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Vento is from Oak Cliff, Texas. He earned his bachelor's degree in public health from Texas A&M University and a master's degree in health care administration from The University of Texas at Arlington. Venton has also served as a board member for the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas, Co-chair of Dallas Southern Pride, and Member of the Texas HIV/STD Community Planning Group. 

Venton is the founder and chief executive officer of the Southern Black Policy and Advocacy Network (SBPAN). He is also a real estate agent with Brix Realty and a principal at Hill Jones Consulting. He previously worked as senior director for government affairs for the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care and as program officer for LGBT health & wellness initiatives for the Nationa Black Justice Coalition. He also worked as a team leader, community building coordinator for the University of California San Francisco, and associate director of community programs for Abounding Prosperity.

Venton Jones is a state representative for House District 100 in Texas. He was first elected in 2022 and is serving his first term. 

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Supports ensuring access to livable wage jobs and expanding local small businesses, unions, and families.

Plans to advocate for bills that benefit the local district and resources.

Believes in protecting residents from displacement caused by gentrification, rising property taxes, and increasing prescription drug costs.

- Supports ensuring access to livable wage jobs and expanding local small businesses, unions, and families.
- Plans to advocate for bills that benefit the local district and resources.
- Believes in protecting residents from displacement caused by gentrification, rising property taxes, and increasing prescription drug costs.
- Supports grants for urban food deserts.

Economy

Plans to improve public safety by "advancing equity and justice through two decades of experience leading organizations, impacting public policy, and organizing diverse communities."

Supports providing services for people reentering society from incarceration, and as a state representative, appropriated $5 million for this purpose.

Supports providing services for people reentering society from incarceration.

- Plans to improve public safety by "advancing equity and justice through two decades of experience leading organizations, impacting public policy, and organizing diverse communities."
- Supports providing services for people reentering society from incarceration.

Public Safety

Believes healthcare is a "fundamental right" and supports expanding Medicaid, addressing mental health and substance abuse, and restoring abortion access and funding for reproductive healthcare.

Believes healthcare is a "fundamental right" and supports expanding Medicaid.

Advocates for improved healthcare access, particularly for marginalized communities and middle-class families.

Supports the Texas Department of State Health Services in efforts to reduce and prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Supports improvements to care avaliable to those struggling with mental health and substance abuse

- Believes healthcare is a "fundamental right" and supports expanding Medicaid.
- Advocates for improved healthcare access, particularly for marginalized communities and middle-class families.
- Supports the Texas Department of State Health Services in efforts to reduce and prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
- Supports access to abortion care.
- Supports improvements to care avaliable to those struggling with mental health and substance abuse

Healthcare

Opposes efforts to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education.

Supports equitable funding for public schools, increasing teacher salaries, and expanding access to early childhood education.

Supports quality public education, increasing access to Career and Technical Education, Early College High School, and Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) programs, fully funding Pre-K programs, and raising teacher pay.

Supports quality public education, increasing access to Career and Technical Education, Early College High School, and Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) programs.

Supports funding for educational institutions, such as the Texas Behavioral Health Center at UT Southwestern.

Supports education on rehabilitation for justice-involved individuals.

Believes in providing quality education for children and supporting senior residents.

- Opposes efforts to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education.
- Supports equitable funding for public schools, increasing teacher salaries, and expanding access to early childhood education.
- Supports quality public education, increasing access to Career and Technical Education, Early College High School, and Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) programs.
- Supports funding for educational institutions, such as the Texas Behavioral Health Center at UT Southwestern.
- Supports education on rehabilitation for justice-involved individuals.
- Believes in providing quality education for children and supporting senior residents.

Education

As of September 7, 2024, Venton Jones’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Joe earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish from Texas Tech University and a master's degree in Spanish from the University of North Texas. Joe lives in Dallas with his wife, Sarah, and their 3 children.

Joe works as a notary. He previously worked as a Spanish teacher.

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Joe Roberts ran for state representative in 2022, but he did not win.

Promises to "vote for every tax cut and vote against any spending bills that do not reduce the overall expenses of the state government."

Opposes taxation and pledges to oppose any spending that does not reduce overall state expenses.

Supports eliminating property taxes and reducing government spending.

Wants to eliminate property taxes and stop the government from seizing property if taxes aren't paid.

Says he's "anti-mandate" and called temporary business closures during the pandemic "government overreach."

- Opposes taxation and pledges to oppose any spending that does not reduce overall state expenses.
- Wants to eliminate property taxes and stop the government from seizing property if taxes aren't paid.
- Says he's "anti-mandate" and called temporary business closures during the pandemic "government overreach."

Opposes "wasteful and xenophobic" border walls and wants to make legal immigration easier.

Opposes border walls and wants to make immigration easier.

Wants to outlaw "no-knock warrants" and eliminate laws against consensual and "victimless" activities to redirect police resources to those who are "truly dangerous to other Texans."

Wants to ban the use of "no-knock" warrants that allow police officers to enter a home without knocking and announcing their presence. 

Plans to introduce bills to repeal "qualified immunity" laws that protect law enforcement officers who commit violent criminal acts in the line of duty.

Wants to repeal "qualified immunity" laws that protect law enforcement officers from prosecution for unconstitutional conduct.

- Opposes border walls and wants to make immigration easier.
- Wants to ban the use of "no-knock" warrants that allow police officers to enter a home without knocking and announcing their presence. 
- Wants to repeal "qualified immunity" laws that protect law enforcement officers from prosecution for unconstitutional conduct.

Supports ending criminal penalties for marijuana use, releasing non-violent drug offenders from prison, and expunging their criminal records.

Supports decriminalizing marijuana use and removing non-violent drug offenses from criminal records.

- Supports decriminalizing marijuana use and removing non-violent drug offenses from criminal records.

Supports privatizing schools and allowing parents to choose educational options for their children, including homeschooling, without government influence.

Supports privatizing schools and allowing parents to choose educational options for their children, including homeschooling.

- Supports privatizing schools and allowing parents to choose educational options for their children, including homeschooling.

As of September 7, 2024, Joe Roberts’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Joe Roberts

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Texas House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up your state lawmaking body: the Texas State Legislature
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. 
- There are 150 members of the Texas House of Representatives, each representing a single district. Representatives must be at least 21 years old and reside in the state for at least two years before their election. 
- State representatives are elected to two-year terms during even-numbered years. There are no term limits. 
- State representatives make $7,200 annually in addition to a $221 payment per day during legislative sessions and mileage reimbursements.