Tommy Garrett

Tommy Garrett (born June 4, 1954) is a politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. In 2013, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the unicameral Nebraska Legislature, representing a district in Sarpy County, in the Omaha metropolitan area. Garrett is a member of the Republican Party. In Nebraska, the legislature is non-partisan.

Early life and career

Garrett was born at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. His father died when he was 13, and the family settled in Colorado; Garrett graduated from William C. Hinkley High School in Aurora, Colorado, in 1972. In 1976, he received a B.S. in business management from Colorado State University; in the same year, he joined the U.S. Air Force. He received an M.S. in international relations from Troy State University in 1986, and an M.S. in national security strategy from the National War College in 2000.