{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Charlie Janssen | office = Auditor of Nebraska | governor = Pete Ricketts | term_start = January 8, 2015 | term_end = January 5, 2023 | predecessor = Mike Foley | successor = Mike Foley | state_legislature1 = Nebraska | district1 = 15th | term_start1 = January 2009 | term_end1 = December 2014 | predecessor1 = Ray Janssen | successor1 = David Schnoor | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|1|15}} | birth_place = Fremont, Nebraska, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | relatives = Ray Janssen (uncle) | education = Wayne State College (BS) }} thumb|Charlie Janssen gubernatorial campaign, 2014
'''Charlie Janssen''' (born January 15, 1971) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. A member of the Republican Party, Jansen served in the Nebraska Legislature from 2009 to 2014; in 2014, he was elected Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts.
Janssen was born in Fremont, Nebraska. He graduated with a BS from Wayne State College in 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.congress.org/bio/id/63139|title= Sen. Charlie Janssen (R-Nebraska) biography|publisher= Congress.org|accessdate= October 6, 2012}}</ref> Janssen served in the United States Navy from 1989 to 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/103112/charlie-janssen#.UHHkWE05Y1M |title= Senator Charlie Janssen's Biography|publisher= Project Vote Smart|accessdate= October 6, 2012}}</ref> He lives in Fremont, and has two children.
Janssen served on the Fremont City Council before being elected to the Nebraska legislature. In 2008, he was elected to represent the 15th Nebraska legislative district replacing his uncle, Ray Janssen of Nickerson.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10479615 |title=Omaha.com Elections Section |access-date=February 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210155737/http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835 |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In the Legislature, he sat on the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs, Intergovernmental Cooperation, and Transportation and Telecommunications committees. He briefly proposed an amendment to LB403 (a bill mandating the use of E-Verify for public employers, public contractors and companies seeking state tax breaks) which would have overturned the Dream Act of 2006 in Nebraska,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fremonttribune.com/articles/2009/02/28/opinion/columns/doc49a8d38c65b04887338881.txt |title=OUR VIEW: Thank you, Sen. Janssen |publisher=Fremonttribune.com |date=February 28, 2009 |accessdate=September 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307120457/http://www.fremonttribune.com/articles/2009/02/28/opinion/columns/doc49a8d38c65b04887338881.txt|archive-date=March 7, 2009}}</ref> however he later withdrew his amendment.
Janssen successfully ran as the Republican nominee for Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts in the 2014 election to succeed Mike Foley and was sworn in on January 8, 2015, and was succeeded by Mike Foley in 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pete Ricketts sworn in as 40th governor of Nebraska|url=http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/regional/pete-ricketts-sworn-in-as-th-governor-of-nebraska/article_c7a25ea2-9776-11e4-a672-b3a5ef572f25.html|accessdate=9 January 2015|agency=Associated Press|date=8 January 2015}}</ref>
Janssen was reelected in 2018 amidst controversy involving being discovered drinking at local bars for hours at a time during workdays on multiple occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=Paul Hammel World-Herald|title=State Auditor Charlie Janssen overcomes publicity about long lunches at bar to keep his seat|url=https://www.omaha.com/news/state_and_regional/state-auditor-charlie-janssen-overcomes-publicity-about-long-lunches-at-bar-to-keep-his-seat/article_804f4c39-0018-55b2-8385-ba3a23dffd5f.html|access-date=2020-06-14|website=Omaha.com|language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.votejanssen.com/ Charlie Janssen's campaign website] * [http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/103112/charlie-janssen#.UHHkWE05Y1M Project Vote Smart: Senator Charlie Janssen's Biography]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Janssen, Charlie}} Category:1971 births Category:21st-century members of the Nebraska Legislature Category:Living people Category:Nebraska state auditors Category:Nebraska city council members Category:Republican Party Nebraska state senators Category:People from Fremont, Nebraska Category:Wayne State College alumni