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Emil Jones
Democratic Party
Candidate, Illinois State Senate District 14
Illinois State Senate District 14
Tenure
2009 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
17
Compensation
Base salary
$93,712/year
Per diem
$178/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
March 17, 2026
Next election
November 3, 2026
Contact
Official website
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Personal website
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Emil Jones (Democratic Party) is a member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 14. He assumed office in 2009. His current term ends on January 13, 2027.

Jones (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 14. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. He advanced from the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026.

Biography

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Jones' professional experience includes working as an administrator of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Jones is the grandson of former Senate President Emil Jones II, who retired in 2008.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Jones was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Jones was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Jones was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Jones was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Illinois committee assignments, 2017
• Committee of the Whole
• Financial Institutions
• Licensed Activities and Pensions, Vice chair
• Local Government, Chair
• Revenue
• Telecommunications & InfoTechnology
• Transportation

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Jones served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Jones served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Jones served on these committees:[1]

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

2026

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

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General election for Illinois State Senate District 14

Incumbent Emil Jones (D) and Brian Skala (R) are running in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 14 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Emil Jones
Emil Jones (D)
Image of Brian Skala
Brian Skala (R)  Candidate Connection

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Democratic primary

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Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 14

Incumbent Emil Jones (D) defeated Ahmed Karrar (D) and Kenneth Williams (D) in the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 14 on March 17, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Emil Jones
Emil Jones
 
60.7
 
15,350
Image of Ahmed Karrar
Ahmed Karrar
 
22.4
 
5,678
Image of Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams
 
16.9
 
4,266

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 25,294
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Republican primary

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Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 14

Brian Skala (R) advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 14 on March 17, 2026.

Candidate
✔
Image of Brian Skala
Brian Skala  Candidate Connection

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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 14

Incumbent Emil Jones won election in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 14 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Emil Jones
Emil Jones (D)
 
100.0
 
49,237

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 49,237
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 14

Incumbent Emil Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 14 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Emil Jones
Emil Jones
 
100.0
 
20,381

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,381
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2018

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 14

Incumbent Emil Jones won election in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 14 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Emil Jones
Emil Jones (D)
 
100.0
 
65,275

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 65,275
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 14

Incumbent Emil Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 14 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Emil Jones
Emil Jones
 
100.0
 
32,119

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 32,119
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2016

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Illinois State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was November 30, 2015.[2]

Incumbent Emil Jones ran unopposed in the Illinois State Senate District 14 general election.[3][4]

Illinois State Senate, District 14 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Emil Jones Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

Incumbent Emil Jones ran unopposed in the Illinois State Senate District 14 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Illinois State Senate, District 14 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Emil Jones Incumbent (unopposed)


2012

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2012

Jones won re-election in the 2012 election for Illinois State Senate District 14. He was unopposed in the Democratic Primary on March 20[7][8] and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9]

Illinois State Senate, District 14, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngEmil Jones Incumbent 100% 82,778
Total Votes 82,778

2008

On November 4, 2008, Democrat Emil Jones won the election for the Illinois State Senate District 14 receiving 76,090 votes, ahead of Republican Ray Wardingley (18,929 votes).[10]


Illinois State Senate, District 14 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Emil Jones (D) 76,090
Ray Wardingley (R) 18,929

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Emil Jones campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Illinois State Senate District 14Won general$426,911 $245,608
2016Illinois State Senate, District 14Won $201,245 N/A**
2012Illinois State Senate, District 14Won $98,042 N/A**
2008Illinois State Senate, District 14Won $34,250 N/A**
Grand total$760,448 $245,608
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election 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.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Illinois

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Noteworthy events

Charged with federal bribery (2022)

On September 20, 2022, Jones was charged with federal bribery related with the use of red-light cameras in Chicago. Jones allegedly sought $5,000 to exclude some Chicago suburbs from a study of red-light cameras. Jones was also charged with making the arrangements through interstate commerce and lying to federal agents.[11][12]

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) called for Jones' resignation on September 22. Following the charges, Jones gave up his leadership positions in the Senate.[12]

On September 23, Jones pleaded not guilty and waived his right to be indicted by a grand jury.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "List of Illinois Senate Committees," July 28, 2009
    2. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar," accessed November 30, 2015
    3. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate list: General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
    4. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election results, General election 2016," accessed December 15, 2016
    5. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed January 3, 2016
    6. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election Results: GENERAL PRIMARY - 3/15/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
    7. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed December 5, 2011
    8. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed May 14, 2014
    9. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, “Official Vote - November 6, 2012 General Election,” accessed December 31, 2012
    10. ↑ Follow the Money, "Illinois Senate election results for 2008," November 4, 2008
    11. ↑ Illinois Policy, "STATE SENATOR FACES FEDERAL BRIBERY CHARGES IN RED-LIGHT CAMERA SCHEME," September 20, 2022
    12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Southern Illinoisan, "Capitol Recap: Another Democratic senator charged in bribery scheme," September 25, 2022

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