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Samuel Lee Jenkins, Jr., known as Sam Jenkins (born February 1956),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Samuel Jenkins, February 1956 )〕 is an African-American Democratic incoming member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 2 in Caddo and Bossier parishes in northwestern Louisiana. Jenkins succeeds Roy A. Burrell, who was term-limited in the primary election held on October 24, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Roy Burrell )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-Current: Caddo and Bossier parishes )〕 ==Political campaigns== In the fall of 1994, Jenkins and Burrell ran against each other for the District G seat on the Shreveport City Council. Burrell won that race with 3,659 votes (61.8 percent), compared to Jenkins' 2,263 (38.2 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Election Results )〕 In 2014, Burrell announced on KEEL radio in Shreveport that he would run for mayor of Shreveport to succeed the term-limited African-American Cedric Glover. However, Burrell soon withdrew on the grounds that a prior commitment to his friend, former Mayor Keith Hightower, made it impossible for him to run. Then Hightower, the mayor from 1998 to 2006, decided not to seek a comeback in the office. Jenkins and Patrick C. Williams, one of Burrell's legislative colleagues, were among several candidates who ran unsuccessfully for mayor. Victory went instead to still another African-American candidate, the retired educator Ollie Tyler. Glover, meanwhile, returns in January 2016 to the state House in the District 4 seat which he formerly held. That position was vacated by Representative Patrick Williams.〔 In the 2015 primary, Jenkins defeated fellow Democrat Terence Vinson for the right to succeed Representative Burrell. Jenkins polled 3,505 votes (60.6 percent) to Vinson's 2,282 (39.4 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015 )〕 Burrell himself won the District 5 seat on the Caddo Parish Commission in that same electionn without opposition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Candidates Qualified in Statewide Elections )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Jenkins, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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