Business owner and former Brighton city clerk

Mykeshia Myles Jones is a north Bessemer native who worked more than 15 years as a paralegal, two years as a Jefferson County deputy constable and a year as Brighton city clerk, and who owns Gold Heart Management and co-owns a design and printing company¹. She led the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary for Bessemer Division assistant tax collector and won the June 2026 runoff over incumbent Ron Marshall with about 53 percent¹²³. She is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot⁴.

• Paralegal for more than 15 years; Jefferson County deputy constable for two years; Brighton city clerk for one year¹
• Owner, Gold Heart Management; co-owner, Dreams are Golden design and printing company; founder of the Nurturing Golden Hearts nonprofit¹
• Jess Lanier High School; paralegal studies at Virginia College; business management studies at Bessemer State Technical College¹
• Not an incumbent. Finished first in the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary with 8,678 votes (36.34 percent) to incumbent Ron Marshall's 36.28 percent²³, then won the June 2026 runoff with 52.76 percent, in her second run for the office after an unsuccessful 2024 bid¹. Unopposed in November⁴.