Jan Laverty Jones
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Jan Laverty Jones (born March 16, 1949) is an American businesswoman who was Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1991 to 1999.
Born in Los Angeles, California, she graduated from Stanford University in 1971. She became a well-known figure in Las Vegas in the 1980s, appearing as a spokeswoman in television commercials for a supermarket chain, and later a car dealership owned by her then husband, Fletcher Jones Jr. In 1991 she ran for an open seat for Mayor, and served two terms. She won the Democratic nomination for governor of Nevada in 1998, losing to Kenny Guinn. In 1999 she chose not to run for re-election.
As of 2005, she was an executive with Las Vegas-based Harrah's Entertainment.
| Preceded by: Ron Lurie |
Mayor of Las Vegas 1991–1999 |
Succeeded by: Oscar Goodman |
