# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brenda-jones
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:35:06.998Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brenda-jones"
name: "Brenda Jones"
slug: "brenda-jones"
description: "Brenda B. Jones is an American politician who served as a member of the Detroit City Council from 2006 to 2022, and as the president of the City Council from 2014 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Jones also briefly served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district from November 29, 2018, to January 3, 2019. She won the 2018 special election to succeed John Conyers following his resignation in December 2017, and was succeeded by Rashida Tlaib. She ran for the seat again in 2020, losing the Democratic primary to Tlaib."
tagline: "American politician (born 1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brenda_Jones_congressional_photo_1_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.74
  momentum:             1.98443579766537
  historical:           5.710442666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 12
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/VoteBrendaJones"
    handle:    "VoteBrendaJones"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/iam_brendajones/"
    handle:    "iam_brendajones"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/brendajones.speaks"
    handle:    "brendajones.speaks"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brendajonesforcongress.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZko0ZOz0wS3dI3T6BcMRzw"
    handle:    "@detroitcouncilpresidentbre8285"
    followers: 12
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Jones_(politician)"
    title: "Brenda Jones (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2_(%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "برندا جونز (سیاستچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Jones_(Politikerin)"
    title: "Brenda Jones (Politikerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B8%8C%EB%A0%8C%EB%8B%A4_%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A4_(%EC%A0%95%EC%B9%98%EC%9D%B8)"
    title: "브렌다 존스 (정치인)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Jones_(femme_politique)"
    title: "Brenda Jones (femme politique)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "ברנדה ג'ונס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58806791"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump