# Joe Jett

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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| name         = Joe Jett
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| office       = [Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives](/source/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives)
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| constituency = District 56
| birth_name   = Joseph Edward Jett
| birth_date   = c. 1960
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| occupation   = Politician
| party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
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| alma_mater   = University of Virginia, Business School of Darden
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'''Joseph Edward Jett''' (born c. 1960) is an American [politician](/source/politician) from the state of [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas). A member of the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) since December 2016, Jett represents District 56 in the [Arkansas House of Representatives](/source/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives). Jett switched parties shortly after winning reelection in 2016 as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)).<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](/source/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](/source/rural) [Success](/source/Success%2C_Arkansas) in [Clay County](/source/Clay_County%2C_Arkansas) 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 &#124; 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](/source/Mike_Beebe), the Democratic [governor of Arkansas](/source/governor_of_Arkansas), appointed Jett to the [Arkansas Department of Aeronautics](/source/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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