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In 1995, Wilkerson won a second term by defeating fellow African American Willie J. Young, 70-30 percent.<ref name=election>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In that same election, her 1991 rival, Kenneth Volentine, was handily elected to the first of two terms as the Claiborne Parish [[sheriff]] of Claiborne Parish.<ref name=election/> In 1999, she defeated fellow Democrat Douglas R. Sapp, 80-20 percent, in a low-turnout election.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>

In 1995, Wilkerson won a second term by defeating fellow African American Willie J. Young, 70-30 percent.<ref name=election>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> In that same election, her 1991 rival, Kenneth Volentine, was handily elected to the first of two terms as the Claiborne Parish [[sheriff]] of Claiborne Parish.<ref name=election/> In 1999, she defeated fellow Democrat Douglas R. Sapp, 80-20 percent, in a low-turnout election.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 23, 1999.</ref>

Wilkerson was an active national Democrat, having been a delegate to the 1996 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], which renominated the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]/[[Al Gore, Jr.|Gore]] ticket. She was killed two weeks prior to the start of the 2000 Democratic National Convention in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. She had been scheduled to be a delegate to that convention too,<ref name=polgr/> in which [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] Al Gore was nominated for the [[U.S. President|presidency] but subsequently defeated by the [[Moderate Republican]] [[George @. Bush]]].

Wilkerson was an active national Democrat, having been a delegate to the 1996 [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], which renominated the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]/[[Al Gore|Gore]] ticket. She was killed two weeks prior to the start of the 2000 Democratic National Convention in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. She had been scheduled to be a delegate to that convention too,<ref name=polgr/> in which [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Al Gore]] was nominated for the [[U.S. President|presidency] but subsequently was defeated in a disputed outcome by the [[Moderate Republican]] [[George W. Bush]] of [[Texas]].

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