Pa House of Representatives, Representative Tom Jones

Tom is from Lancaster County and lives in Maytown with his wife, Rochelle, and their four children. He attended Lancaster Catholic High School. He serves as an elder at Community Bible Church.

Thomas M Jones currently serves as a member of the State House of Representatives for the 98th District in Pennsylvania.

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Opposes raising taxes and hopes to lower current tax rates.

- Opposes raising taxes and hopes to lower current tax rates.

Economy

Opposes abortion and plans to support the Heartbeat and Down Syndrome bills.

Healthcare

Believes parents should have a say in their children's curriculum.

Believes parents should be involved in deciding school curricula. 

Opposes teaching on race and racism and the participation of transgender women in school sports.

- Believes parents should be involved in deciding school curricula. 
- Opposes teaching on race and racism and the participation of transgender women in school sports.

Education

As of September 30, 2024, Thomas M Jones’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Public Safety

Plans to repeal Act 77 and eliminate mail-in ballots.

Aims to repeal Act 77, which allows for mail-in voting, more time to register to vote, and more time to return absentee and mail-in ballots.

- Aims to repeal Act 77, which allows for mail-in voting, more time to register to vote, and more time to return absentee and mail-in ballots.

Voting & Elections

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Thomas M Jones

Believes in supporting small businesses and job creation to strengthen the economy.

As township supervisor, worked to provide essential services without raising taxes.

- Opposes raising taxes.
- Advocates to lower current tax rates.

Supports parents having the ability to determine the best education for their children, whether it is public, private, or home school.

- Believes parents should have a say in their children's curriculum.

Supports the police and opposes efforts to defund them.

Serves as a Republican Committeeman in Maytown.

Believes local and state law enforcement officers are "the greatest assets our communities have to offer."

Believes faith is crucial for personal and family life.

Believes in being an independent candidate, not a "hand-picked Harrisburg candidate."

Supports Tom Jones for State Representative.

Supported Donald Trump as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Said, "As your state representative, Tom will take his conservative values of family, faith, hard work and freedom to Harrisburg. Tom will represent you, not the Harrisburg establishment!"

- Plans to repeal Act 77 and eliminate mail-in ballots.

As of October 3, 2024, Thomas M Jones’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Thomas M. Jones is the Chairman of the East Donegal Township Board of Supervisors and serves as a Police Commissioner for the Susquehanna Regional Police Department. He is also a director of the Maytown/East Donegal Township Fire Department and a member of the Lancaster County Planning Commission. Additionally, he operates a landscaping business.

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- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws, including introducing tax bills. 
- State representatives and their staff respond to constituent concerns and questions through emails, phone calls, and website announcements. 
- State representatives oversee the executive branch and can vote to overrule a veto by the Governor.  
- They are elected to two-year terms and have a salary of $106,000, with a 1-3% annual increase

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