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Mondaire Jones | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th district | |
| In office January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Nita Lowey |
| Succeeded by | Mike Lawler |
| Member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Nancy Pelosi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 18, 1987 Nyack, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Mondaire Lamar Jones[1] (born May 18, 1987)[2] is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Jones was the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district from 2021 to 2023.
Before his 2022 defeat, Jones was described as a rising star on the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.[3] He is an advocate for Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.[4][5] In June 2020, he supported calls to defund the police, and said that his goal in running for Congress was to "fight systemic racism".[6][7][8]
When first elected, he became one of the two first openly gay Black members of Congress in history.[9] After the 2020 redistricting cycle, he sought reelection in 2022 in New York's 10th congressional district losing the Democratic primary to attorney Dan Goldman, who went on to win the seat in the general election.[10] In July 2023, Jones announced that he would again seek election, this time in the 17th district, in 2024.[11]
- ^ Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.
- ^ @MondaireJones (May 18, 2020). "Today's my 33rd birthday and all I want is #MedicareForAll, a #GreenNewDeal, #StudentDebtForgiveness, and a country that values working people over corporate profits" (Tweet). Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Solender, Andrew (August 1, 2022). "Progressive rising star Mondaire Jones fights for his political life". Axios. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
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:6was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Baird, Addy (November 3, 2020). "Ritchie Torres Has Made History As The First Openly Gay Black Member Of Congress". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ Solender, Andrew (August 24, 2022). "Former impeachment lawyer Dan Goldman unseats Rep. Mondaire Jones in New York". Axios. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ Shapero, Julia (July 5, 2023). "Mondaire Jones launches 2024 House bid to reclaim New York seat". The Hill. Retrieved July 7, 2023.