Patricia Egan Jones

Patricia Egan Jones is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 5th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since she was sworn into office on November 9, 2015, until her retirement in January 2020.

Patricia Egan Jones
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 5th District
In office
November 9, 2015 – January 14, 2020
Preceded byAngel Fuentes
Succeeded byBill Moen
Camden County Surrogate
In office
January 1, 2001 – July 31, 2015
Preceded byBarbara Rosenbleeth
Succeeded byCheryl Austin
Member of the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders
In office
January 1, 1998 – December 31, 2000
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceBarrington
Alma materMount Aloysius College
WebsiteLegislative web page

Early life

A resident of Barrington, Jones received an associate degree from Mount Aloysius College in fine arts and a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University–Camden with a major in political science.[1] Before pursuing elected office, Jones had worked as chief of staff for Joseph J. Roberts, Speaker of the General Assembly, and later as legislator director for Walter Rand.[2] Jones served on the Barrington Borough Council from 1996 to 1998.

She was elected to countywide positions in Camden County, serving on the Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1998 to 2000 and as the County Surrogate from 2001 to 2015.[1] As a freeholder, Jones was an advocate for bringing the USS New Jersey to the Camden Waterfront on the Delaware River.[2]

New Jersey Assembly

Angel Fuentes and Holly Cass had won the Democratic Party primary for the two Assembly seats to be on the ballot for the November 2015 general election. After Fuentes resigned from office, Jones was selected to run for the new term of office and to fill the balance of the term of the vacant seat. Arthur Barclay was chosen to fill the other ballot spot after primary victor Holly Cass volunteered to step aside.[3] After the ballot results were certified, Jones was sworn into office on November 9 by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto.[2][4] In the Assembly, Jones is co-sponsor of a bill introduced in June 2016 that would designate the USS New Jersey as the official state ship.[5] On March 14, 2019, Jones announces she would not run for re-election in 2019.[6]

Committees
  • Transportation and Independent Authorities
  • Budget
  • Higher Education

Electoral history

Assembly
New Jersey general election, 2017[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Patricia Egan Jones 29,282 34.6 Increase 0.6
Democratic Arthur Barclay 27,544 32.5 Increase 0.5
Republican Teresa L. Gordon 14,181 16.8 Decrease 0.9
Republican Kevin Ehret 13,625 16.1 Decrease 0.2
Total votes '84,632' '100.0'

References
  1. Assemblywoman Patricia Egan Jones, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed August 19, 2016.
  2. Flowers, Matt. "Camco Surrogate named newest General Assembly member", Courier-Post, November 9, 2015. Accessed August 19, 2016. "Former Camden County Surrogate Patricia Egan Jones received the oath of office from Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto on Monday to become a member of the New Jersey General Assembly."
  3. Staff. "Arthur Barclay and Patricia Egan Jones to Run for State Assembly in the 5th District", GloucesterCityNews.net, July 30, 2015. Accessed August 18, 2016.
  4. Croache. "Jones Sworn in as Newest Member of General Assembly", PolitickerNJ, November 9, 2015. Accessed August 19, 2016.
  5. Assembly No. 4011 State of New Jersey 217th Legislature, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed August 22, 2016. "Designates USS New Jersey as New Jersey State Ship."
  6. "Patricia Egan Jones will not seek re-election to Assembly". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  7. "2017-official-general-election-results-general-assembly.pdf" (PDF). New Jersey Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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