Venton Jones

Venton Jones is an American politician. He serves as a Democratic member for the 100th district of the Texas House of Representatives.[2]

Venton Jones
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 100th district
Assumed office
January 10, 2023
Preceded byJasmine Crockett
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic[1]
Alma materTexas A&M University
University of Texas at Arlington

Life and career

Jones attended Texas A&M University[3] and the University of Texas at Arlington.[1]

Jones is HIV-positive.[4][5]

In March 2022, Jones defeated Daniel Clayton and Marquis Hawkins in the Democratic primary election for the 100th district of the Texas House of Representatives along with Sandra Crenshaw.[6] In May 2022, he defeated Crenshaw in the Democratic primary runoff election.[7]

In November 2022, Jones defeated Joe Roberts in the general election, winning 85 percent of the votes.[8] He succeeded Jasmine Crockett. He assumed office in 2023.

References
  1. "Meet Venton". VentonFor100. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  2. "Texas House Member". Texas House of Representatives. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  3. Taffet, David (March 11, 2022). "Venton Jones makes the run-off: The District 100 candidate would become the first Black Texas legislator with HIV". Dallas Voice. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  4. "Good News From Texas: Historic Number of Out Candidates Win Primaries". Advocate. March 2, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  5. McGaughy, Lauren (March 7, 2022). "One of these Texans could become the first openly LGBTQ and Black state legislator". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  6. "2022 Texas State House - District 100 Democratic Primary Results". Detroit Free Press. March 1, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  7. "2022 Texas State House - District 100 Democratic Primary Results". Las Cruces Sun-News. May 24, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  8. "2022 Texas State House - District 100 Election Results". USA Today. November 8, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2023.


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