Samuel Jenkins Jr.
Samuel Lee "Sam" Jenkins Jr. | |
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Louisiana State Representative for District 2 (Caddo and Bossier parishes) | |
Assumed office January 11, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Roy A. Burrell |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence |
Shreveport, Caddo Parish Louisiana |
Samuel Lee Jenkins Jr. (born February 1956), known as Sam Jenkins,[1] is an African-American Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 2 in Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern Louisiana. Jenkins succeeded Roy A. Burrell, who was term-limited in the primary election held on October 24, 2015.[2][3]
Political campaigns
In the fall of 1994, Jenkins and Burrell ran against each other for the District G seat on the Shreveport City Council. Burrell won that race with 3,659 votes (61.8 percent), compared to Jenkins' 2,263 (38.2 percent).[4]
In 2014, Burrell announced on KEEL radio in Shreveport that he would run for mayor of Shreveport to succeed the term-limited African-American Cedric Glover. However, Burrell soon withdrew on the grounds that a prior commitment to his friend, former Mayor Keith Hightower, made it impossible for him to run. Then Hightower, the mayor from 1998 to 2006, decided not to seek a comeback in the office.[5] Jenkins and Patrick C. Williams, one of Burrell's legislative colleagues, were among several candidates who ran unsuccessfully for mayor. Victory went instead to still another African-American candidate, the retired educator Ollie Tyler. Glover, meanwhile, returned in January 2016 to the state House in the District 4 seat which he formerly held. That position was vacated by Representative Patrick Williams.[6]
In the 2015 primary, Jenkins defeated fellow Democrat Terence Vinson for the right to succeed Representative Burrell. Jenkins polled 3,505 votes (60.6 percent) to Vinson's 2,282 (39.4 percent).[6]
Burrell himself won the District 5 seat on the Caddo Parish Commission in that same election without opposition.[7]
References
- ↑ "Samuel Jenkins, February 1956". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Roy Burrell". house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-Current: Caddo and Bossier parishes" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Election Results". October 1, 1994. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ↑ Erin McCarty (August 19, 2014). "Roy Burrell Withdraws from Shreveport Mayor's Race". KEEL radio. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- 1 2 "Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Candidates Qualified in Statewide Elections". KEEL (AM). Retrieved September 11, 2015.
Louisiana House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Roy A. Burrell |
Louisiana State Representative for District 2 (Caddo and Bossier parishes) Samuel Lee "Sam" Jenkins Jr. |
Succeeded by Incumbent |