Micah Jones

Jones served in the U.S. Army from 2011 to 2016, predominantly with the 82nd Airborne Division, including a deployment to Afghanistan from 2014 to 2015.[1][2] He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego, and a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law, which he says he paid for using the GI Bill.[1]

Jones works as an attorney representing clients before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in SEC investigations and litigation.[1] He says this role barred him from trading individual stocks and that members of Congress should be held to the same standard.[1]

Jones describes himself as a former Democrat and told Fox News he left the party around 2016, during law school, and became an independent before joining the Republican Party.[2] In the 2026 race he said the district's seat was open for the first time in 47 years and that he would seek to work with the administration where appropriate.[1][2] He was unopposed in the September 1 Republican primary.[1][4] During the campaign, he described himself as center-right on fiscal issues and said his campaign was built on three priorities: accountability, opportunity and security.[1][2] He received 36.6% of the vote to Dan Koh's 63.4%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[3] He describes himself as a husband and father.[1]