Sherry Jones (born in

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) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the

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representing District 59 since January 1995.

Electoral history

*1994 Jones was initially elected in the 1994 Democratic Primary and November 8, 1994 General election. *1996 Jones was unopposed for the 1996 Democratic Primary and won the November 5, 1996 General election against Republican nominee Joe Allison. *1998 Jones was unopposed for both the August 6, 1998 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,529 votes, and the November 3, 1998 General election, winning with 4,627 votes. *2000 Jones was unopposed for both the August 3, 2000 Democratic Primary, winning with 779 votes, and the November 7, 2000 General election, winning with 13,402 votes. *2002 Jones was unopposed for the August 1, 2002 Democratic Primary, winning with 3,527 votes, and won the November 5, 2002 General election with 7,165 votes (65.3%) against Republican nominee B. J. Brown. *2004 Jones was challenged in the three-way August 5, 2004 Democratic Primary, winning with 873 votes (73.1%), and was unopposed for the November 2, 2004 General election, winning with 14,683 votes. *2006 Jones was challenged in the August 3, 2006 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,477 votes (54.7%), and won the November 7, 2006 General election with 7,960 votes (71.1%) against Republican nominee Mike Meadows. *2008 Jones was unopposed for both the August 7, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 643 votes, and the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 14,528 votes. *2010 Jones was unopposed for the August 5, 2010 Democratic Primary, and won the November 2, 2010 General election, winning with 6,023 votes (62.7%) against Republican nominee Duane Dominy and a

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. *2012 Jones was unopposed for the August 2, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,271 votes, and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 11,358 votes (70.1%) against

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nominee Robert Duvall.

References

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