Dave Jones (politician)

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In 2018, Jones declared his candidacy for California Attorney General, finishing third in the primary election behind incumbent Democrat Xavier Becerra, who was appointed to the position by then Governor Jerry Brown upon the resignation of Kamala Harris, who was elected to the United States Senate in 2016, and Republican Steven Bailey. [9]

Personal life

Jones and his wife, Kim Flores, live in the Curtis Park neighborhood of Sacramento and have two children, Isabelle and William. In 2017, Jones was a passenger on board Air Canada Flight 759, which narrowly avoided a collision with four other planes while landing at San Francisco International Airport. [10] [11]

Electoral history

Dave Jones
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones -- PD-CAGov.jpg
7th Insurance Commissioner of California
In office
January 3, 2011 –January 7, 2019
Sacramento City Council 6th District Special Election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%
NonpartisanDave Jones3,64976.2
NonpartisanAlex-St. James Railey-Cisco64713.5
NonpartisanEric Arnoldy4128.6
NonpartisanStephen Rodgers781.6
Sacramento City Council 6th District Election, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%
NonpartisanDave Jones (inc.)7,605100.0
California State Assembly 9th District Democratic Primary Election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDave Jones20,42942.5
Democratic Roger Dickinson 12,47425.9
DemocraticLauren Hammond8,73218.1
DemocraticManny Hernandez4,3489.0
DemocraticLeslie Cochren1,1302.3
DemocraticDonna Begay1,0642.2
California State Assembly 9th District Election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDave Jones77,88066.8
RepublicanGaspar Garcia32,73428.0
LibertarianGale Morgan6,0985.2
California State Assembly 9th District Election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDave Jones (inc.)61,93270.0
RepublicanWilliam Chan26,65230.0
California State Assembly 9th District Election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDave Jones (inc.)92,03872.9
RepublicanMali Currington26,62221.0
Peace and FreedomGerald Allen Frink7,7446.1
California State Insurance Commissioner Democratic Primary Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDave Jones1,255,65661.4
Democratic Hector De La Torre 790,49338.6
California State Insurance Commissioner Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDave Jones4,765,40050.6
Republican Mike Villines 3,540,62637.6
LibertarianRichard Bronstein372,6764.0
Peace and FreedomDina Josephine Padilla293,5023.1
GreenWilliam Balderston252,3012.6
American IndependentClay Pederson198,3472.1
California State Insurance Commissioner Primary Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDave Jones (inc.)2,106,67153.1
Republican Ted Gaines 1,651,24241.6
Peace and FreedomNathalie Hrizi212,9915.4
California State Insurance Commissioner Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDave Jones (inc.)4,038,16557.5
Republican Ted Gaines 2,981,95142.5

References

  1. ↑ "About Us: About the Commissioner". California Department of Insurance. Archived from the original on 2014-07-03.
  2. ↑ "Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones: "Taking Action on Day One"". Consumer Federation of California. January 6, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  3. ↑ Leubitz, Brian. "Dave Jones Gets Endorsement, No Endorsement in LG". Calitics. Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Commissioner Jones recommends Covered California exclude Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Cross of California from participating in Small Business Exchange". California Department of Insurance. June 13, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-29. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  5. ↑ Terhune, Chad (July 19, 2013). "Anthem Blue Cross shuns insurance market for small businesses". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 9, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Department of Insurance Determines Blue Shield Rate Increase Is Unreasonable" (Press release). California Department of Insurance. March 7, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  7. ↑ "United Healthcare Insurance Company rate increase on small businesses excessive and unreasonable" (Press release). California Department of Insurance. 2013-05-01. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  8. ↑ Terhune, Chad (May 22, 2013). "UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Attorney General - Statewide Results". California Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
  10. ↑ Gafni, Matthias (July 12, 2017). "'11 seconds to impact': Expert calculates how close SFO near-miss was to disaster". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  11. ↑ Gafni, Matthias (July 17, 2017). "NTSB: Air Canada close-call at SFO was even worse than first reported". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
Civic offices
Preceded by Member of the Sacramento City Council
from the 6th district
1999–2004		Succeeded by
California Assembly
Preceded by Member of the California Assembly
from the 9th district
2004–2011		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee
2004–2008		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Insurance Commissioner of California
2011–2019		Succeeded by
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