Anita Judd-Jenkins Explained

Anita Judd-Jenkins
Office:Member of the
Kansas House of Representatives
from the 80th district
Term Start:January 9, 2017
Term End:January 14, 2019
Predecessor:Kasha Kelley
Successor:Bill Rhiley
Party:Republican

Anita Judd-Jenkins is an American politician. She served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 80th district from 2017 to 2019.

Early life

Judd-Jenkins graduated from Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University). She worked in sales and marketing before joining politics. She is married to Ronnie D. Jenkins and they have one son.[1] [2]

Political career

Judd-Jenkins was first elected to the Kansas House of Representatives for the 80th district in the 2016 state legislative elections. She defeated representative Kasha Kelley in the Republican primary with 52.7% of the vote and she won the general election against Democrat Michelle Schiltz with 68.7% of the vote.[3] [4] Judd-Jenkins described herself as a "fiscally conservative, moderate Republican", who won the election with aims of expanding Medicaid and solving the state's financial issues.[5] [6] She was appointed to the general government budget committee, the children and seniors committee and the social services budget committee.[7]

In June 2017, she joined a group of seven House Republicans who voted to override Governor Sam Brownback's veto of SB 30, passing into law a repeal of the governor's 2012 tax policy.[8] She was unseated by Bill Rhiley in the 2018 Republican primary, receiving 41.9% of the vote.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Sommerfeld . Rachel . October 17, 2016 . Anita Judd-Jenkins (R-Kansas House District 80) . . February 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230211093538/https://www.ksn.com/news/anita-judd-jenkins-r-kansas-house-district-80/ . February 11, 2023.
  2. Web site: January 22, 2018 . Legislative Directory: 87th Kansas Legislature, 2018 Regular Session . February 11, 2023 . Kansas Secretary of State.
  3. Web site: 2016 Primary Election . February 11, 2023 . Kansas Secretary of State.
  4. News: 2017-08-01 . Kansas 80th District State House Results: Anita Judd-Jenkins Wins . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-02-11 . 0362-4331.
  5. News: Lowry . Bryan . July 30, 2016 . Dark-money group, KNEA-funded group attack conservatives . A4 . . February 11, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: Miller . Justin . June 28, 2017 . Kansas, Sam Brownback, and the Trickle-Down Implosion . February 11, 2023 . . en-us.
  7. Web site: Representative Anita Judd-Jenkins Legislators Kansas State Legislature. 2020-12-24. kslegislature.org.
  8. News: Shorman . Jonathan . Salazar . Daniel . June 7, 2017 . Lawmakers override Brownback veto of tax increases, rolling back 2012 cuts . . February 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201121225956/https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article154684809.html . November 21, 2020.
  9. News: Burgess . Katherine . Shorman . Jonathan . August 8, 2018 . Whitmer, other area incumbents lose House primaries . . February 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190410103444/https://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/election/article216286115.html . April 10, 2019.
  10. Web site: August 31, 2018 . 2018 Primary Election . February 11, 2023 . Kansas Secretary of State.

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