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Joel Jones

Republican · AR · Benton County Justice of the Peace, District 8

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Joel Jones is Benton County's District 8 justice of the peace and chairs the Quorum Court Finance Committee. His campaign says he previously represented District 7 and worked in information technology and business ownership.

Track record

Track record — General

General · 11 records

  • Publicly said that the unopposed Benton County judge candidate should not serve after criminal charges against that candidate.

    September 4, 2026

    Source: 4029tv.com

  • Sponsored and voted for an ordinance creating a Northwest Arkansas regional industrial development authority.

    January 29, 2026

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

  • Sponsored and voted for a resolution allowing Benton County to apply for a Walton Family Foundation tree grant.

    February 25, 2025

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

  • Sponsored and voted for a resolution supporting an additional judgeship for Benton County's Nineteenth West Judicial Circuit.

    July 25, 2024

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

  • Sponsored and voted for county employee certificate-pay plans and their incorporation into the county budget.

    November 30, 2023

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

  • Became chair of the Benton County Quorum Court's Finance Committee.

    January 26, 2023

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

  • Sponsored and voted for an ordinance placing a quarter-cent county sales tax proposal on the 2022 ballot for jail operations.

    August 25, 2022

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

  • Sponsored and voted for a county ordinance clarifying how jail work-release participants pay daily housing fees.

    February 22, 2018

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

  • Became chair of the Benton County Quorum Court's Public Safety Committee for the 2017-2018 term.

    January 5, 2017

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

  • Sponsored and voted for a county grant application to establish zero-tolerance practices for sexual assault in correctional facilities.

    May 28, 2015

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

  • Sponsored and voted for a $235,750 transfer from the county EMS levy into the capital projects fund.

    November 20, 2014

    Source: bentoncountyar.gov

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