Jeff Jones (Georgia)
Jeff Jones (Republican Party) was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 167. He assumed office on January 12, 2015. He left office on January 11, 2021.
Jones (Republican Party) ran for election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 3. He lost in the Republican primary runoff on June 21, 2022.
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Biography
Jeff Jones was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. His career experience includes working as a small business owner and a corporate executive in manufacturing, retail, child care, and home health care. He has been affiliated with the Glynn County Republican Party and the Safe Harbor Children's Center.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2019-2020
Jones was assigned to the following committees:
- Insurance Committee
- Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee, Vice Chairman
- Motor Vehicles Committee, Vice Chairman
- House Interstate Cooperation Committee
- Small Business Development Committee
- Regulated Industries Committee, Vice Chairman
- House Science and Technology Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Georgia committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Insurance |
| • Interstate Cooperation |
| • Motor Vehicles, Vice chair |
| • Science and Technology |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Jones served on the following committees:
| Georgia committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Interstate Cooperation |
| • Motor Vehicles |
| • Natural Resources and Environment |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 3
Mike Hodges won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Hodges (R) | 100.0 | 54,807 |
| Total votes: 54,807 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for Georgia State Senate District 3
Mike Hodges defeated Jeff Jones in the Republican primary runoff for Georgia State Senate District 3 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Hodges | 67.3 | 7,259 |
 | Jeff Jones | 32.7 | 3,523 | |
| Total votes: 10,782 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 3
Mike Hodges and Jeff Jones advanced to a runoff. They defeated Nora Lott Haynes in the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 3 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Hodges | 46.7 | 12,271 |
| ✔ | | Jeff Jones | 34.3 | 9,006 |
 | Nora Lott Haynes | 19.1 | 5,010 | |
| Total votes: 26,287 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sheila McNeill (R)
2020
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 167
Buddy DeLoach defeated Jerrold Dagen in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 167 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Buddy DeLoach (R) | 99.1 | 21,135 |
 | Jerrold Dagen (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.9 | 186 | |
| Total votes: 21,321 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 167
Buddy DeLoach defeated incumbent Jeff Jones in the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 167 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Buddy DeLoach | 51.9 | 4,241 |
| Jeff Jones | 48.1 | 3,935 | |
| Total votes: 8,176 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 167
Incumbent Jeff Jones defeated Cedric King in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 167 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Jones (R) | 67.9 | 13,591 |
 | Cedric King (D) | 32.1 | 6,431 | |
| Total votes: 20,022 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 167
Cedric King advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 167 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cedric King | 100.0 | 1,815 |
| Total votes: 1,815 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 167
Incumbent Jeff Jones advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 167 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Jones | 100.0 | 3,370 |
| Total votes: 3,370 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Georgia House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.
Incumbent J.B. "Jeff" Jones ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 167 general election.[3][4]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 167 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  J.B. "Jeff" Jones Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 16,871 | |
| Total Votes | 16,871 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent J.B. "Jeff" Jones ran unopposed in the Georgia House of Representatives District 167 Republican primary.[5][6]
| Georgia House of Representatives, District 167 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | J.B. "Jeff" Jones Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Georgia House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with runoff elections taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. J.B. "Jeff" Jones defeated Tony M. Thaw in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[7][8][9]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
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J.B. "Jeff" Jones |
55.3% | 3,015 |
| Tony M. Thaw | 44.7% | 2,433 |
| Total Votes | 5,448 | |
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Served six years in the Georgia House of Representatives for HD167 (2015 – 2020).
Served as Vice Chairman of House Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications; Motor Vehicles; and Regulated Industries Committees. Served on Insurance; Interstate Cooperation; Science & Technology; Small Business Development and Natural Resources & Environment Committees. Served as a Deputy Republican Whip for the State House.
Founded/owned/operated a successful small business (23 years); successful corporate career as senior executive in major manufacturing, retail, child care and home health care industries (20 years).
Served 4 years as Board Chair for Safe Harbor Children’s Center, having served for 15 years on their board; served on the boards for St. Simons Christian School; the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Red Cross
- Consistent, conservative voting and legislative record
- Work and report to the voters of the district, not Georgia's state leadership
- serve my fellow Georgians with integrity, honesty, and transparency, in the same way as I have always strived to live my personal and professional life
1) Georgia's voter integrity laws require further improvement to regain the trust of Georgia voters and reduce/stop election fraud
2) Georgia must block the forced-Federal expansion of Georgia's illegal immigration population and must redesign the non-citizen Georgia Driver’s License to improve Election Integrity/Security
3) Work to eliminate Georgia’s State Income Tax, while controlling the growth of State Government and pushing back against Federal overreach into the everyday lives of Georgians.
First and foremost listening to, responding to, and representing the people, not the State's leadership, or the powerful interests that attempt to run the state.
I pledge to serve my fellow Georgians with integrity, honesty, and transparency, in the same way as I have always strived to live my personal and professional life
I pledge to serve my fellow Georgians with integrity, honesty, and transparency, in the same way as I have always strived to live my personal and professional life.
one of service to my fellow citizens
Worked for a division of Zale Corporation as a summer warehouse job in San Antonio, TX, eventually working my way up the corporate ladder to a position in Human Resource Management at Zale's Dallas Corporate office (total of 7 years), this was the start of my 20 plus years corporate career in senior positions in retail, major manufacturing, child care, and home health care
1) The Bible (greatest non-fiction book of all time)
2) "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand; for its chilling and accurate depiction of how the human spirit will not survive tyrannical governments that seek to control the everyday lives of citizens, unless the people are allowed individual freedom coupled with the importance of fostering and supporting productive creativity
Ideally, State leadership and the state legislature should work together for the betterment of the State's citizens.
The Governor helps to establish and set priorities for the state at the Executive level, working in conjunction with the priorities and initiatives of the State Legislature. In order of power and importance, the Legislature is the most important of the 3 branches of state government, followed by the Executive branch then the Courts.
unimpeded growth of the illegal immigrant population; uncontrolled expansion of the Federal government and its intrusion into the everyday lives of American citizens; out of control federal government spending
Georgia's bi-cameral legislature provides for important checks and balances within the State Legislture, and is therefore, I believe, more responsive to the will of the people
No, not necessarily. As the nation's founding fathers so wisely foresaw, citizens raise a hand to serve in elected office using the experiences they gained and learned as private citizens (merchants, farmers, lawyers, business owners, etc) taking that real-life experience into the legislative arena
Yes. Establishing relationships with fellow legislators allows all parties to learn to trust each other, respect each other's opinions and viewpoints when working together to govern
unbiased, apolitical based on keeping contiguous communities intact
In my previous service as a Georgia State Representative, I served as Vice Chairman of three House committees - Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications; Motor Vehicles; and Regulated Industries Committees, while also serving on the Insurance; Interstate Cooperation; Science & Technology; Small Business Development and Natural Resources & Environment Committees.
Served as a Deputy Republican Whip for the State House.
These committees fit both my background and my goals of service to the citizens of the state.
Note at this time
During the height of the COVID pandemic, when the government had shuttered many businesses in the State of Georgia and citizens had no source of income other than money from Georgia's Department of Labor, through the Unemployment Compensation benefits programs, I successfully helped many businesses and individuals break the UI log jam to receive their UI checks. Many of these individuals were without food or medicine so being able to help them receive their checks was extremely gratifying,
definitely yes, to prevent an overzealous use of the emergency powers; the people of Georgia expect the legislature, the most powerful and important of Georgia's three branches of government, to control the executive branch
Yes, but without compromising my values or integrity
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2020
Jeff Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
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2020
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2019
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In 2019, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 14 through April 2.
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2018
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In 2018, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 8 through March 29.
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2017
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In 2017, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 9 through March 31.
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2016
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In 2016, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 11 through March 24.
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2015
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In 2015, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 12 through April 2.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Georgia House of Representatives, “Representative Jeff Jones” accessed December 9, 2019
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 21, 2022
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 10, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "GA - Election Results," accessed May 28, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "GA - Election Results," accessed November 13, 2014
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| Preceded by Jeff Chapman (R) |
Georgia House of Representatives District 167 2015-2021 |
Succeeded by Buddy DeLoach (R) |
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