Sherry Jones Explained

Sherry Jones
State House:	Tennessee
District:	59th^[1]
Term Start:	January 1995
Term End:	January 2019
Successor:	Incumbent
Birth Place:	Nashville, Tennessee
Nationality:	American
Party:	Democratic

Sherry Jones^[2] (born in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 59 since January 1995.

Electoral history

• 1994 Jones was initially elected in the 1994 Democratic Primary and November 8, 1994 General election.
• 1996 Jones was unopposed for the 1996 Democratic Primary and won the November 5, 1996 General election against Republican nominee Joe Allison.
• 1998 Jones was unopposed for both the August 6, 1998 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,529 votes,^[3] and the November 3, 1998 General election, winning with 4,627 votes.^[4]
• 2000 Jones was unopposed for both the August 3, 2000 Democratic Primary, winning with 779 votes,^[5] and the November 7, 2000 General election, winning with 13,402 votes.^[6]
• 2002 Jones was unopposed for the August 1, 2002 Democratic Primary, winning with 3,527 votes,^[7] and won the November 5, 2002 General election with 7,165 votes (65.3%) against Republican nominee B. J. Brown.^[8]
• 2004 Jones was challenged in the three-way August 5, 2004 Democratic Primary, winning with 873 votes (73.1%),^[9] and was unopposed for the November 2, 2004 General election, winning with 14,683 votes.^[10]
• 2006 Jones was challenged in the August 3, 2006 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,477 votes (54.7%),^[11] and won the November 7, 2006 General election with 7,960 votes (71.1%) against Republican nominee Mike Meadows.^[12]
• 2008 Jones was unopposed for both the August 7, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 643 votes,^[13] and the November 4, 2008 General election, winning with 14,528 votes.^[14]
• 2010 Jones was unopposed for the August 5, 2010 Democratic Primary,^[15] and won the November 2, 2010 General election, winning with 6,023 votes (62.7%) against Republican nominee Duane Dominy and a write-in candidate.^[16]
• 2012 Jones was unopposed for the August 2, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,271 votes,^[17] and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 11,358 votes (70.1%) against Republican nominee Robert Duvall.^[18]

External links

• Official page at the Tennessee General Assembly
• Campaign site
  • Sherry Jones at Ballotpedia
• Sherry Jones at OpenSecrets

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rep. Sherry Jones . . Nashville, Tennessee . March 19, 2014.
2. Web site: Sherry Jones' Biography . . March 19, 2014.
3. Web site: State of Tennessee Democratic Candidates for Tennessee House August 6, 1998 . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 11 . March 19, 2014.
4. Web site: State of Tennessee, Tennessee House November 3, 1998 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 38 . March 19, 2014.
5. Web site: August 3, 2000 Democratic Primary . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 28 . March 19, 2014.
6. Web site: November 7, 2000 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 41 . March 19, 2014.
7. Web site: August 1, 2002 Democratic Primary . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 41 . March 19, 2014.
8. Web site: November 5, 2002 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 42 . March 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213452/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-11/tn-house-p.pdf . July 13, 2015 .
9. Web site: August 5, 2004 Democratic Primary . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 32 . March 19, 2014.
10. Web site: November 2, 2004 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 42 . March 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213414/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2004-11/tnhouseprec.pdf . July 13, 2015 .
11. Web site: August 3, 2006 Democratic Primary . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 18 . March 19, 2014.
12. Web site: November 7, 2006 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 6 . March 19, 2014.
13. Web site: State of Tennessee August 7, 2008 Democratic Primary . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 22 . March 19, 2014.
14. Web site: State of Tennessee November 4, 2008 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 32 . March 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213209/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2008-11/pcttnh6799.pdf . July 13, 2015 .
15. Web site: State of Tennessee August 5, 2010 Democratic Primary . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . March 19, 2014.
16. Web site: State of Tennessee November 2, 2010 State General . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 47 . March 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313223338/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2010-11/TNHPrecinct.pdf . March 13, 2014 .
17. Web site: State of Tennessee August 2, 2012 Democratic Primary . . Nashville, Tennessee . 173 . March 19, 2014.
18. Web site: State of Tennessee November 6, 2012 General Election . Tennessee Secretary of State . Nashville, Tennessee . 62 . March 19, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313183815/http://tennessee.gov/sos/election/results/2012-11/TNHousePrecinctTotals.pdf . March 13, 2014 .