{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jaret A. Gibbons | image = | state_house = Pennsylvania | district = 10th | term_start = January 2, 2007<ref>{{cite web | title = SESSION OF 2007 191ST OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY No. 1 | work = LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL | publisher = Pennsylvania House of Representatives | date = 2007-01-02 | url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/HJ/2007/0/20070102.PDF | access-date =2009-01-09}}</ref> | term_end = January 2, 2017 | predecessor = Frank LaGrotta | successor = Aaron Bernstine | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|7|mf=y}} | birth_place = Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | alma_mater = Duquesne University<br/>University of Pittsburgh | profession = Attorney }}
'''Jaret A. Gibbons''' (born October 7, 1980) was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 10th legislative district. He was elected in 2006.<ref>{{cite web| title = 2006 General Election - Representative in the General Assembly| work = Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information| publisher = Pennsylvania Department of State| year = 2004| url = http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=24&OfficeID=13| accessdate = 2009-01-09| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081127151803/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=24&OfficeID=13| archivedate = 2008-11-27}}</ref>
Prior to elective office, Gibbons graduated from Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he was editor in chief of the Pittsburgh Tax Review. He has co-written articles on several topics, includingof Pennsylvania employment law, tax law and retirement benefits. Gibbons also served as Finnegan Fellow with the Pennsylvania Department of State's Bureau of Elections. He also worked for Pennsylvania State Senator Jay Costa.<ref name=PG>{{cite news | last = Kane | first = Karen | title = Campaign 2006: Youth vs. experience is theme in 10th District | work = Pittsburgh Post Gazette | publisher = PG Publishing Co. | date = 2006-04-09 | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06099/680070-54.stm | accessdate = 2009-01-10}}</ref> He managed the Government Accounting Standards Board Rule 34 accounting project for the Moon Township Finance Department.<ref name=bio>{{cite web | title = Rep. Jaret A. Gibbons Biography | publisher = Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus | year = 2008 | url = http://www.pahouse.com/gibbons/bio.asp | accessdate = 2008-11-15 | archive-date = 2008-12-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081202215238/http://www.pahouse.com/gibbons/bio.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref>
In 2006, he defeated 20-year incumbent Frank LaGrotta for the Democratic nomination at the age 25, while still a law student.<ref name=PG /><ref>{{cite web| title = 2006 General Primary - Representative in the General Assembly| work = Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information| publisher = Pennsylvania Department of State| year = 2004| url = http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=20&OfficeID=13| accessdate = 2009-01-09| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081127152112/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=20&OfficeID=13| archivedate = 2008-11-27}}</ref> LaGrotta's defeat was likely a result of his support for the controversial 2005 legislative pay raise.<ref>{{cite news | last = Kane | first = Karen |author2=Bill Toland | title = State House races: Pistella, LaGrotta, Stevenson out; Veon wins | work = Pittsburgh Post Gazette | publisher = PG Publishing Co | date = 2006-05-17 | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06137/690792-179.stm | accessdate = 2009-01-10|display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = The Long Goodbye, Part One. | work = Pittsburgh Tribune Review | publisher = Tribune-Review Publishing Co. | date = 2007-02-25 | url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/whispers/s_495077.html | accessdate = 2009-01-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070324090523/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/whispers/s_495077.html | archive-date = 2007-03-24 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/house_bio.cfm?id=1085 Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Jaret Gibbons] '''official PA House website''' *[http://www.pahouse.com/Gibbons/ Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus - Rep. Jaret A. Gibbons] '''official Party website''' {{CongLinks |votesmart=59977}} *''Follow the Money'' - Jaret Gibbons **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=88260 2006] campaign contributions
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbons, Jaret A.}} Category:Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly