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'''Lynn Jenkins''' (born June 10, 1963) is an [[Politics of the United States|American politician]] and [[Certified Public Accountant]] from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Kansas]]. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], Jenkins is the Congresswoman from [[Kansas's 2nd congressional district]] and former Kansas State Treasurer. Jenkins was sworn in on January 6, 2009 to the US House of Representatives. Previously, she served as Treasurer of the state of Kansas from 2002- 2008, she served in the [[Kansas House of Representatives]] and the [[Kansas Senate]], from 1999 to 2002. She was the Republican nominee for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[Kansas's 2nd congressional district]], earning the nomination by defeating former U.S. Representative [[Jim Ryun]] in the Republican [[Primary election|primary]] on August 5, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=2008 Unofficial Kansas Election Results |url=http://www.kssos.org/ent/maps_graphs.html#USHSE2 |work=Secretary of State |publisher=State of Kansas |date=August 5, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> She defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] incumbent [[Nancy Boyda]] on November 5, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Klepper |coauthors=Jim Sullinger & Dawn Bormann |title=Jenkins unseats Boyda; Moore, Roberts re-elected |url= |work=Kansas City Star |date=November 4, 2008 |accessdate=5 November 2008}}</ref>
'''Cunt Jenkins''' (born June 10, 1963) is an [[Politics of the United States|American politician]] and [[Certified Public Accountant]] from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Kansas]]. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], Jenkins is the Congresswoman from [[Kansas's 2nd congressional district]] and former Kansas State Treasurer. Jenkins was sworn in on January 6, 2009 to the US House of Representatives. Previously, she served as Treasurer of the state of Kansas from 2002- 2008, she served in the [[Kansas House of Representatives]] and the [[Kansas Senate]], from 1999 to 2002. She was the Republican nominee for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[Kansas's 2nd congressional district]], earning the nomination by defeating former U.S. Representative [[Jim Ryun]] in the Republican [[Primary election|primary]] on August 5, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=2008 Unofficial Kansas Election Results |url=http://www.kssos.org/ent/maps_graphs.html#USHSE2 |work=Secretary of State |publisher=State of Kansas |date=August 5, 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-06}}</ref> She defeated [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] incumbent [[Nancy Boyda]] on November 5, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Klepper |coauthors=Jim Sullinger & Dawn Bormann |title=Jenkins unseats Boyda; Moore, Roberts re-elected |url= |work=Kansas City Star |date=November 4, 2008 |accessdate=5 November 2008}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 03:17, 27 January 2010

Lynn Jenkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2009
Preceded byNancy Boyda
37th Kansas State Treasurer
In office
January 03, 2003 – November 20, 2008
Preceded byTim Shallenburger
Succeeded byDennis McKinney
Personal details
BornJune 10, 1963
Holton, Kansas
Political partyRepublican
SpouseScott Jenkins, 1984-2009
ChildrenHayley and Hayden
ResidenceTopeka, Kansas
Alma materKansas State University and Weber State College
OccupationCertified Public Accountant
Websitewww.lynnjenkins.com www.lynnjenkins.house.gov

Cunt Jenkins (born June 10, 1963) is an American politician and Certified Public Accountant from the state of Kansas. A Republican, Jenkins is the Congresswoman from Kansas's 2nd congressional district and former Kansas State Treasurer. Jenkins was sworn in on January 6, 2009 to the US House of Representatives. Previously, she served as Treasurer of the state of Kansas from 2002- 2008, she served in the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate, from 1999 to 2002. She was the Republican nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Kansas's 2nd congressional district, earning the nomination by defeating former U.S. Representative Jim Ryun in the Republican primary on August 5, 2008.[1] She defeated Democratic incumbent Nancy Boyda on November 5, 2008.[2]

Early life and education

Jenkins was born in Holton, Kansas, and is a sixth-generation Kansan. She was raised on a dairy farm in Holton, where she attended high school. Later she graduated from Kansas State University and Weber State College with an accounting major and an economics minor.

Jenkins has two children, Hayley and Hayden, and was married for 25 years. Her husband Scott filed for divorce on Friday, November 7, 2008, shortly after her election to the U.S. House.[3][4]

Accounting career

Jenkins is a Certified Public Accountant.[5]

Political career

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2008 § District 2

Jenkins served for two years in the Kansas House of Representatives and for one term in the Kansas State Senate.

She was elected State Treasurer in 2002 at which time she began serving in a number of organizations, some of which include:

She served as president of the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST).

On April 4, 2007, Jenkins announced that she had filed papers with the Federal Election Commission as a first step of running for the U.S. House of Representatives for Kansas's 2nd congressional district.[6]

Her opponent in the Republican primary was former U.S. Representative Jim Ryun, who served five terms before being defeated in 2006 by the current Representative, Democrat Nancy Boyda, who ran for reelection. In the campaign between Jenkins and Ryun, he criticized her for having voted for tax increases while a state legislator, and she criticized him for having supported earmarks.[7]

The primary was held on August 5, 2008. Jenkins won the Republican nomination by approximately 1,000 votes.[8]. In the general election, Jenkins went on to defeat Boyda by a 51% to 46% margin.

Congressional committee assignments

Political positions

Jenkins favors making the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts permanent. She also favors eliminating the federal estate tax and the Alternative Minimum Tax.[9] She is a current signer of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.[10] Jenkins has been critical of "wasteful pork-barrel projects" and earmarks. Jenkins has labeled Democrats as "tax and spend."[9]

Jenkins has denounced "unchecked illegal immigration" that "is wreaking havoc on our economic, legal, and national security interests."[9] She opposes "amnesty" (allowing illegal immigrants to become legal residents) and has called for an increase in border security " through increasing border agents, building additional fences, and utilizing technology."[9]

Jenkins claims that the oil price increases since 2003 are the result of "of excess regulation." She supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and increased offshore drilling.[9]

Like her opponent in the 2008 general election, Jenkins is considered pro-choice. She accepted contributions from pro-choice groups including the Wish List[11] Republicans for Choice and Republican Majority for Choice PACs. [12]. Jenkins also accepted money from Judy Biggert for Congress a fellow pro-choice Republican.

In January 2009, Jenkins introduced a bill that would "prohibit the use of funds to transfer enemy combatants [in] Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas."

References

  1. ^ "2008 Unofficial Kansas Election Results". Secretary of State. State of Kansas. August 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  2. ^ Klepper, David (November 4, 2008). "Jenkins unseats Boyda; Moore, Roberts re-elected". Kansas City Star. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ http://www.shawneecourt.org/doe/search.jsp?caseNumber=08D+002852&location=internet
  4. ^ Barbara Hollingsworth, "Lynn Jenkins' husband files for divorce," Topeka Capital-Journal, November 10, 2008.
  5. ^ http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14189
  6. ^ CJOnline - Treasurer plans run at Boyda in '08
  7. ^ "Jenkins foils comeback bid by former Rep. Ryun"
  8. ^ http://www.kssos.org/ent/kssos_ent.html
  9. ^ a b c d e "Issues." Lynn Jenkins for U.S. Congress.
  10. ^ Current Taxpayer Protection Pledge Signers
  11. ^ http://www.thewishlist.org/2007-2008_Candidates.htm
  12. ^ http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/HSRefreshContributorList.do?contComeFrom=candList&contCategory=PAC&cand_id=H8KS02090&category=disH&stateName=KS&congressId=02&searchKeyword=

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd congressional district
2009–present 		Incumbent
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