Stewart Jones
Stewart Jones (Republican Party) was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 14. He assumed office in 2019. He left office on November 11, 2024.
Jones (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 11, 2024.
Biography
Stewart Jones was born in South Carolina. His career experience includes working as a business owner.[1]
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Jones was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Jones was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)
South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 3
Sheri Biggs defeated Bryon Best and Michael Bedenbaugh in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sheri Biggs (R) | 71.7 | 248,451 |
 | Bryon Best (D)  | 25.3 | 87,735 | |
 | Michael Bedenbaugh (Alliance Party) | 2.9 | 9,918 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 609 | ||
| Total votes: 346,713 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Republican primary runoff for U.S. House South Carolina District 3
Sheri Biggs defeated Mark Burns in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House South Carolina District 3 on June 25, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sheri Biggs | 51.0 | 28,156 |
 | Mark Burns | 49.0 | 27,064 | |
| Total votes: 55,220 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 3
Bryon Best defeated Frances Guldner in the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 3 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bryon Best | 62.4 | 5,188 |
 | Frances Guldner | 37.6 | 3,129 | |
| Total votes: 8,317 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Daniel Duncan (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 3
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 3 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Burns | 33.2 | 27,069 |
| ✔ | | Sheri Biggs | 28.8 | 23,523 |
 | Stewart Jones | 18.7 | 15,260 | |
 | Kevin Bishop | 11.0 | 8,972 | |
 | Franky Franco | 4.3 | 3,494 | |
| Elspeth Snow Murday | 2.1 | 1,754 | ||
 | Philip Healy | 1.9 | 1,552 | |
| Total votes: 81,624 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrew Adams (R)
- Jeff Duncan (R)
- Michael LaPierre (R)
- Patrick Orr (R)
Alliance Party convention
Alliance Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 3
Michael Bedenbaugh advanced from the Alliance Party convention for U.S. House South Carolina District 3 on April 20, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Michael Bedenbaugh (Alliance Party) |
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14
Incumbent Stewart Jones defeated Daniel Duncan in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stewart Jones (R) | 70.4 | 8,960 |
 | Daniel Duncan (D) | 29.3 | 3,728 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 42 | ||
| Total votes: 12,730 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Daniel Duncan advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14
Incumbent Stewart Jones defeated Joe Benson and Cole Kazmarski in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14 on June 14, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stewart Jones | 61.5 | 2,259 |
| Joe Benson | 26.0 | 955 | ||
 | Cole Kazmarski | 12.5 | 458 | |
| Total votes: 3,672 | |||
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2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14
Incumbent Stewart Jones won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stewart Jones (R) | 97.5 | 15,679 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.5 | 403 | ||
| Total votes: 16,082 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Stewart Jones advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14.
2019
See also: South Carolina state legislative special elections, 2019
General election
Special general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14
Stewart Jones defeated Garrett McDaniel in the special general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14 on April 23, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stewart Jones (R) | 57.8 | 2,160 |
| Garrett McDaniel (D) | 42.1 | 1,572 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 3,735 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14
Garrett McDaniel defeated Bobby Gregory Sr. in the special Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14 on February 19, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Garrett McDaniel | 92.1 | 453 | |
| Bobby Gregory Sr. | 7.9 | 39 | ||
| Total votes: 492 | |||
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14
Stewart Jones defeated Michael Seymour, Scott Horne, and Grant Blair in the special Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 14 on February 19, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stewart Jones | 51.5 | 1,248 |
| Michael Seymour | 24.9 | 603 | ||
| Scott Horne | 17.9 | 434 | ||
| Grant Blair | 5.6 | 136 | ||
| Total votes: 2,421 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
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Campaign website
Jones' campaign website stated the following:
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Faith and Family. As a Christian, husband, father, and small business owner – Stewart Jones will continue to defend faith and family values that have made America great. As a State Representative, Stewart Jones led the way by passing the Heartbeat Bill and Human Life Protection Act (defending life), filing the first bill in South Carolina to stop sex changes on minors, closed a transgender clinic, defended parents and children by getting South Carolina to leave the National School Board Association, and passed legislation to defend medical freedom against a federal covid vaccine mandate and prohibited forced masking. Stewart knows that saving America starts with putting Christ back at the center.
The open border policies of the Biden administration have perpetuated and allowed the invasion we are seeing today. The open border policies of the Biden administration and the enabling of the left that Haley has encouraged have perpetuated and allowed the invasion we are seeing today. Despite being deported under President Trump, the illegal who did this was allowed to re-enter the country under Joe Biden. I cannot and will not stand idly by in these dark days while Biden and the democrats refuse to close our southern border and are destroying our country. We must:
The Biden inflation is crippling the American people at the grocery store and at the gas pump. Our nations debt to GDP is at a record high of over 123%. We must stop funding countries that hate us and put America First once again. It is imperative that we reduce the size and scope of the federal government.
Flying a spy balloon over South Carolina was only part of the Chinese Communist Partys plan to threaten our nation. They are buying up our farmland and stealing our intellectual property. Joe Biden has allowed China to take advantage of us. It must end.
I remain steadfast in my dedication to upholding the Constitution, which serves as the bedrock of our nation’s liberties and values.
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| —Stewart Jones' campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
2022
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2020
Stewart Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024
In 2024, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 9.
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2023
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In 2023, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 11.
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2022
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In 2022, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 12.
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2021
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In 2021, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 13.
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2020
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In 2020, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 25. The state Senate reconvened September to September 3. Both chambers reconvened September 15 to September 24.
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2019
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In 2019, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 21.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Stewart Jones for Congress, "About Stewart Jones," accessed June 7, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Stewart Jones's campaign website, “Issues,” accessed June 7, 2024
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| Preceded by - |
South Carolina House of Representatives District 14 2019-2024 |
Succeeded by Luke Rankin (R) |
