[1][2] Jett graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a BBA majoring in international business and minoring in Spanish.

[1][2] Fluent in three languages, Jett spent two years in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, working for Global Options International.

[7] In 2008, Jett ran for re-election to House district 27 again and defeated Democrat Cole Koszara, a machinist, of Harrah, Oklahoma by 73% to 27%.

[10] Jett's motivation was to insert Oklahoma pride into the flag and potentially promote tourism.

[13] Jett's biggest focus during his Congressional campaign was getting elected to reduce government spending, supporting a federal balanced budget amendment and a line-item veto.

[15][16] After the 2016 Presidential campaign, Jett was appointed by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Treasury CDFI Fund Community Development Advisory Board where he serves as chairman.

[17][2][18] In 2017, Jett ran again for the At-large Tribal Councilor position of the Council of the Cherokee Nation.

[26] Jett faced Greg Sadler, a printing company employee from Newalla, Oklahoma, in the general election in November 2020.

[27] In the November 3, 2020 general election, Jett defeated Sadler with about 75% of the vote, to win the 17th Senate district seat.

"[31][32] It came along other anti-DEI legislation from Danny Williams and David Bullard from the Oklahoma capitol after Superintendent and Secretary of Education Ryan Walters "called for a 10-year review of all expenditures related to DEI over the last decade at Oklahoma higher education institutions" in early 2023.

[36] He described the ban as a "a top down socialist aligned ideological, unilateral divorce between parents’ ability to collaborate with their local schools to establish a disciplined regimen.”[37]