Jared Brossett

Jared Christopher Brossett (born October 1982) was elected to the New Orleans City Council in February 2014 to represent District D. He currently serves as Chair of the New Orleans City Council’s Budget, Audit and Board of Review Committee. He also serves on the Transportation, Utilities, Government Affairs, Economic Development and Special Projects, and Community Development committees.

Council member Brossett is also a member of the Louisiana Super Region Rail Authority and was appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards to the Task Force on Transportation and Infrastructure Investment.

Brossett was formerly a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, where he represented District 97 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was first elected in May 2009 during a special election. During his years in the legislature, he was Chairperson of the Select Committee on Hurricane Recovery, where he worked to uncover the corruption and mismanagement of the state-run Katrina Recovery programs. Brossett also served on the Appropriations; House and Governmental Affairs; Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs; and Homeland Security committees.

Brossett is the son of Brenda M. Brossett and Elery Michael Brossett.[1] He graduated from McDonogh 35 Senior High School in New Orleans, Brossett holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from historically black Xavier University of Louisiana. He is a member of the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee.[2]

Brossett was succeeded in the House by another Democrat, Joseph Bouie, Jr., a retired professor and administrator at Southern University at New Orleans. Coincidentally, Bouie had run unsuccessfully against Brossett for the City Council just a few months earlier. In the council race, Brossett polled 8,712 votes (50.2 percent) to Bouie's 7,238 votes (41.7 percent). A third Democrat, Dalton R. Savwoir, Jr., held the remaining 1,414 ballots (8.1 percent).[3] No one filed against Bouie in the special election for the District 97 House seat.

On May 14th, 2006, Brossett was arrested on charges of drunk driving in Miami Beach, FL. At the time he was an aide to then-City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge Morrell. He later pled no contest to a charge of reckless driving.[4]

On June 14th, 2020, Brossett was again arrested under suspicion of a DWI in New Orleans, LA.[5] On June 15th, Brossett announced he would seek substance abuse treatment, but was seen back at work as the City Councilmember for District D within a week of this date.[6] On August 10th, Brossett entered a "not guilty" plea to the charges against him[7].