Anita Judd-Jenkins is an American politician. She served as a member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

for the 80th district from 2017 to 2019.

Early life

Judd-Jenkins graduated from Northeast Missouri State University (now

Truman State University Truman State University (TSU or Truman) is a Public university, public Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. It had 3,664 enrolled students in the fall of 2024 pursuing degrees in 55 undergraduate ...

). She worked in sales and marketing before joining politics. She is married to Ronnie D. Jenkins and they have one son.

Political career

Judd-Jenkins was first elected to the

for the 80th district in the 2016 state legislative elections. She defeated representative Kasha Kelley in the Republican primary with 52.7% of the vote and she won the general election against Democrat Michelle Schiltz with 68.7% of the vote. Judd-Jenkins described herself as a "fiscally conservative, moderate Republican", who won the election with aims of expanding

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and solving the state's financial issues. She was appointed to the general government budget committee, the children and seniors committee and the social services budget committee. In June 2017, she joined a group of seven House Republicans who voted to override Governor

Sam Brownback Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the List of governors of Kansas, 46th governor of K ...

's veto of SB 30, passing into law a repeal of the governor's 2012 tax policy. She was unseated by

Bill Rhiley Bill Rhiley is an American politician, businessman, and former educator serving as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 80th district. Elected in 2018, he assumed office in January 2019. Education Rhiley earned a Bachelor ...

in the 2018 Republican primary, receiving 41.9% of the vote.

References

Living people Truman State University alumni People from Arkansas City, Kansas Businesspeople from Kansas Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Women state legislators in Kansas 21st-century American women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature {{Kansas-politician-stub