Gordon Douglas Jones
Jones served the truncated remainder of Jeff Sessions's term (Jan 2018-Jan 2021) after winning a special election in December 2017. He lost re-election to Tommy Tuberville by 20 points in 2020.
Gordon Douglas Jones
- among Democratic senators1st of 50
- among all senators1st of 115
All tracked promises
Vote based on conscience, not party.
Jones voted with Trump on 35% of votes per FiveThirtyEight tracker — one of the highest crossover rates among Senate Democrats. He voted yes on Kavanaugh's predecessor and a number of conservative judicial nominees.
Vote against Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation.
Jones voted no on Kavanaugh (Oct 6, 2018, 50-48). He was the only Democrat from a state Trump won by double-digits to vote no.
Vote against the TCJA repeal of the ACA mandate penalty.
Jones was sworn in Jan 3, 2018, after the TCJA Senate vote of Dec 20, 2017. He voted yes on subsequent ACA-defense amendments and no on every ACA-rollback amendment that received a vote.
Vote to convict on impeachment articles.
Jones voted yes on both articles of Trump's first impeachment (Feb 5, 2020) — Abuse of Power (52-48 acquittal) and Obstruction of Congress (53-47 acquittal). He was one of only three Senate Democrats from Trump-won states to vote yes on both.
Support criminal-justice reform.
Jones voted yes on the First Step Act (Pub.L. 115-391, Senate vote 87-12, Dec 18, 2018).
Support gun-violence-prevention measures.
Jones co-sponsored expanded background-check legislation but no major Senate floor vote occurred during his term. He voted to advance the bipartisan Fix NICS Act, which was included in the FY2018 omnibus.
Support Alabama military and aerospace contracting interests.
Jones voted yes on all three NDAA bills during his term (FY2019 117-9, FY2020 86-8, FY2021 84-13), each supporting Huntsville/Redstone Arsenal contract priorities.
Support COVID relief.
Jones voted yes on CARES Act (March 25, 2020, 96-0), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2021 (Dec 21, 2020).
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