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In 1999, Jenkins was defeated by a fellow Republican, Suzanne Haik Terrell, in a race for the since disbanded post of Louisiana elections commissioner, a position which had been created in the late 1950s by then Governor [[Earl Long]].

In 1999, Jenkins was defeated by a fellow Republican, Suzanne Haik Terrell, in a race for the since disbanded post of Louisiana elections commissioner, a position which had been created in the late 1950s by then Governor [[Earl Long]].

In the spring of 2008, Jenkins made an unsuccessful bid in a special election for the [[United States House of Representatives]] to fill the seat in the Sixth District of Louisiana vacated by the retiring Republican Richard Baker. That post is now held by the Republican [[Bill Cassidy]], one of three physicians representing Louisiana in the U.S. House..

In the spring of 2008, Jenkins made an unsuccessful bid in a special election for the [[United States House of Representatives]] to fill the seat in the Sixth District of Louisiana vacated by Republican Richard Baker, who resigned for business reasons. That post is now held by the Republican [[Bill Cassidy]], one of three physicians representing Louisiana in the U.S. House..

In 2012, Jenkins was elected to a four-year term as the chairman of the Republican Party in East Baton Rouge Parish.  

In 2012, Jenkins was elected to a four-year term as the chairman of the Republican Party in East Baton Rouge Parish.