{{Short description|American politician}} {{for|the securities trader|Joseph Jett}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joe Jett | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = | constituency = District 56 | birth_name = Joseph Edward Jett | birth_date = c. 1960 | birth_place = | occupation = Politician | party = Republican | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = University of Virginia, Business School of Darden | signature = }}
'''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.<ref>{{cite news |title= Jett joins the GOP; Democrats lose majority on House taxation committee |first= Brian |last= Fanney |url= https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/dec/10/house-s-jett-a-democrat-joins-the-gop-2-1/ |newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date= December 10, 2016 |access-date= December 13, 2016 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cctimesdemocrat.com/story/2489219.html|title=Jett Files for Re-Election, Draws Democrat Challenger Ryan Carter|last=Staff|first=Times-Democrat News|date=2018-03-01|website=Clay County Times-Democrat|language=en|access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref>
In 2019, Jett was re-elected to a fourth term in the [https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_District_56 Arkansas House of Representatives for District 56].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2018|title=Arkansas House of Representatives elections, 2018|website=Ballotpedia|language=en|access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref>
Jett is from rural Success in Clay County in the northeastern corner of his state.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brantley |first=Max |url=https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/10/22/tim-griffins-butterfly-effect |title=Tim Griffin's butterfly effect on the Arkansas House | Arkansas Blog |website=Arktimes.com |date=October 22, 2013 |access-date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=927 |title=Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe |access-date=2013-10-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195921/http://governor.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&news_id=927 |archive-date=2013-10-29 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=136679 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Joe_Jett Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=414226 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
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