Adrienne Jones

Adrienne Jones (Democratic Party) is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 10. She assumed office on October 21, 1997. Her current term ends on January 13, 2027.

Jones (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Maryland House of Delegates to represent District 10. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

House delegates unanimously elected Jones speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates on May 1, 2019. She was the first woman and first African American to serve as speaker.^[1] Jones replaced Speaker Michael Busch (D), who passed away on April 7, 2019.^[2] She served as speaker under both a divided government (2019-2022) and a Democratic trifecta (as of 2023).

Jones was born on November 20, 1954, in Cowdensville, Maryland. Jones attended Baltimore County Public Schools and earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County in 1976. She attended The National Security Seminar, U.S. Army War College in 2007 and received an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from Goucher College in 2008.^[3]

Jones' professional experience included working in Baltimore County as director of the Office of Minority Affairs from 1989 to 1995, executive director of the Office of Fair Practices and Community Affairs from 1995 to 2011, and deputy director of the Office of Human Resources from 2011 to 2014. She also served as a part-time columnist for The Baltimore Times from 1990 to 2000.^[3]

Jones first joined the Maryland House of Delegates on October 21, 1997, after House Speaker Casper Taylor (D) appointed her to fill a vacancy in District 10. As of July 2024, she won every election to the district since her initial appointment and served as Busch's speaker pro tem for 16 years, from 2003 to 2019.^[4] Jones was the first African American woman to serve in the position.^[1]

An announcement for Jones' induction into Maryland's Women's Hall of Fame said of her time as speaker: "Speaker Jones ushered through The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a 10-year plan that makes the largest investment in education in Maryland history. She implemented the nation’s first comprehensive statewide policy agenda for racial and economic justice and made transformational police reforms, including making Maryland the first state in the nation to repeal the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights. To protect women’s reproductive health care, she led the effort to enshrine the right to reproductive freedom in Maryland’s Constitution."^[1]

Biography

Jones' professional experience includes working as Executive Director of the Office of Fair Practices and Community Affairs in Baltimore County, Director of the Office of Minority Affairs in Baltimore County, and a part-time columnist for The Baltimore Times. She served as Deputy Director of the Baltimore County Office of Human Resources until her retirement from service in Baltimore County Government on June 30, 2014.^[3]

Jones attended Baltimore County Public Schools and earned her B.A. in psychology from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County in 1976. She attended The National Security Seminar, U.S. Army War College in 2007 and received an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland.^[3]

In 2007, Jones was named for the third time one of the "Top 100 Women in Maryland" by the Daily Record, and inducted into the Circle of Excellence for Sustained Achievement. She received both the Harriett Ross Tubman Lifetime Achievement Award and the Living Women History Maker's Community Award in March 2010.^[3]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Jones was assigned to the following committees:

Legislative Policy Committee, Co-Chair

2021-2022

Jones was assigned to the following committees:

Legislative Policy Committee, Co-chair
Consent Calendars Committee

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Jones served on the following committees:

Maryland committee assignments, 2015
• Appropriations
• Rules & Executive Nominations
• Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight, Chair
• Legislative Ethics
• Legislative Policy
• Spending Affordability

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Jones served on these committees:

Maryland committee assignments, 2011
• Appropriations
• Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight, Chair
• Legislative Ethics
• Legislative Policy
• Rules & Executive Nominations
• Spending Affordability

Note: Jones also served on the Oversight Committee on Pensions, the Oversight Committee on Personnel, the Subcommittee on Capital Budget (Chair) and the Subcommittee on Health and Human Resources.

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Jones served on these committees:

Maryland committee assignments, 2009
• Appropriations
• Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight, Chair
• Legislative Ethics
• Rules & Executive Nominations
• Spending Affordability

Note: Jones also served on the Oversight Committee on Personnel, the Subcommittee on Capital Budget (Chair), the Oversight Committee on Pensions and the Subcommittee on Education and Economic Development.

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Maryland House of Delegates District 10 (3 seats)

Incumbent Adrienne Jones, Jennifer White, and N. Scott Phillips defeated Patricia Fallon and Jordan Porompyae in the general election for Maryland House of Delegates District 10 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Adrienne Jones (D)	29.4	29,842
✔	Jennifer White (D)	27.5	27,925
✔	N. Scott Phillips (D)	26.3	26,643
	Patricia Fallon (R)	8.9	9,024
	Jordan Porompyae (R)	7.6	7,685
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	304

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 101,423
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 10 (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 10 on July 19, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Adrienne Jones	28.7	12,591
✔	Jennifer White	19.2	8,410
✔	N. Scott Phillips	11.8	5,161
	Ruben Amaya	9.7	4,249
	Michael T. Brown Sr.	9.3	4,085
	Korey Johnson	8.7	3,823
	Regg Hatcher	5.4	2,347
	Nathaniel Logan	3.7	1,601
	Nathaniel Costley Sr.	2.2	970
	Garland Jarratt Sanderson	1.4	612

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,849
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Shayla Brooks (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 10 (3 seats)

Patricia Fallon and Jordan Porompyae advanced from the Republican primary for Maryland House of Delegates District 10 on July 19, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Patricia Fallon	53.1	2,021
✔	Jordan Porompyae	46.9	1,784

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,805
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