After years of challenging the way voting districts are drawn, he succeeded in creating a majority black district in Newton County, and in 1991 was elected the first black county supervisor.

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Although still majority black, the district now includes significant Hispanic and white populations.

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But Jones' two main opponents in the majority-black district, the Rev.

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