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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Charles Albert "Chuck" Younger
| office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 17 (Lowndes and Monroe counties)
| term_start=December 2014
| term_end=
| preceded=Terry W. Brown
| succeeded=
| birth_date=c. 1963
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Mildred Goodgame "Missy" Younger
| children=JoAnna, Charles, and Michael Younger
| alma_mater=Heritage Academy<br>
East Mississippi Community College<br>Mississippi State University
| occupation=[[Farmer]]-rancher
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| residence=Columbus<br>Lowndes County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''Charles Albert Younger''', known as '"Chuck" Younger''' (born c. 1963), is a [[farmer]] and rancher from Columbus in Lowndes County in northeastern [[Mississippi]] who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 17 in Lowndes and Monroe counties.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/younger.xml|title=Charles Younger Haney|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
Younger graduated from Heritage Academy, a private college-preparatory school in Columbus, and attended East Mississippi Community College in Scooba in Kemper County and Mississippi State University at Starkville. He is a member of First [[Baptist]] Church of Columbus, the [[Fellowship of Christian Athletes]], and the Gideon's International, an organization which distributes [[Bible]]s in public places. He is also affiliated with the Prairie Land Water Association and the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, and is a board member of the Lowndes County Farm Bureau. Younger and his wife, Missy have three children, JoAnna, Charles Colton, and Michael Albert Younger.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156194/charles-younger#.WeVWZrpFzb0|title=Charles Younger's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
Younger won a [[special election]] on November 25, 2014 to succeed fellow Republican Terry W. Brown, who died of cancer while serving in the state Senate. In that contest, Younger defeated Robert A. "Bobby" Patrick, Jr., a Republican, though Mississippi special elections are officially non-partisan.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Charles_Younger|title=Charles Younger|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> On August 4, 2015, Younger again defeated Patrick, this time in the Republican primary, 4,620 (64.4 percent) to 2,551 (35.6 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia/> He then ran without opposition in the November 3 general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
Younger sits on these Senate committees: (1) County Affairs (chairman), (2) Agriculture, (3) Appropriations, (4) Economic Development, (5) Environmental Protection, Conservation, and Water Resources, (6) Forestry, (7) Highways and Transportation, (8) Housing, (9) Medicaid, and (10) Public Health and Welfare.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2016, Senator Younger voted to prohibit state funding for the large [[abortion]] provider, [[Planned Parenthood]], and he voted against dismemberment abortions. He voted to expand the list of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, Younger co-sponsored the prohibition against local governments pursuing [[sanctuary city]] policies. He supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to declare as a [[hate crime]] the targeting of law-enforcement officers by the lawless element. He voted to retain aprivate contractor to audit [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156194/charles-younger#.WeVel7pFzb0|title=Charles Younger's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Charles Albert "Chuck" Younger
| office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 17 (Lowndes and Monroe counties)
| term_start=December 2014
| term_end=
| preceded=Terry W. Brown
| succeeded=
| birth_date=c. 1963
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Mildred Goodgame "Missy" Younger
| children=JoAnna, Charles, and Michael Younger
| alma_mater=Heritage Academy<br>
East Mississippi Community College<br>Mississippi State University
| occupation=[[Farmer]]-rancher
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| residence=Columbus<br>Lowndes County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''Charles Albert Younger''', known as '"Chuck" Younger''' (born c. 1963), is a [[farmer]] and rancher from Columbus in Lowndes County in northeastern [[Mississippi]] who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 17 in Lowndes and Monroe counties.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/younger.xml|title=Charles Younger Haney|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
Younger graduated from Heritage Academy, a private college-preparatory school in Columbus, and attended East Mississippi Community College in Scooba in Kemper County and Mississippi State University at Starkville. He is a member of First [[Baptist]] Church of Columbus, the [[Fellowship of Christian Athletes]], and the Gideon's International, an organization which distributes [[Bible]]s in public places. He is also affiliated with the Prairie Land Water Association and the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, and is a board member of the Lowndes County Farm Bureau. Younger and his wife, Missy have three children, JoAnna, Charles Colton, and Michael Albert Younger.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156194/charles-younger#.WeVWZrpFzb0|title=Charles Younger's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
Younger won a [[special election]] on November 25, 2014 to succeed fellow Republican Terry W. Brown, who died of cancer while serving in the state Senate. In that contest, Younger defeated Robert A. "Bobby" Patrick, Jr., a Republican, though Mississippi special elections are officially non-partisan.<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Charles_Younger|title=Charles Younger|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> On August 4, 2015, Younger again defeated Patrick, this time in the Republican primary, 4,620 (64.4 percent) to 2,551 (35.6 percent).<ref name=ballotpedia/> He then ran without opposition in the November 3 general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
Younger sits on these Senate committees: (1) County Affairs (chairman), (2) Agriculture, (3) Appropriations, (4) Economic Development, (5) Environmental Protection, Conservation, and Water Resources, (6) Forestry, (7) Highways and Transportation, (8) Housing, (9) Medicaid, and (10) Public Health and Welfare.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2016, Senator Younger voted to prohibit state funding for the large [[abortion]] provider, [[Planned Parenthood]], and he voted against dismemberment abortions. He voted to expand the list of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, Younger co-sponsored the prohibition against local governments pursuing [[sanctuary city]] policies. He supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to declare as a [[hate crime]] the targeting of law-enforcement officers by the lawless element. He voted to retain aprivate contractor to audit [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156194/charles-younger#.WeVel7pFzb0|title=Charles Younger's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Younger, Charles}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]