Joe Jett | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
Constituency | District 56 |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Edward Jett c. 1960 |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | University of Virginia,Business School of Darden |
Occupation | Politician |
Joseph Edward Jett (born c. 1960) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party since December 2016,Jett represents District 56 in the Arkansas House of Representatives. Jett switched parties shortly after winning reelection in 2016 as a Democrat. [1]
In 2013,Jett was selected by the University of Virginia,Business School of Darden,as one of the top 50 up and coming legislators in the United States. [2]
In 2019,Jett was re-elected to a fourth term in the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 56. [3]
Jett is from rural Success in Clay County in the northeastern corner of his state. [4] Before he was elected to the Arkansas House,Mike Beebe,the Democratic governor of Arkansas,appointed Jett to the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics Commission in 2007. [5]
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