# Jason Rarick *American politician and Republican member of the Minnesota Senate* Jason Rarick (born October 21, 1969) is a Republican politician who sits in the [[Minnesota Senate]] for District 11, a district in east-central [[Minnesota]]. From 2015 to 2019 he served District 11B in the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]].[^1] He entered the House after the 2014 election and moved to the Senate through a special election on February 5, 2019. From 2021 to 2022 he chaired the Senate's Labor and Industry Policy Committee. Before holding office he trained as an electrician through a union apprenticeship. From 2004 he worked as a self-employed electrical contractor.[^1] ## Early life, education, and career Rarick grew up in Pine City, Minnesota, and finished Pine City High School in 1988. Two years later he completed the electrical program at Dunwoody College of Technology and received an Associate of Applied Science degree.[^1] In 1992 he was admitted to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 110, the electrical union in St. Paul. Within the local he sat on three committees. One was the apprenticeship committee, where he served for more than four years.[^1] He finished his apprenticeship in 1996 and became a Master Electrician in 1997. He also spent two and a half years teaching classes in the apprenticeship program. His business, Rarick Electric, dates from 2004, when he began working as a self-employed electrical contractor.[^1] ## Minnesota House of Representatives ### Elections In the 2014 election Rarick unseated the incumbent, Tim Faust of the DFL, by 1,057 votes, a margin of 7.52 percentage points. He took the oath of office on January 6, 2015.[^1] ### Committee assignments During the 89th legislative session he sat on three committees: Agriculture Policy; Capital Investment; and Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Finance.[^1] ## Minnesota Senate A special election on February 5, 2019, sent Rarick to the Senate. He served as chair of the Labor and Industry Policy Committee for the 2021–2022 period.[^1] ## Personal life Rarick's son was born on October 31, 1995. His Wikipedia biography states that he has coached local youth soccer, football, basketball, and baseball for about ten years, but it gives no dates for that period.[^1] He is a lifelong parishioner of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Beroun, Minnesota. He served there as an altar server and lector in his youth, and he remains a lector and a trustee. The same undated biography states that he has belonged to the Knights of Columbus for 25 years.[^1] In 2023 he married [[Marion O'Neill]], who is also a Republican member of the state legislature.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Jason Rarick* (revision 1378263150, retrieved 2026-10-26) — birth date, district, legislative service, 2014 election result, committee assignments, 2019 special election, committee chair, career and personal details. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Rarick