LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Dr. Chris Jones has been selected as the Democratic nominee for the Arkansas governor race in the 2022 midterm elections, according to the Associated Press.
Jones has been the presumed frontrunner for the party’s candidate in the gubernatorial race since announcing.
Jones attended Morehouse College where he got a Bachelor of Science in physics and math. He then studied at MIT to become a nuclear engineer as well as earning a Ph.D. in urban planning.
The Democratic candidate has campaigned on what he is calling “spreading PB&J across the state” with a focus on expanding preschool, affordable broadband, and creating high paying jobs.
He will face Republican candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Libertarian Ricky Dale Harrington Jr., and at least three write-in candidates.
If elected on November 8, Jones would be the first Black person to ever serve as Arkansas’s governor.