Qualifications: What training, experience and characteristics qualify you for this position?
ISSUES: What are the two (2) most pressing issues that you will face in the office that you seek? Describe your specific plans/ideas for addressing these issues.
Jolanda Jones
I am completing my second full term in the Texas House of Representatives. I am also a former At-Large Houston City Councilmember, who worked to ensure that all Houstonians were treated fairly by the City of Houston, and everyone received the services they deserved. During my tenure on the Houston Independent School District Board of Trustees, my only concern was for the children we served, and I fought for their interests. Recently, I left the state with my colleagues to prevent a quorum in the Texas House of Representatives and thereby to stop the passage of racist redistricting maps that disenfranchise Black and Brown voters in Houston and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I am not afraid to fight Republicans who want to pass racist laws.
The fight for police reform will continue, as will efforts to protect women’s reproductive rights, expand Medicare and Medicaid, and restore and build on the progress of communities of color and the LGBTQ+ community. I will continue to file legislation, work with colleagues and publicize the efforts. I have shown over my years of public service that I won’t stop fighting for what I believe in. We need to change the way legislators do redistricting, especially in light of the weakening and likely decimation of the Voting Rights Act. I would support a truly independent commission.
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