Bob Barrett (politician)
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Robert "Bob" Barrett is a Minnesota
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
who represents District 17B, which includes portions of Chisago County just north of the Twin Cities
metropolitan area. A Republican
, he is Executive Director of Market Research and Marketing Analysis for the Hazelden Foundation.
Barrett was first elected to the House in 2010. He currently serves on the Education Reform and the Health and Human Services Reform committees, and on the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Tax Division.
Barrett graduated from Mankato State University
in Mankato
, receiving his B.A.
in Accounting in 1989. Active in his community, he served on the Chisago Lakes School District
Finance Team, and was also a school district mentor. He is a sports referee
and umpire, officiating for basketball, football, baseball and softball games.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
politician and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Minnesota House of Representatives
The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house in the Minnesota State Legislature. There are 134 members elected to two-year terms, twice the number of members in the Minnesota Senate. Each senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B...
who represents District 17B, which includes portions of Chisago County just north of the Twin Cities
Twin cities
Twin cities are a special case of two cities or urban centres which are founded in close geographic proximity and then grow into each other over time...
metropolitan area. A Republican
Republican Party of Minnesota
The Republican Party of Minnesota is the Minnesota branch of the United States Republican Party. Elected by the party’s state central committee in June 2009, its chairman is Tony Sutton, and its deputy-chairman is Michael Brodkorb.-Early history:...
, he is Executive Director of Market Research and Marketing Analysis for the Hazelden Foundation.
Barrett was first elected to the House in 2010. He currently serves on the Education Reform and the Health and Human Services Reform committees, and on the Taxes Subcommittee for the Property and Local Tax Division.
Barrett graduated from Mankato State University
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Minnesota State University, Mankato is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of 53,000 located southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. As of Fall 2011, the student body is the third-largest in the state of Minnesota with over 15,000 students...
in Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota
Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 39,309 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Minnesota outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The county seat of Blue Earth County, it is located...
, receiving his B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Accounting in 1989. Active in his community, he served on the Chisago Lakes School District
Chisago Lakes School District
-Chisago Lakes School District 2144 :The district is home to nearly 3,600 Pre-K through 12 students and their families. There are three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school...
Finance Team, and was also a school district mentor. He is a sports referee
Referee
A referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport...
and umpire, officiating for basketball, football, baseball and softball games.