Charles L. "Chas" Halsted (born September 23, 1894 in Ellendale, North Dakota, died February 19, 1968 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota) was a Minnesota politician, a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate in Minnesota's 1948 gubernatorial election.Halsted served as town clerk in Brainerd, Minnesota, and worked as a grocer. He was first elected to the legislature in 1937, representing Brainerd.