FILE - Ben Jones, Democratic candidate for Georgia's 6th Congressional District, assembles campaign signs outside his headquarters in Roswell, Ga., Oct. 20, 1994. (AP Photo/Leita Cowart, File)

FILE - Congressional candidate Ben Jones, center, prepares to watch the Hawks-Pacers NBA game at the Omni arena Nov. 8, 1988, Atlanta, GA. (AP Photo/Joe Holloway Jr., File)

FILE - Cooter, actor Ben Jones, sits atop one of the 229 hotrods, named the General Lee, used in the show "Dukes of Hazzard" as ecstatic fan, Aliceson Johnson, of Charlottesville, Va., sits in the drivers seat in front of his store in Sperryville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1999. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

FILE - Vermont state legislators gather on the house floor at the Vermont state Capitol, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Driehaus, File)

FILE - The Vermont state Capitol building is seen, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Driehaus, File)

People watch the setting sun at the end of a hot summer day, Sunday, July 26, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

People cool off in the shade under a tree during hot weather at Montrose beach in Chicago, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Madison Hermes, 11, carries a doll as she cools off with water fountains on a hot summer day in downtown Dallas, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)