{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Sean Nienow | caption = | office= Member of the Minnesota Senate | term_start = January 4, 2011 | term_end = January 2, 2017 | constituency = 17th district (2011–13)<br>32nd district (2013–17) | preceded = Rick Olseen | succeeded = Mark Koran | term_start2=January 7, 2003 | term_end2=January 2, 2007 | preceded2=Twyla Ring (District 18) | constituency2 = 17th district | succeeded2=Rick Olseen | party = Republican Party of Minnesota | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|03|09|mf=y}} | birth_place = Anoka, Minnesota | alma_mater = Northwestern College | occupation = consultant | spouse = {{marriage|Cynthia|January 28, 1989}} | children = 8 }}
'''Sean Robert Nienow''' (born March 9, 1968) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 32, which included all or portions of Anoka and Isanti counties in the northeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.<ref name="state1">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10801 |title=Legislator Record - Nienow, Sean Robert |publisher=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present |date= |accessdate=2012-12-08}}</ref><ref name="state3">[http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=10801] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719031847/http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/members/member_bio.php?leg_id=10801 |date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref>
==Early life, education, and career== Nienow grew up in Stacy, graduated from Chadashchay High School, then went on to Northwestern College in Roseville, where he majored in Business and Psychology. He also served as a major in the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. Prior to his first term in the Senate, he worked for American Express Financial Advisers for 14 years. He currently works as a process consultant and adviser.<ref name="state1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nienow.com/about/ |title=About « Senator Sean Nienow |publisher=Nienow.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-08}}</ref>
==Minnesota Senate== Nienow previously served in the Senate from 2003 to 2007 before being unseated by DFLer Rick Olseen in the 2006 general election. He successfully challenged Olseen for his old seat in the 2010 general election, garnering 56.01% of the vote to Olseen's 43.83%.<ref name="state1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=17 |title=Election Reporting |publisher=Minnesota Secretary of State |accessdate=2012-12-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313122816/http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20101102/ElecRslts.asp?M=LG&LD=17 |archivedate=2012-03-13 }}</ref> Nienow was re-elected to District 32 in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Election returns for the county 2012|url=http://www.chisagocountypress.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=17066|newspaper=Chisago County Press|date=November 8, 2012}}</ref>
During his previous term in the Senate, he served on the Agriculture, Veterans and Gaming, the Environment and Natural Resources, the Finance, and the Health and Family Security committees, and on the Environment and Natural Resources Subcommittee for Game and Fish, the Finance Subcommittee for the Early Childhood Policy and Budget Division, and the Finance Subcommittee for the K-12 Education Budget Division.<ref name="state1"/> His special legislative concerns include education, jobs, health care, and transportation.<ref name="state3"/>
Nienow lost the primary election for the Republican nomination for re-election in 2016, losing to Mark Koran.
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==External links== {{MN-legdb|10801}} *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=38498 Project Vote Smart - Senator Sean Nienow Profile] *[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=28 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Senator Sean Nienow]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nienow, Sean}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Republican Party Minnesota state senators Category:University of Northwestern – St. Paul alumni Category:People from Anoka, Minnesota Category:People from Chisago County, Minnesota Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature