Brent Jones

Brent Jones

Republican Party

Prior offices

Nevada State Assembly District 35

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Elections and appointments

Last election

June 12, 2018

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Brent Jones (Republican Party) was a member of the Nevada State Assembly, representing District 35. Jones assumed office on February 2, 2015. Jones left office on November 9, 2016.

Jones (Republican Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. Jones lost in the Republican primary on June 12, 2018.

Jones is a former Republican member of the Nevada State Assembly, representing District 35 from 2014 to 2016.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Jones served on the following committees:

Nevada committee assignments, 2015
• Health and Human Services
• Judiciary
• Transportation

Campaign themes

2016

Jones' website highlighted the following campaign themes:

I Signed the Tax Pledge...

• Excerpt: "I strongly believe we are overtaxed. We must stop wasteful spending and focus on priorities just as you and your family do. The answer is NOT raising taxes but finding solutions to create a growing economy that yields prosperity for all."

Education Reform! Your Child – Your Choice!

• Excerpt: "Promises to find solutions by our elected officials year after year with no change is as unacceptable to me, as I'm sure it is to you. Our communities need real reform that includes giving you the choice of where you send your child, and have the tax dollars follow your choice."

Business Regulation and Taxation

• Excerpt: "As a small business owner I understand completely how over regulation and excessive taxation hurts business. It is a proven fact, not mere speculation that over regulation and increased taxes kill job creation."

Obamacare in Nevada

• Excerpt: "Obamacare or ACA is a complete mess. It is another example of big government trying to control almost 1/5 of our national economy. History has proven over and over that big government fails while free markets succeed."

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

2018

See also: Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Kate Marshall defeated Michael Roberson, Janine Hansen, and Ed Uehling in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kate Marshall (D)	50.4	486,381
		Michael Roberson (R)	43.7	421,697
		Janine Hansen (Independent American Party)	2.5	23,893
		Ed Uehling (Independent)	1.1	10,435
		Other/Write-in votes	2.4	23,537

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 965,943
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Kate Marshall defeated Laurie Hansen in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kate Marshall	75.3	93,795
	Submit photo	Laurie Hansen	24.7	30,709

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 124,504
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Michael Roberson defeated Brent Jones, Eugene Hoover, Gary Anthony Meyers, and Scott LaFata in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Roberson	52.8	63,675
		Brent Jones	20.7	24,899
		Eugene Hoover	13.2	15,918
		Gary Anthony Meyers	7.6	9,153
		Scott LaFata	5.7	6,854

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 120,499
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2016

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the Nevada State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016.

Justin Watkins defeated incumbent Brent Jones in the Nevada State Assembly District 35 general election.

Nevada State Assembly, District 35 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Justin Watkins	54.40%	16,700
	Republican	Brent Jones Incumbent	45.60%	13,996
Total Votes				30,696
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Justin Watkins ran unopposed in the Nevada State Assembly District 35 Democratic primary.

Nevada State Assembly District 35, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Justin Watkins  (unopposed)

Incumbent Brent Jones defeated Tiffany Jones, Tom Blanchard, Raymond Joseph Giordano and Benjamin Donlon defeated in the Nevada State Assembly District 35 Republican primary.

Nevada State Assembly District 35, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Brent Jones Incumbent	40.66%	712
	Republican	Tiffany Jones	37.18%	651
	Republican	Tom Blanchard	18.50%	324
	Republican	Raymond Joseph Giordano	2.63%	46
	Republican	Benjamin Donlon	1.03%	18
Total Votes				1,751

2014

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for the Nevada State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Incumbent James Healey defeated Charles Clark, Jr. in the Democratic primary, while Brent Jones defeated Mike Bajorek in the Republican primary. Healey was defeated by Jones in the general election.

Nevada State Assembly District 35, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Brent Jones	53.3%	6,077
	Democratic	James Healey Incumbent	46.7%	5,332
Total Votes				11,409

Nevada State Assembly, District 35 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
James Healey Incumbent	82.3%	813
Charles Clark, Jr.	17.7%	175
Total Votes		988

Nevada State Assembly, District 35 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Brent Jones	64.2%	1,024
Mike Bajorek	35.8%	572
Total Votes		1,596

2012

See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2012

Jones ran in the 2012 election for Nevada State Senate, District 9. Jones was defeated by Mari Nakashima St. Martin in the June 12 primary election.

Nevada State Senate, District 9 Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mari Nakashima St. Martin	54.2%	1,641
Brent Jones	45.8%	1,386
Total Votes		3,027

Campaign finance summary

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Brent Jones campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2014	Nevada State Assembly, District 35	Won	$109,930	N/A**
2012	Nevada State Senate, District 9	Lost	$62,305	N/A**
Grand total			$172,235	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2016

In 2016, the Nevada State Legislature did not hold a regular session.

2015

To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2015, click [show].

In 2015, the Nevada State Legislature was in session from February 2 through June 1. Nevada Conservation League: Senate and Assembly Legislators are scored on environment and conservation issues. Nevada Family Alliance: 2015 Legislative Scorecard Legislators are scored on their votes for or against Nevada Family Alliance's position. Nevada Policy Research Institute: The 2015 Nevada Legislative Session Review & Report Card Legislators are scored on their voting record concerning economic and education issues. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

See also

• Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
• Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018
• Nevada State Assembly
• House Committees
• Nevada State Legislature
• Nevada state legislative districts

External links

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• Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
• Profile from Open States
• Official campaign website
• Brent Jones on Facebook
• Brent Jones on Twitter
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions via OpenSecrets

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by James Healey (D)	Nevada State Assembly District 35 2015-2016	Succeeded by Justin Watkins (D)