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Jeff Stone
Republican Party
Nevada State Senate District 20
Tenure
2022 - Present
Term ends
2026
Years in position
3
Predecessor: Keith Pickard (R)
Prior offices:
California State Senate District 28
Years in office: 2014 - 2019
Compensation
Base salary
$130/legislative day
Per diem
The exact amount members received for per diem was unavailable.
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022
Education
Other
University of Southern California
Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact
Official website
Official Instagram
Campaign website
Campaign Facebook
Personal website
Personal Facebook

Jeff Stone (Republican Party) is a member of the Nevada State Senate, representing District 20. He assumed office on November 9, 2022. His current term ends on November 4, 2026.

Stone (Republican Party) ran for election to the Nevada State Senate to represent District 20. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Stone resigned from the California State Senate District 28 seat on November 1, 2019, to take a position in the Donald Trump presidential administration as Western Regional director in the Department of Labor.[1]

Stone was a 2016 candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 36th Congressional District of California.[2] He also ran for District 36 of the California State Senate in 2010.

Biography

Jeff Stone lives in Henderson, Nevada.[3] Stone earned a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Southern California.[4] His career experience includes owning Innovative Compound Pharmacy and working as a real estate agent, an assistant professor of pharmacy with the University of Southern California, and an assistant professor of pharmacology with California State University at Dominguez Hills.[3][4] Stone served on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.[4]

Committee assignments

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2025-2026

Stone was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Stone was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Stone was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

California committee assignments, 2017
• Budget and Fiscal Review
• Environmental Quality, Vice chair
• Labor and Industrial Relations, Vice chair
• Natural Resources and Water, Vice chair
• Public Safety
• Emergency Management

2015 legislative session

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

Noteworthy events

Presidential preference

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Stone endorsed Marco Rubio for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[5]

See also: Endorsements for Marco Rubio

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: Nevada State Senate elections, 2026

Jeff Stone did not file to run for re-election.

2022

See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Nevada State Senate District 20

Jeff Stone defeated Brent Foutz and Brandon Mills in the general election for Nevada State Senate District 20 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone (R)
 
61.7
 
44,567
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Brent Foutz (D)
 
35.6
 
25,712
Image of Brandon Mills
Brandon Mills (L) Candidate Connection
 
2.7
 
1,968

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 72,247
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Brent Foutz advanced from the Democratic primary for Nevada State Senate District 20.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Jeff Stone advanced from the Republican primary for Nevada State Senate District 20.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: California State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for California State Senate District 28

Incumbent Jeff Stone defeated Joy Silver in the general election for California State Senate District 28 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone (R)
 
51.6
 
151,020
Image of Joy Silver
Joy Silver (D)
 
48.4
 
141,792

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

Total votes: 292,812
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 28

Incumbent Jeff Stone and Joy Silver defeated Anna Nevenic in the primary for California State Senate District 28 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone (R)
 
56.0
 
89,426
✔
Image of Joy Silver
Joy Silver (D)
 
34.7
 
55,312
Image of Anna Nevenic
Anna Nevenic (D)
 
9.3
 
14,826

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

Total votes: 159,564
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2016

See also: California's 36th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Raul Ruiz (D) defeated Jeff Stone (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Ruiz and Stone defeated Stephan Wolkowicz (R) in the top-two primary on June 7, 2016.[6][7]

U.S. House, California District 36 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRaul Ruiz Incumbent 62.1% 144,348
     Republican Jeff Stone 37.9% 88,269
Total Votes 232,617
Source: California Secretary of State


U.S. House, California District 36 General Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRaul Ruiz Incumbent 58.5% 76,213
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Stone 31.6% 41,190
     Republican Stephan Wolkowicz 9.9% 12,923
Total Votes 130,326
Source: California Secretary of State

2014

See also: California State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the California State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 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. Bonnie Garcia (R) and Jeff Stone (R) defeated Philip Drucker (D), Anna Nevenic (D), William "Bill" Carns (R) and Glenn A. Miller (R) in the blanket primary. Garcia was defeated by Stone in the general election.[8][9][10]

California State Senate, District 28, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Stone 53% 81,698
     Republican Bonnie Garcia 47% 72,353
Total Votes 154,051
California State Senate, District 28 Blanket Primary, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Stone 21.9% 20,807
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBonnie Garcia 19.9% 18,884
     Republican Glenn A. Miller 19.4% 18,435
     Democratic Philip Drucker 18.6% 17,635
     Democratic Anna Nevenic 15.2% 14,444
     Republican William Carns 5.1% 4,834
Total Votes 95,039

2010

See also: California State Senate elections, 2010

Stone was defeated in the June 8 primary by Joel Anderson.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Jeff Stone did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Stone's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]

Water

  • Excerpt: "We need to increase water storage and delivery systems to ensure southern California and the central valley have a dependable water source. We should continue to examine the efficacy of desalination plants like the one recently built in Carlsbad."

Taxes

  • Excerpt: "I’ve signed the No New Taxes Pledge and I won’t accept any plan to alter or abolish Prop. 13 or raise taxes on already overburdened California taxpayers."

Crime

  • Excerpt: "I oppose early release of prison inmates. AB 109 (Public Safety Realignment) is bad public policy that allows dangerous felons to be placed in County jails and released early. If tents in 110 degrees are good enough for our military in Iraq then why not for our convicts? Place them in tents in remote areas of the County. We must stop spending $150,000 each for building new jail cells!"

Education

  • Excerpt: "I believe we need to give local school boards, parents, and teachers the flexibility to adopt education plans suitable to their local needs. I support school choice and Charter schools."

Health Care

  • Excerpt: "Seniors on Medicare are already paying more because Obamacare took money away from the Medicare system. While this is a federal law, I will do everything I can to help repeal it and replace it with real reforms that lower costs, protect patient choice and maintain America’s high standards for health care."

Campaign finance summary

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Jeff Stone campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Nevada State Senate District 20Won general$180,165 $0
2018California State Senate District 28Won general$673,412 N/A**
2014California State Senate, District 28Won $793,791 N/A**
2010California State Senate, District 36Won $608,242 N/A**
2000California State Assembly, District 28Won $124,266 N/A**
Grand total$2,379,876 N/A**
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.

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Stone's endorsements included the following:[12]

  • Riverside Sheriffs’ Association
  • Southwest Young Republicans of Riverside County
  • Dave Kelley, Former State Senator and State Assemblyman
  • Pete Schabarum, Author of California Term Limits and former State Assemblyman
  • Ted Weggeland, Former State Assemblyman and Republican Whip
  • Don Kent, Treasurer/Tax Collector, Riverside County
  • Larry Ward, Assessor, Riverside County
  • Marion Ashley, Supervisor Riverside County
  • Kevin Jeffries, Supervisor Riverside County
  • Jim Venable, Former Supervisor, Riverside County
  • Tom Mullen, Former Supervisor, Riverside County
  • Cois Byrd, Former Sheriff, Riverside County
  • Jim Hyatt, City Council Member, Calimesa
  • Mary Craton, Mayor, Canyon Lake
  • Jordan Erencranz, City Council Member, Canyon Lake
  • Ike Bootsma, Mayor, Eastvale
  • Larry Smith, Mayor Pro Tem, Hemet
  • Shellie Milne, City Council Member, Hemet
  • Scott Mann, Mayor, Menifee
  • Wallace Edjerton, Former Mayor, Menifee

Scorecards

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Desert Sun,' "State Sen. Jeff Stone to join Trump's labor department, likely prompting special election," October 30, 2019
    2. ↑ The Desert Sun, "It's official: Jeff Stone is running for Congress," January 11, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jeff Stone for Senate, "About Jeff," accessed January 14, 2023
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 California State Senate, “Senator Jeff Stone” accessed September 29, 2019
    5. ↑ Los Angeles Times, "6 California lawmakers and San Diego mayor back Marco Rubio for president," January 8, 2016
    6. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Certified List of Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election," accessed April 4, 2016
    7. ↑ The New York Times, "California Primary Results," June 7, 2016
    8. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2014 Primary election candidate list," accessed March 27, 2014
    9. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed July 15, 2014
    10. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed December 14, 2014
    11. ↑ jeffstone2014.com "Issues," accessed May 7, 2014
    12. ↑ jeffstone2014.com "Endorsements," accessed May 7, 2014

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