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The Cleveland Congresswoman was admitted to Huron Hospital in East Cleveland last night.

Speaking for the hospital, Joyce Persuad says Tubbs Jones says family members have asked that no other information on the five-term Cleveland Democrat be made public.

The Cleveland Heights Police issued this statement this morning: At approximately 9pm on Tuesday a Cleveland Heights police officer observed a vehicle traveling east on Mayfield Road in a weaving fashion. At Lee Blvd. the vehicle turned left, north, the officer activated the cruiser emergency lights and the vehicle, later learned to be operated by Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones pulled to the side. Then the vehicle started rolling across the south bound lanes. Officer warned approaching vehicles by pulling the cruiser across the roadway. Upon reach the vehicle the officer found the driver to be in obvious medical distress and an ambulance was summoned. The police have no info on her medical condition.”

Sources tell that as of this morning the Congresswoman remained unconscious in the hospital. However, Nicole Williams, spokeswoman for the 11th District congresswoman, has released no information about the incident. Also, Nicole Williams, Tubbs Jones’ press secretary in Washington, declined to comment on the congresswoman’s condition. The 58-year-old Tubbs Jones became the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress when she was elected in 1998. Tubbs Jones is set to be a superdelegate at next week’s Democratic National Convention in Denver. She was one of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s biggest boosters during the primaries and she threw her support to Barack Obama in June.

About Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Born September 10, 1949 (1949-09-10) (age 58) Cleveland, Ohio
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Spouse Widowed
Residence Cleveland
Alma mater Case Western Reserve
Occupation attorney
Religion Baptist

Stephanie Tubbs Jones (born September 10, 1949) is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a member of the United States House of Representatives, for the 11th District of Ohio. Her district encompasses most of downtown and eastern Cleveland and many of the eastern suburbs in Cuyahoga County including Euclid, Cleveland Heights, and Shaker Heights. The first African American woman to be elected to Congress from Ohio, she is generally described as a liberal Democrat.

On December 19, 2006, Tubbs Jones was named Chairwoman of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for the 110th Congress. Tubbs Jones is also a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.

Personal life

Born in Cleveland, Jones graduated from the city’s public schools. She received her undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University, graduating with a degree in Social Work from the Flora Stone Mather College in 1971. In 1974, she received her J.D. from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

On November 27, 1976, she married Mervyn L. Jones, Sr. They had a son, Mervyn Leroy Jones, II. The couple remained married for 27 years until October 2, 2003, when Jones, Sr. died. Mervyn Jones was charged with aggravated murder and robbery less than a year prior to marrying the future judge, county prosecutor, and Congresswoman. Jones pleaded guilty in 1976 to a lesser count of manslaughter and received “shock probation.”

Jones is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

As of early Wednesday morning, August 20, 2008, Rep. Tubbs Jones was reported as having been hospitalized in Cleveland, Ohio.

Early career

Jones was elected a judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court in 1981, and subsequently served on the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County from 1983 to 1991.

In 1990, she ran for Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio replacing Mary Cacioppo, the winner of the Democratic Primary, who withdrew for health reasons. She narrowly lost that race to Republican incumbent J. Craig Wright.

She then served as the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor from 1991 until resigning in early 1999, when she resigned to take her seat in Congress. She was succeeded as prosecutor by William D. Mason.

U.S. House of Representatives

In 1998, Jones won the Democratic nomination for the 11th District after 30-year incumbent Louis Stokes announced his retirement. This all but assured her of election in the heavily Democratic, black-majority 11th. She has been reelected four times with no substantive opposition.

Jones is a co-chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. Some argue her actions angered the White House and her district suffered with the loss of federal jobs. Despite representing a heavily unionized district, she has been a strong proponent of free trade. Tubbs Jones most recently took a lead role in the fight to pass the Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in November of 2007, though her efforts have not been successful as of yet.

In 2004, she served as the chairwoman of the platform committee at the Democratic National Convention and as a member of the Ohio delegation. She strongly supported Sen. John Kerry in his campaign to become President of the United States. On January 6, 2005, she joined U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in objecting to the certification of the 2004 U.S. presidential election results for Ohio.

Being the sponsor she was one of the 31 who voted in the House to not count the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 election.

In 2005, she came under fire after being named the congressperson with the fourth-highest (59) total trips sponsored by lobbyists. She was selected by Speaker Nancy Pelosi as chairperson of the House Ethics Committee to watch over the standards of ethical conduct for members of the House. Tubbs Jones is popular in her district, and is routinely reelected against nominal Republican opposition. She received 83.44% of the vote in the recent 2006 elections, against Republican Lindsey String. Tubbs Jones recently faced no opposition in the 2008 Ohio Democratic primary.

Tubbs Jones appeared on The Colbert Report’s “Better Know a District” in an episode airing November 3, 2005.

Committee Assignments

* Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (Chair)
* Ways and Means Committee
o Subcommittee on Health
o Subcommittee on Oversight
o Subcommittee on Social Security

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