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Clyde Jones
DCandidate
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: U.S. House · Alabama's 1st Congressional District
Biography
Clyde Jones is a retired U.S. Army First Sergeant (1984-2005), Baptist associate minister and corporate safety coordinator, and the Democratic nominee for Alabama's 1st Congressional District. He is a first-time candidate for federal office and advanced to the general election without a primary opponent. He is running on affordability, restoring checks and balances in Congress, healthcare for all and immigration reform.[1][2][3][4]
Jones is a native of Charles City, Virginia, and graduated from Charles City High School. He served 21 years in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, from 1984 to 2005, retiring as a First Sergeant, and received the Bronze Star Medal for his service in Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom II.[1][2][3] He earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts, with a focus on administration and management, from Excelsior University in 2008.[1][2][3]
Jones relocated to South Alabama in January 2013 for a job with DuPont, and his family moved to Baldwin County that August. He retired from FMC Agriculture Solutions in May 2024, where he was a Process Safety Management Coordinator.[2][3] He is an Associate Minister at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Daphne, Alabama. He served two years as President of the Board of Directors of the nonprofit Alabama Arise, and he sits on the Steering Committee for Leadership Baldwin and the Executive Committee of the Commission on Social Justice and Racial Reconciliation of the Episcopal Diocese of the Gulf Coast.[2][3] According to his campaign website, he has chaired the Education, Political, and Veterans Affairs Committee of the Baldwin County NAACP and served as president of the board of Supporting Educational Excellence in Daphne Schools (SEEDS). He is married to Nichelle Barnes Jones, and they have three children and six grandchildren.[3]
Jones's 2026 campaign is the first listed for him on Ballotpedia. The Democratic primary for the seat was canceled, and he advanced to the general election without appearing on the ballot.[1]
- 1.Clyde W. Jones Jr. · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Clyde Jones's Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey responses · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-02-17 Candidate's own words
- 3.Meet Clyde Jones · Clyde Jones for Congress campaign website Candidate's own words
- 4.Issues · Clyde Jones for Congress campaign website Candidate's own words
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.
On the ballot
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