Jones is a civil rights attorney and former Houston City Council member who became the first openly lesbian Black woman elected to the Texas Legislature.
She has represented District 147 since a 2022 special election, succeeding longtime Rep. Garnet Coleman.
Jones’s take on Texas values
During the 2025 debate over the state's first private-school voucher program, Jones offered floor amendments opposing the bill, including one that would have required reporting on which income levels actually use vouchers; the amendment was tabled without real debate. [Ballotpedia; campaign website]