Katie Jones (politician)

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Katie Jones
Member-elect of the MinnesotaHouseofRepresentatives
from the 61A district
Assuming office
January 14, 2025

Katie Jones is an American politician and engineer who is the member-elect of the Minnesota House of Representatives for district 61A in Minneapolis, succeeding Frank Hornstein. Jones is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor party. She will be sworn in on January 14, 2025. [2]

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Early career

Katie Jones grew up in rural Indiana and received a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Purdue University. [3] She moved to Minnesota to work with Habitat for Humanity in Rochester before relocating to Minneapolis. [4]

Prior to beginning her political career, she worked as a lobbyist and policy writer with the Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) and did work in the Sustainability Office with the City of Minneapolis. [5] She was also a member and president of the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association, [1] served on the City of Minneapolis Capital and Long-Range Improvement Committee, [6] and was appointed to Governor Tim Walz's Sustainable Transportation Advisory Council. [7]

In 2021, Jones ran a campaign to represent Ward 10 (representing Whittier, South Uptown and the Wedge) in the Minneapolis City Council. [1] She was eliminated at third place in the third round of ranked-choice voting behind Aisha Chughtai and Alicia Gibson after receiving 19.57% of first-round votes. [8] In the following years, Jones returned to the Capital Long Range Improvement Committee and continued her work with the Center for Energy and Environment. [9]

Minnesota House of Representatives

In February 2024, Representative Frank Hornstein announced he would not run for re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives after 22 years of service representing district 61A, which includes Loring Park and much of the Bde Maka Ska-Isles area. [10] [11] Jones launched a campaign for the seat on March 6, 2024, [12] emerging in a crowded field of DFL candidates for the strongly Democratic district. The district DFL caucus failed to endorse a candidate, [13] and three candidates filed and appeared on the DFL primary ballot: Isabel Rolfes, a legislative staffer for House Majority Leader Jamie Long; Will Stancil, a researcher at the University of Minnesota and online persona; and Katie Jones. [14]

Stancil's online presence drew unusual attention to the primary, including a series of online threats to Jones from right-wing extremists. [14] [15] Having worked on climate policy in the district, Jones positioned herself as a successor to Rep. Hornstein, who focused much of his policy on climate and chaired the Transportation Committee. [16] She secured Hornstein's endorsement shortly before the primary election. [17] Jones won the DFL nomination with 43.15% of the vote, [9] winning a plurality in all but one of the district's precincts. [18]

In the general election, no Republican candidates filed. Jones instead faced Green Party candidate Toya Lopez. [19] In the general election on November 5, 2024, Katie Jones was elected to represent District 61A with 83.92% of the vote. [20]

Electoral history

2021 Minneapolis City Council Election, Ward 10 [8]
PartyCandidate% 1st
Choice		Round 1Round 2Round 3% Final
Democratic (DFL) Aisha Chughtai 36.91%3,9344,1635,36059.95%
Democratic (DFL) Alicia Gibson18.75%1,9993,0223,58140.05%
Democratic (DFL) Katie Jones19.57%2,0862,476
Democratic (DFL) Chris Parsons15.10%1,610
Democratic (DFL) David Wheeler5.86%625
Democratic (DFL) Ubah Nur3.51%374
Write-in N/A0.29%31
Exhausted ballots9981,71819.21%
Valid votes10,659
Threshold5,330
Undervotes686
Turnout48.7%11,345
2024 Minnesota House of Representatives election, District 61A DFL primary [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL) Katie Jones3,95643.15
Democratic (DFL) Will Stancil3,34036.43
Democratic (DFL) Isabel Rolfes1,87220.42
Total votes9,168 100.0
2024 Minnesota House of Representatives general election, District 61A [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic (DFL) Katie Jones 18,234 83.92
Green Toya López3,28415.11
Write-in 2090.96
Total votes21,727 100.00
Democratic (DFL) hold

Personal life

Jones lives in the Wedge neighborhood of Minneapolis with her husband Peter. [4]

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