Fred Jarrett

{{Short description|American politician from Washington}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Fred Jarrett

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| state_senate=Washington

| district=41st

| term_start=January 12, 2009

| term_end=December 18, 2009

| preceded=Brian Weinstein

| succeeded=Randy Gordon

| state_house2=Washington

| district2=41st

| term_start2=January 8, 2001

| term_end2=January 12, 2009

| preceded2=Mike Wensman

| succeeded2=Marcie Maxwell

| party = Democratic (2007–present)

| otherparty = Republican (before 2007)

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| spouse= Susan

| alma_mater = Washington State University, Seattle University

| occupation=

| residence= Mercer Island, Washington

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Fred Jarrett is a member of the Washington State Public Disclosure Commission.{{cite web |url=https://www.pdc.wa.gov/engage/leadership |title=Commission and Leadership |accessdate=2020-03-19}} His appointment to the commission, announced in April 2019 by Washington Governor Jay Inslee,{{cite web |title=Fred Jarrett joins Public Disclosure Commission |url=https://www.pdc.wa.gov/learn/news/fred-jarrett-joins-public-disclosure-commission |accessdate=2020-03-19}} noted that he had recently retired as Senior Deputy of the King County Executive, which he joined with the incoming administration of Dow Constantine in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.issaquahreporter.com/news/fred-jarrett-leaves-legislature-to-be-king-county-deputy-executive/ |title=Fred Jarrett leaves Legislature to be King County Deputy Executive |date=10 November 2009 |accessdate=2020-03-19}} Jarrett was elected in 2008 as a Democratic member of the Washington State Senate, and represented the 41st district from January 2009 to the time he joined Constantine's administration. He announced that he would run for the State Senate in December 2007 after switching his political party affiliation.{{cite web |url=https://www.washington.edu/staterelations/2007/12/13/rep-fred-jarrett-to-switch-parties-run-for-state-senate/ |title=Rep. Fred Jarrett to Switch Parties — Run for State Senate |accessdate=2020-03-19}} Prior to that election, he served in the Washington House of Representatives as a Republican for four terms, starting in 2001. His switch in political party affiliation at the time was noted as an example of "[t]he loss of GOP power in the affluent suburbs [that] has been one of the state’s major post-millennial political trends."{{cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/once-mighty-gop-on-the-eastside-takes-another-hit/ |title=Once-mighty GOP on the Eastside takes another hit |author=David Postman |author2=Andrew Garber |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=2007-12-23 |accessdate=2020-03-19}} Earlier in his political career, Jarrett was a member of the Mercer Island City Council, which he joined in 1978, serving as mayor for two terms in the 1980s.{{cite web |title= From school house to State House and beyond: Fred Jarrett began political career on MI |author=Elizabeth Celms |date=2009-08-04 |url=https://www.mi-reporter.com/news/from-school-house-to-state-house-and-beyond-fred-jarrett-began-political-career-on-mi/ |accessdate=2020-03-19}}