Source: KINSTON FREE PRESS, 1/4/19

  
U.S. Rep. Walter Jones was sworn into office Friday but remains absent from Washington, D.C. due to an unspecified illness. Jones, a Republican who represents the 3rd Congressional District, was sworn into the new session of Congress in a private ceremony at his home rather than in Washington. He was re-elected in November to a 13th term in the U.S. House of Representatives following a Republican primary against Scott Dacey and Phil Law.

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