Dana Caudill Jones
2025 - Present
2027
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Dana Caudill Jones (Republican Party) is a member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 31. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Jones (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 31. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Jones earned her B.A. in political science from High Point University in 1993. She is the owner of Caudill's Commercial Electric Company, Inc. in Kernersville. She previously served four terms on the Kernersville Board of Aldermen. Jones has served on the board of the Kernersville Medical Center. She and her husband, David, have one child.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 31
Dana Caudill Jones defeated Ronda Mays and Teresa Hopper Prizer in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 31 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dana Caudill Jones (R) | 62.4 | 78,429 |
 | Ronda Mays (D)  | 37.4 | 47,035 | |
| Teresa Hopper Prizer (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 7 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 186 | ||
| Total votes: 125,657 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 31
Ronda Mays defeated Laurelyn Dossett in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 31 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ronda Mays | 53.8 | 6,241 |
| Laurelyn Dossett | 46.2 | 5,363 | ||
| Total votes: 11,604 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Dana Caudill Jones advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 31.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Jones in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lida Calvert Hayes (R) | 17.9 | 54,592 |
| ✔ | Leah Crowley (R) | 17.3 | 52,747 | |
| ✔ |  | Lori Goins Clark (R) | 17.2 | 52,462 |
| ✔ | | Dana Caudill Jones (R) | 17.2 | 52,460 |
 | Marilynn Baker (D) | 15.4 | 47,029 | |
 | Rebecca Nussbaum (D) | 15.1 | 46,271 | |
| Total votes: 305,561 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)
Incumbent Lori Goins Clark, incumbent Lida Calvert Hayes, incumbent Dana Caudill Jones, and Leah Crowley defeated incumbent David Bryant Singletary in the Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Goins Clark | 21.8 | 6,246 |
| ✔ | | Lida Calvert Hayes | 21.3 | 6,086 |
| ✔ | | Dana Caudill Jones | 20.0 | 5,722 |
| ✔ | Leah Crowley | 18.5 | 5,308 | |
 | David Bryant Singletary | 18.4 | 5,265 | |
| Total votes: 28,627 | |||
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2014
General election
General election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lida Calvert Hayes (R) | 17.9 | 54,592 |
| ✔ | Leah Crowley (R) | 17.3 | 52,747 | |
| ✔ | | Lori Goins Clark (R) | 17.2 | 52,462 |
| ✔ | | Dana Caudill Jones (R) | 17.2 | 52,460 |
| Marilynn Baker (D) | 15.4 | 47,029 | |
| Rebecca Nussbaum (D) | 15.1 | 46,271 | |
| Total votes: 305,561 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 (4 seats)
Incumbent Lori Goins Clark, incumbent Lida Calvert Hayes, incumbent Dana Caudill Jones, and Leah Crowley defeated incumbent David Bryant Singletary in the Republican primary for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Goins Clark | 21.8 | 6,246 |
| ✔ | | Lida Calvert Hayes | 21.3 | 6,086 |
| ✔ | | Dana Caudill Jones | 20.0 | 5,722 |
| ✔ | Leah Crowley | 18.5 | 5,308 | |
| David Bryant Singletary | 18.4 | 5,265 | |
| Total votes: 28,627 | |||
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Results
General
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Jeannie Metcalf Incumbent |
19.6% | 47,290 | |
| Republican | Lori Goins Clark |
19.3% | 46,588 | |
| Republican | Dana Caudill Jones |
18% | 43,608 | |
| Republican | David Bryant Singletary |
16.2% | 39,139 | |
| Democratic | Deanna Frazier Kaplan | 14% | 33,913 | |
| Democratic | Laura Elliott | 12.9% | 31,204 | |
| Total Votes | 241,742 | |||
| Source: North Carolina Board of Elections, "2014 General Election Results," accessed December 30, 2014 | ||||
Primary
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeannie Metcalf |
26.1% | 12,563 | |
| Republican | Lori Goins Clark |
23.3% | 11,213 | |
| Republican | Dana Caudill Jones |
19.8% | 9,532 | |
| Republican | David Bryant Singletary |
15.6% | 7,505 | |
| Republican | Irene May | 15.2% | 7,308 | |
| Total Votes | 48,121 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections, " 05/06/2014 OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - FORSYTH," May 13, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Jones reported $299.00 in contributions and $99.00 in expenditures to the Forsyth County Board of Elections, leaving her campaign with $200.00 on hand as of April 30, 2014.[2]
Endorsements
Jones earned the endorsement of the Winston-Salem Journal for the primary and general election.[3][4]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2014
Jones provided the following statement to UNC-TV:
| “ | As a former PTA President and mother of five, I understand the importance of public education.
Our county needs to aggressively encourage more parental and community involvement in our schools with an open door policy for faith-based and volunteer organizations, such as project Hope. Helping Our People Eat. Forsyth County ranks as one of the highest in the nation for childhood hunger. This is unacceptable. As a lifelong advocate for public schools, I will work hard for our students to ensure that they have access to high-quality education in each school, which includes energy efficient state of the art technology, safe neighborhood schools, more efficient use of classroom space and much-needed basic resources, such as textbooks. Parents and teachers should not have to constantly supplement our classrooms with items that should readily be available to all. Teachers and staff should earn salaries commensurate with their peers nationwide. Currently, North Carolina is ranked near the bottom for teacher compensation. This is unacceptable. We need to strive to have on of the highest compensations in the country. While serving on the board of education I will encourage fellow board members to be an advocate for better salaries and compensation for teachers and staff.[5] |
” |
| —UNC-TV Voter Guide (2014)[6] | ||
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate North Carolina State Senate District 31 |
Officeholder North Carolina State Senate District 31 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Dana Caudill Jones for School Board, "Profile/Bio," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ Forsyth County Board of Elections, "Local Campaign Report: Board of Education," accessed April 29, 2014
- ↑ Winston-Salem Journal, "Editorial: 2014 endorsements in school board primaries," April 22, 2014
- ↑ The Winston-Salem Journal, "Endorsements 2014: WS/Forsyth school board races," October 21, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ UNC-TV, "VOTER GUIDE: Forsyth County Board of Education (District 2 - 4 Seats)," accessed October 23, 2014
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Joyce Krawiec (R) |
North Carolina State Senate District 31 2025-Present |
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| Preceded by - |
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools school board District 2 2014-2023 |
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| Preceded by - |
Kernersville Town Council |
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