Mike Jaros

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Mike Jaros | image= | state_house=Minnesota | state=Minnesota | district=7B | term=1972-1980, 1984 - Present | preceded= | succeeded=Incumbent | party=Democratic Farmer Labor Party | birth_date= {{birth date and age |1944|4|12}} | birth_place=Braunschweig, Germany | death_date= | death_place= | alma_mater=Salvatonien Seminary, University of Minnesota, College of Saint Scholastica | occupation=Diplomat, restaurateur, lobbyist | spouse=Annette }}

'''Mike Jaros''' was a Democratic Farmer Labor Party member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 7B from 1984 to 2009. He had also previously served from 1972 to 1980. Jaros decided not to seek reelection on June 16, 2008.<ref>Nina Petersen-Perlman, "Jaros' legacy recalled after three decades of service," Duluth News Tribune, June 18, 2008</ref> [https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/profile/15469 Liz Olson] currently represents District 7B.

He wrote an article in the ''East European Genealogist'' in 2005 examining his own family tree, which consisted of Galician Poles.<ref>Jaros, Mike. ''Bukovinian and Galician Poles in Bosnia, 1895-1995''East European Genealogist. Volume: 13 Number: 4 Summer 2005</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=10276 Minnesota Legislative Reference Library - Mike Jaros] *[http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=92 Minnesota Public Radio - Votetracker: Mike Jaros] voting record *[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=3772 Project Vote Smart - Representative Mike Jaros (MN)] profile *''Follow the Money'' - Mike Jaros **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=82428 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=75233 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=11187 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=59033 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=36721 1998] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=36326 1996] campaign contributions

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