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|term_end2=2011

|term_end2=2011

|preceded2=[[Ron Givens]]

|preceded2=[[Ron Givens]]

|succeeded2=Charles Lee Perry   

|succeeded2=[[Charles Perry (Texas politician)|Charles Lee Perry]]  

|birth_place=Lubbock, Texas

|birth_place=Lubbock, Texas

|birth_date=April 2, 1924

|birth_date=April 2, 1924

Jones's District 83 also included the outlying communities of Levelland, Denver City, Plains, Shallowater, Slaton, and Seminole. Jones drove through the district over the years with a 1995 [[Buick]] Le Sabre, passing out probably 800,000 "Delwin Jones" emery boards to remind voters of pending elections. He started each day  politicking  in some café, often in [[rural]] areas.<ref name=lmt/>

Jones's District 83 also included the outlying communities of Levelland, Denver City, Plains, Shallowater, Slaton, and Seminole. Jones drove through the district over the years with a 1995 [[Buick]] Le Sabre, passing out probably 800,000 "Delwin Jones" emery boards to remind voters of pending elections. He started each day  politicking  in some café, often in [[rural]] areas.<ref name=lmt/>

At the age of eighty-six, Jones was a candidate for renomination in the April 13, 2010, Republican runoff [[primary]]. He was unseated by Charles Lee Perry, an [[Accounting|accountant]] who ran a grass roots campaign with support of the [[Tea Party movement]]. Perry prevailed, 10,109 votes (57.8 percent) to Jones' 7,392 ballots (42.2 percent). Jones polled 291 more votes in the runoff than he had in the primary, but Perry's total increased by 3,633 ballots over his initial showing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist150_state.htm|title=Texas Republican runoff primary returns|date=April 13, 2010|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=July 25, 2010}}</ref>

At the age of eighty-six, Jones was a candidate for re-nomination in the April 13, 2010, Republican runoff [[primary]]. He was unseated by [[Charles Perry (Texas politician)|Charles Lee Perry, an [[Accounting|accountant]] who ran a grass roots campaign with support of the [[Tea Party movement]]. Perry prevailed, 10,109 votes (57.8 percent) to Jones' 7,392 ballots (42.2 percent). Jones polled 291 more votes in the runoff than he had in the primary, but Perry's total increased by 3,633 ballots over his initial showing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.sos.state.tx.us/elchist150_state.htm|title=Texas Republican runoff primary returns|date=April 13, 2010|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=July 25, 2010}}</ref>

In the primary on March 2, 2010, Jones, backed by the president of the Lubbock Educators Association [[interest group]],<ref name=laj>"Election 2010", ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'', accessed March 6, 2010.</ref>

In the primary on March 2, 2010, Jones, backed by the president of the Lubbock Educators Association [[interest group]],<ref name=laj>"Election 2010", ''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'', accessed March 6, 2010.</ref>