# Rick Olseen
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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = File:RickOlseen2008.JPG
| name = Rick Olseen
| caption =
| state = Minnesota
| state_senate = Minnesota
| district = 17th
| term_start = January 3, 2007
| term_end = January 3, 2011
| preceded = [Sean Nienow](/source/Sean_Nienow)
| succeeded = [Sean Nienow](/source/Sean_Nienow)
| majority =
| party = [Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|08|06|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Saint Paul, Minnesota](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota)
| alma_mater = [District 916 Vocational-Technical College](/source/Century_College)
| occupation = Truck and trailer repair estimator, [legislator](/source/legislator)
| spouse = Bambi
| children = 2
}}
'''Richard "Rick" Olseen''' (born August 6, 1956) is a [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) politician and a former member of the [Minnesota Senate](/source/Minnesota_Senate), representing District 17, which includes portions of [Anoka](/source/Anoka_County%2C_Minnesota), [Chisago](/source/Chisago_County%2C_Minnesota) and [Isanti](/source/Isanti_County%2C_Minnesota) counties in the northeastern part of the [Twin Cities](/source/Twin_Cities) metropolitan area. A [Democrat](/source/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party), he was first elected to the Senate in 2006.[{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=15241 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Olseen, Rick E |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}] He was unseated by [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota) [Sean Nienow](/source/Sean_Nienow) in the 2010 general election; he had previously unseated Nienow in the 2006 general election.[{{Cite web | url=http://ecmpostreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6659&Itemid=1 | title=Nienow wins back state Senate District 17 seat | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216020228/http://ecmpostreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6659&Itemid=1 | archive-date=2010-12-16}}]
Olseen was a member of the Senate's Energy, Utilities, Technology and Communications Committee, the State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Committee, and the Transportation Committee. He also served on the Finance subcommittees for the State Government Budget Division (of which he was vice chair) and the Transportation Budget and Policy Division, and on the State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Subcommittee for Elections.[{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=15241 |title=Senator Rick E. Olseen DFL District 17 |publisher=Senate.leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}] His special legislative concerns include transportation, education, health care, and property tax relief.[{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68610 |title=Project Vote Smart - Senator Rick Olseen - Biography |publisher=Votesmart.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-20}}]
Olseen served on the [North Branch](/source/North_Branch%2C_Minnesota) School Board from 1991 to 2001, then as a Chisago County Commissioner from 2002 to 2006. He is a former member of the North Branch Community Education Advisory Board, former president of the North Branch Parent-Teacher Organization, and former co-chair of the North Branch Parent-to-Parent Communication Network. He is also a former member of the Chisago County Core Committee.