Don Jones (Former Montana state representative)

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Don Jones
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Prior offices
Montana House of Representatives District 46
Successor: Bill Mercer


For the 2012 Democratic candidate in District 82, see Donald Jones (candidate).

Don Jones is a former Republican member of the Montana House of Representatives, representing District 46 from 2013 to 2019.

Jones did not seek re-election to the Montana House of Representatives in 2018.

Committee assignments[edit]

2017 legislative session[edit]

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

Montana committee assignments, 2017
Appropriations
Education, Chair

2015 legislative session[edit]

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

2013-2014[edit]

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Jones served on the following committees:

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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[edit]

2018[edit]

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2018

Don Jones did not file to run for re-election.

2016[edit]

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Montana House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on June 7, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 14, 2016.

Incumbent Don Jones defeated Angie Buckley in the Montana House of Representatives District 46 general election.[1][2]

Montana House of Representatives, District 46 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Don Jones Incumbent 64.69% 3,553
     Democratic Angie Buckley 35.31% 1,939
Total Votes 5,492
Source: Montana Secretary of State


Angie Buckley ran unopposed in the Montana House of Representatives District 46 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Montana House of Representatives, District 46 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Angie Buckley  (unopposed)


Incumbent Don Jones ran unopposed in the Montana House of Representatives District 46 Republican primary.[5][6]

Montana House of Representatives, District 46 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Don Jones Incumbent (unopposed)


2014[edit]

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Montana House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 10, 2014; minor party and independent candidates had until June 2, 2014, to file. Paul Van Tricht was unopposed in the Democratic primary. District 56 incumbent Don Jones was unopposed in the Republican primary. Jones defeated Van Tricht in the general election. Incumbent Clayton Fiscus (R) ran in District 43.[7][8][9]

Montana House of Representatives, District 46 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDon Jones Incumbent 66.1% 2,948
     Democratic Paul Van Tricht 33.9% 1,515
Total Votes 4,463

2012[edit]

See also: Montana House of Representatives elections, 2012

Jones won election in the 2012 election for Montana House of Representatives, District 56. Jones defeated George Day in the June 5 primary election and was unchallenged in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

Montana House of Representatives, District 56 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDon Jones 66.9% 1,248
George Day 33.1% 617
Total Votes 1,865

Campaign finance summary[edit]


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Don Jones campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016Montana House of Representatives, District 46Won $4,147 N/A**
2014Montana House of Representatives, District 46Won $7,275 N/A**
2012Montana House, District 56Won $4,812 N/A**
Grand total$16,234 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections 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 availabale data.

Scorecards[edit]

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Montana

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2018

In 2018, the Montana State Legislature did not hold a regular session.


2017


2016


2015


2014


2013


Recent news[edit]

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Footnotes[edit]

Political offices
Preceded by
Donald Roberts (R)
Montana House of Representatives District 56
2013–2019
Succeeded by
Bill Mercer


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