(The Center Square) – Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones announced he will not seek reelection, leaving a sought-after office up for grabs.
Jones, who represents District F in Nevada’s most populous county, stepped down after he narrowly avoided his law license being revoked earlier this year.
“I believe that I am but a caretaker of a legacy far greater than myself and the time has come for me to hand off that baton,” Jones said in a Monday statement.
“After weighing the rigors of another campaign and discussing with my family, I have decided not seek reelection in 2026 and will instead work hard to elect another Democrat in District F to continue the progress that I and my colleagues have made for Southern Nevada,” he said.
Jones was elected to the office in 2018. He was re-elected in 2022 to the seven-member Board of County Commissioners, which oversees governance in a county that includes Las Vegas.
Before he represented District F, Jones was a Nevada state senator.
In March, an independent panel declined to strip Commissioner Jones of his law license, which the State Bar of Nevada had requested. Instead, the panel issued a public reprimand for an alleged illegal deal between then-commissioner candidate Jones and Commission Chair Steve Sisolak, costing the county $80 million to settle.
“Mr. Jones’ guilt couldn’t possibly be any clearer,” Chief Bar Counsel Daniel Hooge said in his closing argument of the case.
Jones did not respond to a request for comment by The Center Square.
The open county commission seat has led to political murmurs that Assembly Leader Steve Yeager could seek to run for the office. Yeager announced he isn’t seeking re-election to the Assembly.
The Center Square reached out Wednesday to Yeager for comment, but didn’t get a response.
Yeager, who will have been in the state Assembly for 10 years by the end of the term, kept the door open to future political offices.
“I am committed to continuing to contribute to this great state,” the Democrat wrote in an August statement.
Acting Commission Chairman Tick Segerblom told the Nevada Current that Yeager “would be great” in the Board of County Commissioners.
