The Mountain Messenger

EXCLUSIVE - An Interview With CA-03 Candidate Scott Jones

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Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones. Image courtesy of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office.

Sierraville - At yesterday's meeting of the Gold Nugget Republican Women, The Mountain Messenger was able to get an exclusive interview with Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones (R-Colfax), one of the three major candidates for the newly-created open CA-03 Congressional seat, including Plumas, Sierra and Nevada Counties. Jones's interview was part of the Messenger's coverage of the meeting, which shall be detailed in full separately in next week's edition.

Can you give us a short run-down of your life story and career?

Jones is 54 years old (55 in August) and has been working for the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office since 1989, when he joined at the age of 21; at the time, his greatest ambitions in life were to make it to be a lieutenant in the department and retire at that rank. He spent time working as a corrections officer shortly thereafter and took classes at Lincoln Law Scho...