Jeff Stone

Early life and education Stone was born and raised in Los Angeles County, California. He attended the University of California, Irvine, from 1975 to 1976 and the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1977. He earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the USC School of Pharmacy.

Career After earning his pharmacy degree, Stone relocated to Temecula, California and opened a small business. He served as a member of the Temecula City Council before being elected to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.

In the 2014 general election, he defeated former Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, another Republican. Stone is Jewish. He was a member of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, until he resigned the caucus in August 2017, the same day the Jewish Caucus released a statement condemning President Trump's response to the white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. In his resignation statement, he said that the caucus was preoccupied with criticizing President Donald Trump. He was the only Republican on the caucus at the time of his resignation

In 2016, Stone was the Republican nominee for California's 36th congressional district, but he lost the general election to Raul Ruiz by a wide margin. He was narrowly re-elected to the Senate in 2018. He resigned on November 1, 2019, after accepting an appointment with the U.S. Department of Labor to become its Western Regional Director. After a special election held on May 13, 2020, Stone was succeeded in the State Senate by Republican Assemblywoman, Melissa Melendez. Stone's time at the Department of Labor ended on January 20, 2021.

Stone had previously purchased a home in Henderson, Nevada. In 2022, he announced his candidacy for Nevada's 20th state Senate district. Following his successful election, Stone became a Nevada senator in November 2022 for a district encompassing the southeastern corner of the state.