Jarrett Barrios
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Jarrett T. Barrios is a politician from Massachusetts. He currently serves in the Massachusetts State Senate.
The son of a carpenter and a social worker, Barrios first came to Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 17 to study at Harvard University. After graduating with high honors, working for the Boston City Council and on local campaigns, he obtained his law degree with honors from Georgetown University.
Jarrett promptly returned to Cambridge, where he has practiced law. In 1998, he began his legislative career when he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 2002, the voters of his Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex District elected him to the State Senate and he was re-elected unopposed in both 2004 and 2006.
One of five openly gay members of the Massachusetts General Court, his re-election, like many of his past campaigns, was supported by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.
In June 2006, Barrios gained national attention when he proposed legislation restricting the serving of "Fluffernutter" sandwiches (peanut butter with Marshmallow Fluff) in public schools. The proposal was widely mocked as an example of trivial and overly intrusive legislation, while Barrios supporters pointed to concerns over the problem of childhood obesity.[1]
