Jan Jones Blackhurst

Jan Jones Blackhurst
20th Mayor of Las Vegas
In office
July 1991 – June 8, 1999
Preceded byRon Lurie
Succeeded byOscar Goodman
Personal details
Born
Janis Lyle Laverty

(1949-03-16) March 16, 1949 (age 75)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Fletcher Jones (divorced)
Dana Blackhurst
(m. 2003)
EducationStanford University (BA)

Jan Jones Blackhurst (born Janis Lyle Laverty, later Jan Laverty Jones; March 16, 1949) is an American businesswoman and politician. She was mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1991 to 1999 and the first woman to serve as mayor of Las Vegas. Jones Blackhurst is a member of the Democratic Party.