Stewart Jones is a lifelong resident of Laurens County and a proud 8th generation South Carolinian.  He attended Thornwell Elementary, High School, and graduated in 2001.  Stewart received an Associates Degree of Science in Electronic Engineering Technology in 2009 from Piedmont Technical College.

Stewart, his wife Kelly, and their two Daughters Lillie and Emma Grace are proud to call Laurens County, SC their home. Kelly is also a native of Laurens and is a graduate of Laurens District 55 High School. The family are members of Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church of Laurens and enjoy being involved in the community. Stewart has managed a number of technology companies throughout his entire professional career and in 2009 started his own small business, serving businesses and individuals. He enjoys simplifying technology and helping clients achieve their goals with affordable and innovative solutions.

Stewart Jones has served as Chairman of the Lakelands Republican Liberty Caucus as well as an elected State Republican Liberty Caucus Board Member. He is also an active member of the Laurens County Republican Party. He enjoys writing and his articles have been featured in the Hill, Washington Examiner, the Tenth Amendment Center,  www.FEE.org, and Voices of Liberty by Ron Paul. Elected by the Laurens County Republican Party in 2012, Stewart was chosen to serve as a delegate representing Laurens County to the South Carolina Republican Convention and has continued to serve as both a county and state delegate.

In 2012, Stewart began speaking publicly about the destruction of our liberty through legislation that allowed warrantless wire tapping and metadata collection such as the Patriot Act, SOPA, CISPA, and the abuses of the 2012 N.D.A.A. He would go and speak during public comment times of Laurens County Council meetings to ask county council to intervene using tools such as nullification to defend liberty. Frustrated that local government would not act, it prompted him to run for office in 2014. On November 4th, 2014 the 4th District of Laurens County elected Stewart Jones, beating a 24-year incumbent and the Chairman of Laurens County Council with over 59% of the vote. Laurens County Council for the first time in history would then been led by a Republican majority.

Upon taking office, he found that local government lacked basic business and management practices. This could be seen by inaccurate employee headcounts, incorrect counts of purchasing cards and unknown/forgotten phone and data lines. Stewart was strategic with bringing transparency and clarity to resolve these issues. The total amount of purchasing cards were reduced from 101 to 81 and over $77,000 (recurring) was saved by the changes from phone/data audit alone. As of January 2019, all purchasing card statements are posted monthly online for all to view.

He also served on the following committees for Laurens County, South Carolina: Chair of Public Works Committee 2015-2017, Committee for Health, Welfare and Public Safety 2015-2017, Committee for Planning and Intergovernmental Affairs 2017-2019, Chair of Parks and Tourism Committee 2017-2019.

He has served on the following committees as a State Representative: Served on the Committee for Medical, Military and Municipal Affairs in the SC House of Reps from 2019-2022, Member of the H.L. Hunley Commission 2019-present, Served on the special ADHOC Committee to review the Article V Convention of States in 2019

• SC Freedom Caucus, Founding Member
• SC Family Caucus, Executive Board Member

 

Stewart has led the way to restore control of local government to the people whether it be standing up for private property owners against eminent domain or starting independent advisory committees, putting people above politics.

Upon taking office, he found that local government lacked basic business and management practices. This could be seen by inaccurate employee counts, incorrect counts of purchasing cards and unknown/forgotten phone and data lines. Stewart was strategic with bringing transparency and clarity to resolve these issues. The total amount of purchasing cards were reduced from 101 to 81 and over $77,000 (recurring) was saved by the changes from phone/data audit alone. As of January 2019, all purchasing card statements are posted monthly online for all to view. The completed audits showed over $800,000 in waste.

In order to bring a new level of transparency, he and his wife created www.LaurensCounty.us to put all public information online and readily available.

 

On July 10th, 2018 Laurens County Council passed Resolution 2018-31 Restoring Constitutional Governance thereby nullifying sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 N.D.A.A. Stewart was uncontested and re-elected to serve a second term on Laurens County Council in November 2018.

In December of 2018, South Carolina House Representative Mike Pitts stepped down due to health issues. Stewart was the first to announce his candidacy for SC House District 14. He won a four-way Republican primary on February 19th, 2019 with 52%. He then won the special election on April 23rd, 2019 with 58%. He was sworn in on April 30th, 2019 as State Representative for District 14 including Laurens and Greenwood Counties.

He continues to defend the Constitution of South Carolina and the Constitution of the United States by standing for the entire Bill of Rights. He also voted against the 2019 state budget. At $30,000,000,000 it’s the largest budget in the history of South Carolina. With $9,000,000,000 coming from the federal government, it clearly continues down a path of spending that will eventually collapse our country due to the federal deficit. By doing this, the states are helping an addiction to borrow money that is kicking the can down the road. Some of his main objectives are: decreasing wasteful government spending, increasing transparency of state government, bringing greater accountability for roads and bridges, allowing greater economic freedom, bettering education by getting the government out of the way, restoring sound money, and above all defending life and liberty. Stewart has won the Conservative Award for Excellence from the CPAC multiple years.

“We need people in all levels of government that are willing to stand up for the principles of limited government and more personal liberties. Stewart Jones has proved through the years that he is one of those people. I am proud to endorse Stewart Jones for Laurens County Council.” -Dr. Ron Paul (11/2014)