Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 7, 1995 TAG: 9506070098
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Medium
He'll face Democrat Zelda Vaughn and independent Carter Effler this fall in a campaign to replace Democrat J.D. Harman, who's retiring after 11 years in the post.
Following the first vote, candidates Coleman Brittle and Lisa Brown withdrew when no one got the 130 votes needed to win, leaving only Jones and Wanda Humphrey.
When the votes were counted, Humphrey moved to declare Jones the winner by acclamation. Party officials declined to reveal the actual vote tallies.
"All right, Todd!'' hollered one woman sporting a Todd Jones campaign sticker as Jones took the podium to accept the nomination, promising to "work hard for the citizens" if elected Nov. 7.
Jones, 30, is a six-year veteran of the Radford Police Department, where he's a uniformed patrol officer.
Jones holds bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice from Radford University, where he's also an adjunct faculty member.
In 1992, he was named the Radford Police Department's Officer of the Year. He's also taught the Drug Abuse Resistance Education - DARE - program in the city's schools for three years.
He's also a volunteer firefighter and a rescue squad scuba diver.
Jones and his wife, Amy, have one son.
Democrat Vaughn is Harman's chief deputy clerk. He has pledged to support her in November. Independent Effler, managing supervisor at New River Clinical Lab, also is on the Radford School Board.
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