[3] At the time she unseated Siebert, Jones was a political unknown from the Alamo Heights section of San Antonio.
In her second legislative term, she was elected vice chairman of the House Republican Caucus, the first woman in that leadership position.
[2] In January 2005, she stepped down from the legislature to accept an appointment from Governor Rick Perry to fill the vacancy on the Railroad Commission created by the resignation of Charles R.
[5] Sworn into the office of railroad commissioner on March 2, 2005,[6] Jones became the third woman to serve as chairman in the history of the commission.
In 2008, Jones announced in Bryan, Texas, that she would run for the United States Senate seat expected to be vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison.