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Venton Jones
Venton Jones (Democratic Party) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 100. He assumed office on January 10, 2023. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.
Jones (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives to represent District 100. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Venton Jones was born in Dallas, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University in 2006 and a graduate degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2009. His career experience includes working as the CEO of a nonprofit organization.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Jones was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 100
Incumbent Venton Jones won election in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 100 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Venton Jones (D) | 100.0 | 34,119 |
| Total votes: 34,119 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joe Roberts (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 100
Incumbent Venton Jones defeated Barbara Mallory Caraway, Sandra Crenshaw, and Justice McFarlane in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 100 on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Venton Jones | 50.7 | 3,832 |
 | Barbara Mallory Caraway | 25.8 | 1,952 | |
 | Sandra Crenshaw | 16.9 | 1,282 | |
 | Justice McFarlane | 6.6 | 498 | |
| Total votes: 7,564 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 100
Joe Roberts advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 100 on March 16, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ |  | Joe Roberts (L) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Jones received the following endorsements.
2022
See also: Texas House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Texas House of Representatives District 100
Venton Jones defeated Joe Roberts in the general election for Texas House of Representatives District 100 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Venton Jones (D) | 85.1 | 23,567 |
| Joe Roberts (L) | 14.9 | 4,131 | |
| Total votes: 27,698 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 100
Venton Jones defeated Sandra Crenshaw in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas House of Representatives District 100 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Venton Jones | 68.3 | 3,130 |
| Sandra Crenshaw | 31.7 | 1,456 | |
| Total votes: 4,586 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 100
Sandra Crenshaw and Venton Jones advanced to a runoff. They defeated Daniel Davis Clayton and Marquis Hawkins in the Democratic primary for Texas House of Representatives District 100 on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sandra Crenshaw | 34.2 | 2,928 |
| ✔ | | Venton Jones | 25.6 | 2,193 |
 | Daniel Davis Clayton | 23.0 | 1,971 | |
 | Marquis Hawkins | 17.1 | 1,460 | |
| Total votes: 8,552 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 100
Joe Roberts advanced from the Libertarian convention for Texas House of Representatives District 100 on March 12, 2022.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Roberts (L) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Jones' endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Venton Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Venton Jones completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jones' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Venton is the Founder and CEO of the Southern Black Policy and Advocacy Network (SBPAN), where the mission is to improve health, social, and economic conditions impacting Black communities in the U.S. South. Venton has a long history of successfully implementing innovative and effective initiatives nationally, throughout the State of Texas, and locally in Dallas County.
As an active member of the Democratic Party, Venton serves as a neighborhood Precinct Chairman and an Election Judge. He is also a former Board member of the Stonewall Democratic of Dallas. In addition to his work with the Democratic Party, Venton serves as the Chairman of the Dallas County HIV Task Force, is former Vice-Chair of the Dallas County Ryan White Planning Council, and is a City of Dallas Appointee to the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Board.
Venton received his Bachelor of Science degree in Community Health and his Master of Science degree in Health Care Administration.- I was born and raised in the House District.
- My work will continue to focus on serving low and middle-income communities, and those individuals with the highest rates of unresolved health disparities.
- I am prepared to fully serve our district and bring much-needed lived and professional experience to serve in this seat for the long term.
Fully funding our public schools and supporting needed wage increases for our state employees
Being a fierce champion for equitable voting rights
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Campaign finance summary
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the Texas State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 29.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Texas House of Representatives District 100 |
Officeholder Texas House of Representatives District 100 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 22, 2022
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| Preceded by Jasmine Crockett (D) |
Texas House of Representatives District 100 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
