Dave Jones (California)
Dave Jones (Democratic Party) was the California Commissioner of Insurance. He left office in 2019.
Jones (Democratic Party) ran for election to the California State Senate to represent District 8. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Jones completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Previously, Jones worked as a legal aid attorney with Legal Services of Northern California, a nonprofit, public interest law firm serving low-income residents in 22 California counties. He was also a special assistant and counsel to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno during President Bill Clinton's administration. He obtained degrees from DePauw University, Harvard Law School, and the Kennedy School of Government.[1]
When he served in the state government, Jones was a member of the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Commission, Sacramento Regional Sanitation District, Sacramento Solid Waste Authority, and Sacramento Transportation Authority.[2]
Education
- DePauw University
- Kennedy School of Government
- J.D. Harvard Law School
Political career
California Insurance Commissioner (2011-2019)
Jones served as California Commissioner of Insurance from January 3, 2011, to January 6, 2019. He won election to the office on November 2, 2010, and was re-elected in 2014.
About the office
The commissioner oversees the California Department of Insurance, which regulates the state's insurance industry. The Department of Insurance is charged with licensing insurance companies and reviewing their financial statements, establishing rate regulations, investigating consumer complaints, and punishing insurers with fines or penalties for regulatory noncompliance.
California State Assembly (2004-2010)
Previously Jones was a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 9th District from 2004 to 2010.
Issues
Jones did not provide answers to the California State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test informs voters how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.[3]
Legislative scorecard
Capitol Weekly, California's major weekly periodical covering the state legislature, publishes an annual legislative scorecard to pin down the political or ideological leanings of every member of the legislature based on how they voted on an assortment of bills in the most recent legislative session. The 2009 scores were based on votes on 19 bills, but did not include how legislators voted on the Proposition 1A (2009). On the scorecard, "100" is a perfect liberal score and "0" is a perfect conservative score.[4][5]
On the 2009 Capitol Weekly legislative scorecard, Jones ranked as a 94.[6]
Committee assignments
Jones served on the following committees during his time in the Assembly:
- Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, California General Assembly
- Health Committee, California General Assembly (Chair)
- Judiciary Committee, California General Assembly
- Select Committee on Youth Violence Prevention
Sponsored legislation
Jones' sponsored legislation included:
- AB 1011 - Insurance: green incentives
- AB 1218 - Health care coverage: rate approval
- AB 1543 - Medicare supplement coverage
For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.
Sacramento City Council (1999-2004)
Jones served on the Sacramento City Council from 1999 to 2004.
Elections
2022
See also: California State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for California State Senate District 8
Angelique Ashby defeated Dave Jones in the general election for California State Senate District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Angelique Ashby (D) | 51.5 | 118,135 |
 | Dave Jones (D)  | 48.5 | 111,035 | |
| Total votes: 229,170 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for California State Senate District 8
Dave Jones and Angelique Ashby defeated Rafa Garcia and Susan Mason in the primary for California State Senate District 8 on June 7, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dave Jones (D) | 46.0 | 69,269 |
| ✔ | | Angelique Ashby (D) | 41.0 | 61,700 |
 | Rafa Garcia (D) | 12.6 | 18,947 | |
| Susan Mason (R) (Write-in) | 0.4 | 527 | ||
| Total votes: 150,443 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeff McKay (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
To view Jones' endorsements in the 2022 election, please click here.
2018
General election
General election for Attorney General of California
Incumbent Xavier Becerra defeated Steven C. Bailey in the general election for Attorney General of California on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Xavier Becerra (D) | 63.6 | 7,790,743 |
 | Steven C. Bailey (R) | 36.4 | 4,465,587 | |
| Total votes: 12,256,330 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Attorney General of California
Incumbent Xavier Becerra and Steven C. Bailey defeated Dave Jones and Eric Early in the primary for Attorney General of California on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Xavier Becerra (D) | 45.8 | 3,024,611 |
| ✔ | | Steven C. Bailey (R) | 24.5 | 1,615,859 |
| Dave Jones (D) | 15.4 | 1,017,427 | |
 | Eric Early (R) | 14.3 | 943,071 | |
| Total votes: 6,600,968 | |||
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2014
Jones ran for re-election as California Commissioner of Insurance in the 2014 elections.[7] He was re-nominated in the top-two primary election on June 3, 2014. He faced Republican Ted Gaines in the general election. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
Primary election
| California Insurance Commissioner, Blanket Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Dave Jones Incumbent |
53.1% | 2,106,671 | |
| Republican | Ted Gaines |
41.6% | 1,651,242 | |
| Peace and Freedom | Nathalie Hrizi | 5.4% | 212,991 | |
| Total Votes | 3,970,904 | |||
| Election results California Secretary of State | ||||
General election
| Insurance Commissioner of California, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Dave Jones Incumbent |
57.5% | 4,038,165 | |
| Republican | Ted Gaines | 42.5% | 2,981,951 | |
| Total Votes | 7,020,116 | |||
| Election results via California Secretary of State | ||||
2010
Jones was ineligible to run for re-election in 2010 due to the term limits of the California State Assembly. Instead he ran for, and won, election as the California Commissioner of Insurance in the November 2, 2010 election.[8]
| California Commissioner of Insurance (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Dave Jones (D)
|
4,765,400 | 50.6% | ||
| Mike Villines (R) | 3,540,626 | 37.6% | ||
| Richard Bronstein (L) | 372,676 | 4.0% | ||
| Dina Josephine Padilla (PF) | 293,502 | 3.1% | ||
| William Balderston (G) | 252,301 | 2.6% | ||
| Clay Pedersen (Al) | 198,374 | 2.1% | ||
2008
In 2008 Jones was re-elected to the California State Assembly District 9. Jones (D) finished with 92,038 votes and was followed by Mali Currington (R) with 26,622 votes and Gerald Frink (P&F) with 7,744 votes.[9] Jones raised $1,702,494 for his campaign fund.[10]
| California State Assembly District 9 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Dave Jones (D)
|
92,038 | |||
| Mali Currington (R) | 26,622 | |||
| Gerald Frink (P&F) | 7,744 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dave 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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- I fight for people over corporations and special interests. The oil industry is spending $3 Milllion to defeat me.
- The state needs to insist that cities and counties develop or approve sufficent shelters and affordable housing with supportive services to get poeple off of our streets.
- Clinate change is literally killing people. We need to move faster to transition from fossil fuels and invest in sustainable infratructure and adaptation.
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Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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When he served in the state government, Jones and his wife, Kim Flores, had two children and lived in the Curtis Park neighborhood of Sacramento.[1][11]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 California Department of Insurance, "About the Commissioner," accessed June 29, 2011
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Rep. Jones"
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Rep. Jones Issue Positions"
- ↑ Capitol Weekly, "Capitol Weekly's Legislative Scorecard," December 17, 2009
- ↑ Fox and Hounds Daily, "Random Thoughts on the Political Scene," December 18, 2009
- ↑ Capitol Weekly, "2009 Capitol Weekly State Legislative Scorecard (Archived)," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedreelection14 - ↑ California Secretary of State, "November 2, 2010 General Election Results," accessed March 12, 2011
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Campaign funds," accessed March 13, 2014
- ↑ Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee, "Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to run for attorney general," October 1, 2015
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Steve Poizner (R) |
California Commissioner of Insurance 2011–2019 |
Succeeded by Ricardo Lara (D) |
| Preceded by Darrell Steinberg |
California State Assembly District 9 2004–2010 |
Succeeded by Roger Dickinson |
