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New Bern Sun Journal
April 23, 2018
Recent television ads and some letters to the Sun Journal have demeaned Congressman Walter Jones as being of no use to the Republican Party, or words to that effect. Since when does a representative represent only his political party and lobbyists and not all the people of his district? Our foundingÃâà...
New Bern Sun Journal
April 16, 2018
U.S. House of Representatives District 3 candidates were sent the following questions by The Daily News in advance of the May 8 primary election. Phil Law and Scott Dacey are challenging incumbent Walter Jones for the seat. Name: Walter B. Jones. Date of birth: February 10, 1943. City of birth: Farmville,Ãâà...
News & Observer (blog)
April 13, 2018
No, liberal super-donor George Soros hasn't contributed money to longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Walter Jones. But a GOP challenger to Jones is trying to tie the Eastern North Carolina Republican to the billionaire investor just weeks before the May 8 primary. And his campaign gave $1 to Jones to try toÃâà...
WCTI12.com
April 12, 2018
Congressman Walter B. Jones was interview by our Sinclair Broadcasting crew in Washington D.C. on Thursday regarding the situation in Syria. Jones is on the House Armed Services Committee and said he hopes President Donald Trump does notmake any decisions about Syria by himself. Click the above video to learnÃâà...
The Daily Advance
April 12, 2018
GREENVILLE — U.S. Rep. Walter Jones has taken legal action against one of his two opponents in the May 8 Republican primary for a TV ad linking Jones to a well-known donor to liberal candidates. On Wednesday, Scott Dacey's campaign was served a cease and desist order from lawyers representingÃâà...
Public Radio East
April 5, 2018
This mid-term election is the last time Eastern North Carolina voters will see Rep. Walter Jones's name on the ballot. Credit Walter Jones. If Jones keeps his seat this year, his campaign has confirmed that he will not seek re-election in 2020. Jones is running for his 12th term in office against Craven CountyÃâà...
News & Observer (blog)
April 5, 2018
WASHINGTON — Rep. Walter Jones, who is facing a tough three-way Republican primary challenge in the Eastern North Carolina district that he has represented for more than 23 years, will not run for ... “They're anxious to have a congressman who is going to support the president,” Dacey said of voters.
Crosscut
March 21, 2018
But by December, Republicans started coming on board, including Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis), whom Jayapal pegged as a Republican with an interest in criminal justice reform. She also collected signatures from Republicans Walter Jones, David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Mike Johnson.
Herb (blog)
March 21, 2018
At the meeting last week, Rep. Lee implied it's because there isn't one. Barbara Lee The law keeping vets from marijuana might not actually exist From left, Reps. Walter Jones, R-N.C., and Barbara Lee, D-Calif., participate in a news conference to introduce a resolution to end the war in Afghanistan onÃâà...
WZZM
March 20, 2018
In December, Cohen and Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., introduced the bipartisan Special Counsel Integrity Act, which would put in place requirements and limitations regarding disciplinary action against a special counsel or his or her removal from office. Specifically, the bill says a special counsel could beÃâà...
North State Journal
March 14, 2018
Republican Scott Dacey (L) is challenging twelve term Congressman Walter Jones (R) to represent N.C.'s Congressional District 3. RALEIGH — N.C.'s Congressional District 3 is one of the more closely watched races in the nation as long-time Congressman Walter Jones faces two challengers in the May 8Ãâà...
The Nation.
March 9, 2018
On the day in late January that I interviewed Walter Jones Jr. in his office in Greenville, North Carolina, the Republican congressman was feeling ... That includes liberal Democrats like Representative Eric Swalwell of California, who introduced the bill calling for an independent panel to investigate foreignÃâà...
KVOA Tucson News
March 1, 2018
Now a U.S. citizen, the Chandler mother was disappointed to learn her congressman was one of only three to vote against a resolution decrying the atrocities in the region of southeast Asia. ... The other two “no” votes came from Walter Jones (R) of North Carolina and Thomas Massie (R) of Kentucky.
WBT
March 1, 2018
Only the 3rd District represented by 12-term GOP Rep. Walter Jones lacks candidates from a second party. But the district's GOP primary includes Jones and two other candidates for the seat. The 9th District Republican primary is a rematch between Rep. Robert Pittenger and the Rev. Mark Harris. PittengerÃâà...
Gray TV
March 1, 2018
Thom Tillis (R - N.C.) said he met Graham only once, as the reverend turned 95. "But, I feel like I've known him all my life," he said, "my family watched virtually every broadcast he ever did." Graham counseled presidents, declined an offer to become an ambassador to Israel, and played a prominent roleÃâà...
Greenville Daily Reflector
February 28, 2018
North Carolina's Democratic Party touted its success in fielding candidates for all 170 state legislative seats, but it has a noticeable absence in the state's congressional races. No Democrat filed to run in the 3rd Congressional District, which is held by veteran Republican representative Walter B. Jones.
Jacksonville Daily News
February 23, 2018
Incumbent Walter Jones has served as the District 3 congressman since 1995, but when he won his seat his Farmville home was outside of District 3, according to his campaign office. The districts ... Legally there is nothing stating a representative in Congress has to live in the district in which he represents.
Axios
February 16, 2018
In two new attack ads released by incumbent Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), Jones goes after his opponent, lobbyist Scott Dacey, for giving hundreds of thousands to support "the builders of the swamp" — naming House Speaker Paul Ryan and others in the GOP establishment specifically. "Dacey says he's on the Trump Train,Ãâà...
Jacksonville Daily News
February 14, 2018
As part of various visits throughout Rep. Walter Jones' district, military and veterans advisor Mike Anglen spoke on veteran issues at a meeting Tuesday. The Beruit Memorial Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart hosted a guest from Rep. Walter B. Jones' office at its chapter meeting TuesdayÃâà...
News & Observer (blog)
February 8, 2018
Walter Jones' willingness to vote against his Republican colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives has made the long-serving Eastern North Carolina congressman one of the most independent. It has also made him a target for a primary challenger. Scott Dacey, a Craven County commissioner andÃâà...
The Daily Advance
December 31, 1999
U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., is seeking his 13th and final term serving northeastern North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District, and one of the questions before Republican voters in next month's GOP primary is whether the longtime congressman's willingness to defy his party's leaders is an asset or aÃâà...
The Intercept
December 31, 1999
As the 2018 midterm election cycle ramps up, Republican operatives are busy strategizing about how to protect incumbent GOP lawmakers. In one case, though, Republicans are working to overthrow one of its incumbents: Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina. Jones, who is in his 11th term in office, cuts anÃâà...
Sunshine State News
December 31, 1999
The measure passed the House on Wednesday on a 407-10 vote with five libertarian Republicans like U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., and U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-NC, and five of the more left-leaning members of the Democratic caucus like and U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Tex., voting against it. ThirteenÃâà...
News & Observer (blog)
December 31, 1999
Rep. Walter Jones, the longtime incumbent, faces a challenge from Craven County commissioner and lobbyist Scott Dacey, who is launching a $150,000 television ad campaign Friday against Jones in the Eastern North Carolina district. ... “It's time President Trump had a congressman he can count on.
Greenville Daily Reflector
December 31, 1999
U.S. Rep. Walter Jones is seeking his 13th and final term serving northeastern North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District, and one of the questions before Republican voters in next month's primary is whether the congressman's willingness to defy his party's leaders is an asset or a liability. His twoÃâà...
