}

|birth_place = Upland, California, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|alma_mater = University of Montana,
Missoula

}}

David Wanzenried is a Montana politician and Montana State University Billings instructor. He served as the state senator for the 49th district of Montana, representing parts of the city of Missoula and Missoula County from since 2007 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic party. Previously, he had been elected to the state House of Representatives for the 92nd district, serving Missoula and also Evergreen, near Kalispell from 1990 to 2004.{{cite web | url=http://leg.mt.gov/css/sessions/61st/leg_info.asp?HouseID=0&SessionID=94&LAWSID=1403| title=Montana Legislature: Sessions}} He served as Montana House Minority leader from 2005 to 2007. Wanzenried ran for the office of governor of Montana in 2012 but withdrew from the race on July 8th, 2011.{{Cite web |title=David Wanzenried |url=https://ballotpedia.org/David_Wanzenried |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

Wanzenried currently serves as an instructor of political science at Montana State University Billings.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-22 |title=David Wanzenried - Arts and Sciences {{!}} MSU Billings |url=https://msubillings.edu/class/nams/faculty-Wanzenried.htm |access-date=2024-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922113632/https://msubillings.edu/class/nams/faculty-Wanzenried.htm |archive-date=2020-09-22 }}