Laura Jones

Laura Jones’s congressional campaign runs around another job: housekeeping in Sugar Land, with a reported five hour round trip commute.¹ The Houston Chronicle reports that she added that work after her husband had a stroke.¹

A Texas native, Jones has also worked in real estate and farming in San Jacinto County.¹ In a 2022 interview, she said she and her husband had six children and had taught them to handle firearms safely.² She originally lived in Houston before making her home in Coldspring with her family.² Her current campaign describes her as an Army mother and small business owner.³

Her earlier political work included chairing the San Jacinto County Democratic Party and serving as a field director for the Texas Democratic Party’s rural caucus in state Senate District 3.⁴ Earlier campaigns also emphasized flood mitigation and internet infrastructure for small towns.⁴ This is her fourth House campaign; she lost the 2022 and 2024 general elections to Morgan Luttrell.⁵

Jones supports Medicare for All, a higher minimum wage tied to living costs and higher taxes on billionaires and large corporations.³ Her 2026 platform also includes fully funding education from early childhood onward, free community college and abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.⁵ She faces Republican Jessica Hart Steinmann.⁶