1. Mondaire Lamar Jones was born on May 18,1987 and is an American lawyer and politician.
23 Facts About Mondaire Jones
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Mondaire Jones is an advocate for Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.
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In July 2023, Mondaire Jones announced that he would again seek election, this time in the 17th district, in 2024.
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Mondaire Jones won the primary but lost to incumbent Mike Lawler in the general election.
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Mondaire Jones was born in Nyack, New York, and grew up in Spring Valley, New York, where he was raised by a single mother, who worked multiple jobs to support him, and his grandparents.
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Mondaire Jones graduated from public schools in the East Ramapo Central School District.
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Mondaire Jones earned his bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 2009.
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Mondaire Jones then earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2013.
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Mondaire Jones announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to represent the 17th district, including most of central and northwestern Westchester County and all of Rockland County, against 16-term incumbent Nita Lowey.
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Mondaire Jones advocated for Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.
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Mondaire Jones was no longer in the court drawn 17th district.
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Mondaire Jones opted not to challenge Maloney in the redrawn 17th district; instead, on May 20,2022, he announced that he would seek election in New York's 10th congressional district.
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The district is located entirely in New York City, an area Mondaire Jones had not represented nor lived in until he moved to Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn before the primary; prompting accusations of 'carpetbagging'.
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Mondaire Jones finished third in the Democratic primary, behind winning candidate attorney Dan Goldman and runner-up state assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou respectively.
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In July 2023, Mondaire Jones announced his candidacy to return to Congress, running in the 17th district after relocating to Sleepy Hollow, a village within the district's boundaries.
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Mondaire Jones took down the tweet and apologized for any misunderstanding.
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Mondaire Jones voted to certify the 2020 United States presidential election and later voted to impeach during Trump's second impeachment.
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Mondaire Jones successfully lobbied US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt the deportation of Paul Pierrilus, who was scheduled to be the last person to be deported during the Trump administration.
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Pierrilus, a constituent of Mondaire Jones's, was to be deported to Haiti, a country he had never been to, before Mondaire Jones intervened.
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Around the same time, Mondaire Jones called for a "Third Reconstruction" in a Washington Post opinion piece.
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Mondaire Jones criticized President Obama for supporting the 9-member status quo system of the Supreme Court and opposing the court's expansion.
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In 2023, Mondaire Jones was appointed to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, a federal agency focused on investigating and reporting on civil rights issues.
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Mondaire Jones publicly came out as gay at the age of 24 and is a member of the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley.