Bill Jones

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-05-1968	Republican	CD-19	53842	Loss
11-03-1970	Republican	CD-19	41462	Loss
11-02-1976	Republican	AD-31	44655	Loss
11-02-1982	Republican	AD-32	60744	Win
11-06-1984	Republican	AD-32	87555	Win
11-04-1986	Republican	AD-32	70825	Win
11-08-1988	Republican	AD-32	87483	Win
11-06-1990	Republican	AD-32	71592	Win
11-03-1992	Republican	AD-29	122464	Win
11-08-1994	Republican	Secretary of State	3727894	Win
11-03-1998	Republican	Secretary of State	3783665	Win
11-02-2004	Republican	Senate3	4548931	Loss

Candidate Biography:

William L. Jones
Born: December 20, 1949 in Coalinga, CA
Married: Maurine (in 1971)*
Children: Andrea and Wendy

1991-1992: Minority Leader, California State Assembly
2002: Primary Candidate for Governor (Lost; 16%)
2003-Present: Founder and Chairman of the Board, Pacific Ethanol Inc.
2006-2008: San Joaquin Valley Region Member, California Bay-Delta Authority
2008: Delegate, Republican National Convention
2009: Early Primary Candidate for CD-19 (Withdrew)
2012: Delegate, Republican National Convention

• LEGISLATION: Author, Proposition 184 (1994), which created the Three-strikes Law for repeat offenders.
• As Secretary of State, Jones launched the first website that carried live election returns (http://vote96.ss.ca.gov/)
• Maureen Jones is the Chair of the California Museum Board of Directors.
• CLOSE CONTEST: Jones won the 1998 General election when he defeated Michela Alioto-Pier by 89,738 votes (1.1%).
• CLOSE CONTEST: Jones won the 1994 General election when he defeated Tony Miller by 37,053 votes (0.5%).

Source: California Legislature Handbook (1983)