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District Office
Legislative Assistant : Valerie Brass
Email Rosalind D. Jones
Phone: (318)362-5476
Fax: (318)362-5486
Address: 141 Desiard
3rd Floor, Suite 315
Monroe, LA 71202
Map
Capitol House Switch Band: (225) 342-6945
Capitol House Fax: (225)342-8336
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- District #: House District 1
- Party: Democrat
- Caucus Membership: Democratic Caucus, Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus, Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus, Louisiana Rural Caucus
- Occupation: Attorney
- Education: J. D., Southern Law Center, Baton Rouge
- Spouse: Single
- Year Elected: 2007
- Last Year Eligible(Term Limit): 2020
- 2007 Election
The 2007 election was the first contested race House District 17 saw since Willie Hunter Jr. was first elected in 1991. The district’s voters returned Hunter to the House without opposition in 1995, 1999 and 2003. Five candidates, including a parish police juror, an assistant district attorney and an educator, lined up to replace the term-limited Hunter in the October 2007 primary. Jones outdistanced the pack, taking 55 percent of the vote in the primary. Her nearest opponent, Ouachita Police Juror King Dawson, garnered 14 percent.
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Registered Voters by Parish: Ouachita 100%
Municipalities/Communities Represented: Monroe, Richwood
Economic: District 17 covers south Monroe and the sparsely populated, rural areas of eastern Ouachita Parish. The working class is dominant and blue collar workers are the backbone of this district. Many residents depend on retail jobs, at area hospitals and at the Monroe airport, located within the district. Economic development is a perpetual agenda item and improvements to the airport, the largest in the region, and to the areas ports and highways are an ongoing struggle.
Social: This overwhelmingly black district encompasses many hardworking families who have lived in the area for generations. Incomes are moderate to low in many households. Pockets of inner city poverty exist in Monroe.
Political: The district’s majority black voting base is overwhelmingly Democratic, a sharp contrast to the more affluent, conservative whites who live in sections of northern Monroe. The district also tends to be far less conservative than others in Northeast Louisiana.
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- Though this is her first elected office, Rosalind D. Jones, who replaces four-term Rep. Willie Hunter Jr., is no stranger to political life. Jones is the daughter of former Representative and Senator C.D. Jones who served the people of northeast Louisiana for many years.
- An attorney, Jones promotes her ability to reach across demographic and party lines, painting herself as a natural successor to Hunter’s successful career as a consensus-builder.
- Jones has shown an interest in how tax credits can be used on the community level, from blighted property to college graduates entering civil service. As a member of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, she’ll also play major role in the upcoming redistricting process.
- In a newspaper interview prior to her election, Jones said she believed an improved education system would bolster the region’s perpetual fight for economic development. She pledged support of more vocational education and work force development in the district and more state and federal dollars to improve infrastructure.
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