Jolanda Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and government and a law degree from the University of Houston. 

Texas Rep. Jolanda Jones Announces Bid to Succeed Sylvester Turner in Congress

State Rep. Jolanda Jones enters race for Texas’ 18th Congressional District

Jolanda is a criminal and family lawyer with her own practice. 

Jolanda is currently the state representative for Texas House District 147. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her second term. She previously served on the Houston ISD Board of Trustees and was a member of the Houston City Council from 2008 to 2012.

Supports paying living wages with benefits, including health care.

Supports providing secure and dignified retirements.

Supports providing "secure and dignified retirements."

Supports the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, which helps to foster the growth of women and minority-owned firms.

Supports providing resources and funding for women-owned small businesses.

Supports "protecting the right to organize."

- Supports paying living wages with benefits, including health care.
- Supports providing "secure and dignified retirements."
- Supports the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, which helps to foster the growth of women and minority-owned firms.
- Supports providing resources and funding for women-owned small businesses.
- Supports "protecting the right to organize."

Economy

Supports policies that promote "good policing" and aims to reform the criminal justice system.

Believes in "rebuilding trust in the judicial process."

Wants to address issues in the juvenile justice system.

- Supports policies that promote "good policing" and aims to reform the criminal justice system.
- Believes in "rebuilding trust in the judicial process."
- Supports gun control.
- Wants to address issues in the juvenile justice system.

Public Safety

Opposes using public money for private school vouchers.

Supports improving access to trade programs, vocational training, and community colleges.

Supports raising pay for teachers and all public-school employees.

Supports providing equitable funding to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

- Opposes using public money for private school vouchers.
- Supports improving access to trade programs, vocational training, and community colleges.
- Supports raising pay for teachers and all public-school employees.
- Supports providing equitable funding to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Education

Supports expanding access to postpartum and prenatal care for women.

Plans to increase mental health and substance abuse services.

Supports simplifying access to Children's Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

- Supports abortion access.
- Supports expanding access to postpartum and prenatal care for women.
- Supports Medicaid expansion.
- Plans to increase mental health and substance abuse services.
- Supports simplifying access to Children's Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Healthcare

As of October 7, 2025, Jolanda  Jones’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports restoring voting rights to individuals who have served time in prison.

Supports replacing the current opt-in voter registration system with an opt-out system.

- Supports restoring voting rights to individuals who have served time in prison.
- Supports replacing the current opt-in voter registration system with an opt-out system.

Voting & Elections

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Jolanda  Jones

Jolanda Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a law degree from Tulane University. She lives in Houston, Texas.

Jolanda is a criminal and family lawyer with her own practice. She previously served as a Houston City Council member from 2008 to 2012.

Jolanda is currently the state representative for Texas House District 147. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her first term. She previously served on the Houston ISD Board of Trustees and was a member of the Houston City Council from 2008 to 2012.

Supports paying "living wages with benefits, including health care."

Supports the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, which aims to grow women- and minority-owned businesses that work with the state.

Believes in "fixing" the juvenile justice system.

Wants to "rebuild trust in the judicial process."

Wants to "reform" the criminal justice system to ensure "good policing."

Opposes using public funds for private school vouchers.

Supports increasing salaries for teachers and all public school staff.

Supports expanding quality postpartum and prenatal care for women.

Wants to increase mental health and substance abuse services.

As of October 7, 2025, Jolanda  Jones did not have a website or any information online.

Supports replacing the opt-in voter registration system with an opt-out system.

Jolanda Jones is from Houston, Texas. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from the University of Houston and a law degree from Tulane University. She has served on the Houston ISD Board of Trustees, Houston City Council, and the Texas House of Representatives. She lives in Houston, Texas.

Supports the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, which helps to grow women and minority-owned firms seeking state business.

Supports ensuring the $30 billion of federal infrastructure funding is equally distributed within HD 147.

Advocates for improving local highways, public transit, and street infrastructure.

Supports reforms to assist the formerly incarcerated in reentering the workforce.

Supports expanding Medicaid and healthcare coverage for uninsured populations.

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- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Texas currently has 36 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Texas for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.