Patricia Egan Jones is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 5th Legislative District in the

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since she was sworn into office on November 9, 2015, until her retirement in January 2020.

Early life

A resident of Barrington, Jones received an associate degree from Mount Aloysius College in fine arts and a bachelor's degree from

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with a major in political science.Assemblywoman Patricia Egan Jones

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. Accessed August 19, 2016. Before pursuing elected office, Jones had worked as chief of staff for

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, Speaker of the General Assembly, and later as legislator director for

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. Jones served on the Barrington Borough Council from 1996 to 1998. She was elected to countywide positions in Camden County, serving on the

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from 1998 to 2000 and as the County Surrogate from 2001 to 2015. As a freeholder, Jones was an advocate for bringing the USS ''New Jersey'' to the

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on the

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New Jersey Assembly

Angel Fuentes and Holly Cass had won the Democratic Party primary for the two Assembly seats to be on the ballot for the November 2015 general election. After Fuentes resigned from office, Jones was selected to run for the new term of office and to fill the balance of the term of the vacant seat.

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was chosen to fill the other ballot spot after primary victor Holly Cass volunteered to step aside. After the ballot results were certified, Jones was sworn into office on November 9 by Assembly Speaker

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"Camco Surrogate named newest General Assembly member"
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'', November 9, 2015. Accessed August 19, 2016. "Former Camden County Surrogate Patricia Egan Jones received the oath of office from Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto on Monday to become a member of the New Jersey General Assembly." In the Assembly, Jones is co-sponsor of a bill introduced in June 2016 that would designate the USS ''New Jersey'' as the official state ship. On March 14, 2019, Jones announces she would not run for re-election in 2019.

Committees

*Transportation and Independent Authorities *Budget *Higher Education

Electoral history

Assembly

References

External links

Assemblywoman Jones' legislative web page

*''New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure forms''
2015
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