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This reputation coupled with his grassroots approach to politics will be his ticket to a bright political future, Barrett's backers...
...Barrett's political involvement began during his years as an undergraduate. He was intimately involved in the anti-war movement, was a member of the University-wide student-faculty advisory council and was a magna cum laude graduate of the College...
...elected to the state House of Representatives in 1979 and to the state Senate in 1987. In addition to his state senate duties, Barrett currently serves as vice chair of the education and job training committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures...
Despite hedging about any higher political aspirations in the future, Barrett has a clear political vision for the state, as well as for the nation...
...Barrett pushed for lengthening the school year for most of his five-year senate career. Not only has Barrett relentlessly plugged bills for educational reform in the senate, but he also authored an article that launched both his cause and himself into the national spotlight...