Chris Jones

Christopher Michael Jones was the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Arkansas in the 2022 election. Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, he attended Morehouse College and graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He previously worked at the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, from which he resigned in April 2021. On June 15, 2021, Jones announced that he was entering the Democratic primary for Governor of Arkansas. He won the primary but lost the general election to Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Early life Chris Jones was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on October 13, 1976, where he "rode dirt bikes and fought grasshoppers". He is a 7th generation Arkansan, and his family arrived in Arkansas before it was designated a territory in 1819. Both of his parents are preachers, his father is also an insurance sales representative and his mother is also a retired teacher. Jones was inspired by the Challenger space launch to become an astronaut. However, he was ineligible because he cannot hear out of his left ear. Jones met Bill Clinton when Clinton was Governor of Arkansas, which interested Jones in politics.