Steven Christopher Jones (born June 23, 1958, in Suffolk, Virginia) is a former

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politician from the Commonwealth of

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. He was elected to the

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in November 1997. He represented the 76th district, made up of parts of the cities of Suffolk and

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.Virginia House of Delegates 2009; Delegate S. Chris Jones From 2014 until 2019, he chaired the House Appropriations Committee. One of the chief architects of the 2011 redistricting plan that the US Supreme Court ruled in 2019 was unconstitutionally gerrymandered, he lost re-election in November 2019 after his district was redrawn.

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* * * 1958 births Living people Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates Randolph–Macon College alumni Medical College of Virginia alumni Politicians from Suffolk, Virginia Pharmacists from Virginia 20th-century American pharmacists 21st-century American legislators {{Virginia-delegate-stub