Lateresa Jones

Lateresa Jones (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 9th Congressional District. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 20, 2024.

Jones also ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 21. She was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on August 20, 2024.

Biography

Jones' career experience includes working as a small business owner. She also worked as an organizer to support the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 and to increase voter participation in the 2016 presidential election.^[1]

Elections

2024

General election

The general election was canceled. Yvonne Hayes Hinson (D) won without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Jones in this election.

2023

General election

Special general election for Florida House of Representatives District 24

Ryan Chamberlin defeated Robert Fox in the special general election for Florida House of Representatives District 24 on May 16, 2023.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ryan Chamberlin (R)	70.7	6,685
	Robert Fox (R) (Write-in)	9.3	883
	Other/Write-in votes	19.9	1,886

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 9,454
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 24

Ryan Chamberlin defeated Jose Juarez, Charlie Stone, Stephen Pyles, and Justin Albright in the special Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 24 on March 7, 2023.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ryan Chamberlin	36.0	3,985
	Jose Juarez	26.3	2,912
	Charlie Stone	22.4	2,485
	Stephen Pyles	7.7	854
	Justin Albright	7.6	847

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,083
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Lateresa Jones (R)

2022

U.S. House Florida District 10 (Regular election)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 10

Maxwell Alejandro Frost defeated Calvin Wimbish, Jason Holic, and Usha Jain in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 10 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D)	59.0	117,955
	Calvin Wimbish (R)	39.4	78,844
	Jason Holic (No Party Affiliation)	1.0	2,001
	Usha Jain (No Party Affiliation)	0.6	1,110

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 199,910
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 10

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 10 on August 23, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Maxwell Alejandro Frost	34.8	19,288
	Randolph Bracy III	24.7	13,677
	Alan Grayson	15.4	8,526
	Corrine Brown	9.5	5,274
	Natalie Jackson	7.0	3,872
	Teresa Tachon	2.3	1,301
	Jeffrey Boone	2.1	1,181
	Terence Gray	1.9	1,032
	Jack Achenbach	1.3	714
	Khalid Muneer	1.1	604

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 55,469
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Aramis Ayala (D)
Eric Atkinson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 10

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 10 on August 23, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Calvin Wimbish	44.4	12,103
	Tuan Le	13.2	3,601
	Peter Weed	13.0	3,541
	Thuy Lowe	11.8	3,201
	Willie Montague	11.7	3,176
	Lateresa Jones	5.9	1,614

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,236
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U.S. House Florida District 20 (Special election)

Florida's 20th Congressional District special election, 2022 (November 2, 2021, Democratic primary)

Florida's 20th Congressional District special election, 2022 (November 2, 2021, Republican primary)

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Florida District 20

The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House Florida District 20 on January 11, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)	79.0	44,707
	Jason Mariner (R)	19.4	10,966
	Mike ter Maat (L)	0.7	395
	Jim Flynn (No Party Affiliation)	0.5	265
	Leonard Serratore (No Party Affiliation)	0.5	262
	Shelley Fain (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	22

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,617
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Robert Ornelas (No Party Affiliation)

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20 on November 2, 2021.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	23.8	11,662
	Dale Holness	23.8	11,657
	Barbara Sharief	17.7	8,684
	Perry Thurston	14.8	7,283
	Bobby DuBose	7.0	3,458
	Omari Hardy	5.9	2,902
	Priscilla Taylor	3.4	1,677
	Elvin Dowling	1.3	646
	Emmanuel Morel	0.9	454
	Phil Jackson	0.7	343
	Imran Siddiqui	0.6	316

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,082
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Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20

Jason Mariner defeated Greg Musselwhite in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20 on November 2, 2021.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jason Mariner	57.8	3,500
	Greg Musselwhite	42.2	2,553

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,053
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2020

Florida's 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)

Florida's 20th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 20

Incumbent Alcee Hastings defeated Greg Musselwhite in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 20 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Alcee Hastings (D)	78.7	253,661
	Greg Musselwhite (R)	21.3	68,748

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 322,409
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20

Incumbent Alcee Hastings defeated Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20 on August 18, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Alcee Hastings	69.3	62,759
	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	30.7	27,831

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,590
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Roshan Mody (D)
Emmanuel Morel (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20

Greg Musselwhite defeated Vic DeGrammont in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20 on August 18, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Greg Musselwhite	52.0	5,394
	Vic DeGrammont	48.0	4,975

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,369
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Lateresa Jones (R)
Ervan Katari Miller (R)

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Florida, 2018

See also: United States Senate election in Florida (August 28, 2018 Democratic primary)

See also: United States Senate election in Florida (August 28, 2018 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Florida

Rick Scott defeated incumbent Bill Nelson in the general election for U.S. Senate Florida on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Rick Scott (R)	50.1	4,099,505
	Bill Nelson (D)	49.9	4,089,472
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1,028

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,190,005
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joe Allen (Independent)
Joe Wendt (L)
Gregory Bowles (Independent)
Carlos Garcia (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida

Incumbent Bill Nelson advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Bill Nelson

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Tamika Lyles (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida

Rick Scott defeated Roque De La Fuente in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 28, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Rick Scott	88.6	1,456,187
	Roque De La Fuente	11.4	187,209

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,643,396
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2014

See also: Florida Gubernatorial and Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2014

Jones ran for election to the office of Florida Lieutenant Governor. Her running mate was Farid Khavari. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

Results

Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Florida, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rick Scott/Carlos Lopez-Cantera Incumbent	48.1%	2,865,343
	Democratic	Charlie Crist/Annette Taddeo-Goldstein	47.1%	2,801,198
	Libertarian	Adrian Wyllie/Greg Roe	3.8%	223,356
	No Party Affiliation	Glenn Burkett/Jose Augusto Matos	0.7%	41,341
	No Party Affiliation	Farid Khavari/Lateresa Jones	0.3%	20,186
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0%	137
Total Votes				5,951,561
Election results via Florida Division of Elections

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Lateresa Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2023

Lateresa Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Lateresa Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Lateresa Jones did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Lateresa Jones campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Florida District 9	Withdrew primary	$530	$577
2022	U.S. House Florida District 10	Lost primary	$17,701	$17,683
2020	U.S. House Florida District 20	Disqualified primary	$5,097	$4,306
Grand total			$23,328	$22,567
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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U.S. House Florida District 9

Personal

Footnotes

↑ Lateresa Jones, "Home," accessed March 5, 2018

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[1] Lateresa Jones, "Home," accessed March 5, 2018

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Lateresa Jones

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

Endorsements

2023

General election

Special general election for Florida House of Representatives District 24

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 24

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2022

U.S. House Florida District 10 (Regular election)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 10

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 10

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 10

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. House Florida District 20 (Special election)

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Florida District 20

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 20

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 20

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 20

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Florida

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2014

Results

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2024

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2023

2022

2020

Campaign finance summary

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