# Jan Jones

Jan Jones is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 47.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 47
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/85740034-23b0-4001-9190-8948bd9f3b37

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/85740034-23b0-4001-9190-8948bd9f3b37 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

78% of Jones’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## What Jones says (GA 2025–26 session)

47 classified statements: 47 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Jones | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 2.1% | 9.3% | 584 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 57.5% | 31.9% | 58 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.3% | 1.8% | 89 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 44.7% | 12.7% | 9 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 41% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 22% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 19% (State House Republicans 10%); Taxation 19% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Families 11% (State House Republicans 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.04), from 131 donors and 141 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 100% (97.2%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/
- 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 153 bills: 124 reached committee, 110 passed one chamber, 37 passed both, 31 became law. Cosponsored 0. 71.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 53 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 47: Hilton, Robert Lund; Chris Ann Chapman Hilton; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR47/
- HR 2068: Blessed Trinity Titans baseball team; winning the 2025 GHSA 4A Baseball State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2068/
- HR 2063: Nnanna, Vincent; Alpharetta High School; winning the 2025 GHSA 6A Individual Track and Field State Championship in the 110m hurdles; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2063/
- HR 2072: Roswell Hornets girls soccer team; winning the 2025 GHSA 5A Girls Soccer State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2072/
- HR 2070: Roswell Hornets boys lacrosse team; winning the 2025 GHSA Division 2 Boys Lacrosse State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2070/
- HR 2064: Gipson, Loni; Alpharetta High School; winning the 2025 GHSA 6A Individual Track and Field State Championship in the high jump; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2064/
- HR 2071: Roswell High School competition cheerleading team; winning the 2025 GHSA Co-Ed Cheerleading State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2071/
- HR 2065: Milton Lady Eagles lacrosse team; winning the 2025 GHSA Division 2 Girls Lacrosse State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2065/
- HR 2066: Blessed Trinity Titans flag football team; winning the 2025 GHSA Flag Division 4 State Football Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2066/
- HR 2069: FCS Innovation Academy Splatoon 3 team; winning the Spring 2025 GHSA Esports State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2069/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $110.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 78% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-04-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2046268236014981251
- 2026-04-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2040797205112455351
- 2026-04-02 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2039793462447407436
- 2026-04-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2039345766775361572
- 2026-03-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2039011865288655307
- 2026-03-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2034731501825274140
- 2026-03-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2030101126427648105
- 2026-03-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2030110419424059398
- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2029545283021836741
- 2026-02-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JanJonesGA/status/2024947230839296179

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/142?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.janjonesforgeorgia.com/
- X: https://x.com/JanJonesGA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JanJonesGA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-jones-98241073/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/85740034-23b0-4001-9190-8948bd9f3b37
