Lynn Jenkins

Infobox Officeholder
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name =Lynn Jenkins,
honorific-suffix =CPA


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office =37th State Treasurer of Kansas
term_start =2003
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predecessor =Tim Shallenburger
birth_date = June 10, 1963
birth_place = Holton, Kansas
party = Republican
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spouse = Scott Jenkins
children = Hayley and Hayden
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alma_mater = Kansas State University and Weber State College
website = [http://www.lynnjenkins.net/ lynnjenkins.net]

Lynn Jenkins (born June 10, 1963) is an American politician and accountant, from the state of Kansas. A Republican, Jenkins is the current State Treasurer of Kansas. She was elected to that office in 2002 and reelected in 2006. Prior to holding her current position, she served in the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate, from 1999 to 2002. She is currently 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. She will face Democratic incumbent Nancy Boyda in November. [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] .

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 been married to her husband, Scott, for 25 years. They have two children, Hayley and Hayden.

Accounting career

Jenkins is a Certified Public Accountant.

Political career

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 2003 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. [ [http://www.cjonline.com/stories/040407/kan_160714503.shtml CJOnline - Treasurer plans run at Boyda in '08 ] ]

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 is running 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. [ [http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/13570 "Jenkins foils comeback bid by former Rep. Ryun"] ]

The primary was held on August 5, 2008. Jenkins won the Republican nomination by approximately 1,000 votes. [http://www.kssos.org/ent/kssos_ent.html] .

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." [http://www.lynnjenkins.com/inner.asp?z=3 Issues] ." Lynn Jenkins for U.S. Congress.] Jenkins has been critical of "wasteful pork-barrel projects" and earmarks. Jenkins has labeled Democrats as "tax and spend."

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

Jenkins maintains 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.lynnjenkins.net/ Official campaign website]
* [http://www.treasurer.state.ks.us/prodweb/index.php/ Official Kansas State Treasurer website]
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=CKS34967 Vote Smart Project - Lynn Jenkins (KS)] profile
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lynn_Jenkins SourceWatch Congresspedia - Lynn Jenkins] profile