Charlie Janssen

Charlie Janssen

Auditor of Public Accounts of Nebraska
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2015
Governor	Pete Ricketts
Preceded by	Mike Foley
Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 15th district
In office January 2009 – December 2014
Preceded by	Ray Janssen
Succeeded by	David Schnoor
Personal details
Born	(1971-01-15) January 15, 1971 Fremont, Nebraska, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Wayne State College
Website	Official website

Charlie Janssen (born January 15, 1971) is a 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.^[1] Janssen served in the United States Navy from 1989 to 1993.^[2] He lives in Fremont, and has two children, Charlie Jr. and Betsy Anne.

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.^[3] 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,^[4] 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.^[5]

References

↑ "Sen. Charlie Janssen (R-Nebraska) biography". Congress.org. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
↑ "Senator Charlie Janssen's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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↑ "OUR VIEW: Thank you, Sen. Janssen". Fremonttribune.com. February 28, 2009. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
↑ "Pete Ricketts sworn in as 40th governor of Nebraska". Associated Press. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

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Current statewide political officials of Nebraska

U.S. Senators	Deb Fischer Ben Sasse

State government	Pete Ricketts, Governor Mike Foley, Lieutenant Governor & Presiding Officer of Legislature John A. Gale, Secretary of State Doug Peterson, Attorney General Don Stenberg, Treasurer Charlie Janssen, Auditor

Legislature	Nebraska uses a unicameral, nonpartisan legislative system. All members are called Senators. The highest position among the Senators is the Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, who presides when the Lt. Gov. isn't there. Galen Hadley, Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature

Supreme Court	Mike Heavican, Chief Justice Stephanie F. Stacy, Associate Justice Lindsey Miller-Lerman, Associate Justice William B. Cassel, Associate Justice Max J. Kelch, Associate Justice William M. Connolly, Associate Justice John F. Wright, Associate Justice Members are appointed first, then retention vote kicks in

State Auditors in the United States

Comptroller General of the United States: Eugene Louis Dodaro (D)

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