Harold V. Jones II

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Harold Jones
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Georgia State Senate District 22
Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

10

Compensation

Base salary

$24,341.64/year

Per diem

$247/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Harold Jones (Democratic Party) is a member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 22. He assumed office on January 12, 2015. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Jones (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 22. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Jones began serving as Senate minority leader on January 13, 2025.[1]

Biography

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Jones' professional experience includes serving as the solicitor general of Augusta, Georgia.[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Jones was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Jones was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Jones was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

Georgia committee assignments, 2017
Economic Development and Tourism
Judiciary
Public Safety
Special Judiciary

2015 legislative session

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

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

2024

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 22

Incumbent Harold Jones won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 22 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Harold Jones
Harold Jones (D)
 
100.0
 
63,914

Total votes: 63,914
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 22

Incumbent Harold Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 22 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Harold Jones
Harold Jones
 
100.0
 
18,840

Total votes: 18,840
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 22

Incumbent Harold Jones defeated Andrew Danielson in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 22 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Harold Jones
Harold Jones (D)
 
70.4
 
40,676
Andrew Danielson (R)
 
29.6
 
17,077

Total votes: 57,753
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 22

Incumbent Harold Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 22 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Harold Jones
Harold Jones
 
100.0
 
19,719

Total votes: 19,719
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 22

Andrew Danielson advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 22 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Andrew Danielson
 
100.0
 
8,566

Total votes: 8,566
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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 22

Incumbent Harold Jones won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 22 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Harold Jones
Harold Jones (D)
 
100.0
 
60,966

Total votes: 60,966
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 22

Incumbent Harold Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 22 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Harold Jones
Harold Jones
 
100.0
 
25,009

Total votes: 25,009
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2018

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 22

Incumbent Harold Jones won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 22 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Harold Jones
Harold Jones (D)
 
100.0
 
48,508

Total votes: 48,508
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 22

Incumbent Harold Jones advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 22 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Harold Jones
Harold Jones
 
100.0
 
14,700

Total votes: 14,700
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2016

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.

Incumbent Harold V. Jones II ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 22 general election.[3][4]

Georgia State Senate, District 22 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Harold V. Jones II Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 52,532
Total Votes 52,532
Source: Georgia Secretary of State


Incumbent Harold V. Jones II ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 22 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Georgia State Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Harold V. Jones II Incumbent (unopposed)



2014

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with a runoff election taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Corey L. Johnson and Harold V. Jones II advanced past E.H. "Elmyria" Chivers in the Democratic primary. Johnson faced Jones in a runoff election on July 22, 2014, which Jones won. Jones was unchallenged in the general election.[7][8][9][10]

Georgia State Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngCorey L. Johnson 45.1% 7,420
Green check mark transparent.pngHarold V. Jones 43.2% 7,105
E.H. "Elmyria" Chivers 11.7% 1,931
Total Votes 16,456
Georgia State Senate, District 22 Runoff Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngHarold V. Jones 61% 6,125
Corey L. Johnson 39% 3,919
Total Votes 10,044

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Harold Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Harold Jones campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Georgia State Senate District 22Won general$80,475 $40,892
2022Georgia State Senate District 22Won general$100,340 $0
2020Georgia State Senate District 22Won general$62,803 N/A**
2016Georgia State Senate, District 22Won $20,438 N/A**
2014Georgia State Senate, District 22Won $44,018 N/A**
Grand total$308,074 $40,892
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2015



Noteworthy events

Decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus on March 19, 2020

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Jones, along with his Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.[11]

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