| Don Gosen | |
| State House: | Missouri |
| District: | 101st |
| Term Start: | 2013 |
| Term End: | February 17, 2016 |
| Preceded: | Tim Meadows |
| Succeeded: | Bruce DeGroot |
| State House2: | Missouri |
| District2: | 84th |
| Term Start2: | 2011 |
| Term End2: | 2013 |
| Preceded2: | Allen Icet |
| Succeeded2: | Karla May |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 1963 |
| Residence: | Chesterfield, Missouri |
| Occupation: | Small Business Owner Insurance Agent |
| Alma Mater: | University of Missouri |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Jeanne |
| Children: | Laura Anna Rachel |
| Website: | Campaign Website |
Don Gosen (born January 16, 1963) is a State Farm Insurance Agent, co-owner of a brewery, and a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives.[1] He had represented the 101st district, which includes parts of Chesterfield, Wildwood, Ellisville, and Clarkson Valley, since 2011.[1]
Don Gosen's father was a teacher and his mother was a homemaker.[2] Don Gosen was raised in Hermann and attended Hermann High School.[1] He then received a BBA-BSBA and MBA from the University of Missouri.[1] He then went to work for Boone County National Bank in Columbia as a commercial loan officer.[2] He moved to upstate New York to continue his career in banking and insurance.[3] For a small time he worked for several breweries, he received Brewing Certificate from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling in London, United Kingdom, and he received his brewing microbiology schooling from the Lallemand Institute in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] He then moved back to St. Louis where helped found the Tin Mill Brewing Company and where he has been a State Farm insurance agent for twenty years.[1] Gosen is a member of the West County Chamber of Commerce, 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.[1] He currently lives in Chesterfield, with his wife and three children, and attends the Living Word United Methodist Church in Wildwood.[1]
In 2010, Don Gosen successfully ran to represent the 84th district in the Missouri House of Representatives.[1] He started his campaign in 2009 and was unopposed in both the Republican primary and the general election.[2] He was reelected to represent the 101st district in 2012.[1]
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".[4] While the reasons for his resignation were unclear at the time,[5] Gosen later acknowledged it was due to an extramarital affair that began in 2014.[6] In July 2016, Gosen announced that he was considering re-entering politics, considering offices at the city and county (but not state) level.[7]