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'''Louis Elwood Jenkins''', known as '''Woody Jenkins'' (born 1947) is a [[conservative]] politician and a newspaper publisher in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who served in his state's House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000. He is particularly known for his three unsuccessful races for the [[United States Senate]] -- in 1978 against [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], in 1980 against [[Russell Long|Russell B. Long]], and in 1996 against [[Mary Landrieu]].
'''Louis Elwood Jenkins''', known as '''Woody Jenkins'' (born 1947), is a [[conservative]] politician and a community newspaper publisher in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], who served in his state's House of Representatives from 1972 to 2000. He is particularly known for his three unsuccessful races for the [[United States Senate]] -- in 1978 against [[J. Bennett Johnston, Jr.]], in 1980 against [[Russell Long|Russell B. Long]], and in 1996 against [[Mary Landrieu]].
Jenkins was a youthful [[Republican]] who worked as a page for state Representatives Morley A. Hudson and Taylor Walters O'Hearn, both of [[Shreveport]], the first members of their party to be elected to the Louisiana House since [[Reconstruction]]. However, he switched affiliation to [[Democrat]] to be elected to the state legislature in 1972. In 1994, after twenty-two years in the state house, now District 66, he returned to the Republican Party and was elected in 1995 as a Republican for his final legislative term in an otherwise heavily Democratic district. In 1996, he narrowly lost the Senate race to Landrieu in the same election in which [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]] was defeated for the presidency by [[Bill Clinton]] of [[Arkansas]]. Jenkins claimed that fraudulent votes cast in [[New Orleans]] in the names of deceased persons provided Landrieu's narrow margin of victory, but the Republican-controlled Senate under [[Trent Lott]] of [[Mississippi]] declined to investigate his charges.
Jenkins was a youthful [[Republican]] who worked as a page for state Representatives Morley A. Hudson and Taylor Walters O'Hearn, both of [[Shreveport]], the first members of their party to be elected to the Louisiana House since [[Reconstruction]]. However, he switched affiliation to [[Democrat]] to be elected to the state legislature in 1972. In 1994, after twenty-two years in the state house, now District 66, he returned to the Republican Party and was elected in 1995 as a Republican for his final legislative term in an otherwise heavily Democratic district. In 1996, he narrowly lost the Senate race to Landrieu in the same election in which [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]] was defeated for the presidency by [[Bill Clinton]] of [[Arkansas]]. Jenkins claimed that fraudulent votes cast in [[New Orleans]] in the names of deceased persons provided Landrieu's narrow margin of victory, but the Republican-controlled Senate under [[Trent Lott]] of [[Mississippi]] declined to investigate his charges and seated Landrieu, who still holds the position.
In 1999, Jenkins was defeated in a race for the since disbanded position of Louisiana election commissioner.
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 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..
Jenkins is married to the former Diane Aker, an attorney and political activist.
Jenkins is married to the former Diane Aker, an attorney and political activist.
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