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Clay Jenkins
Clay Jenkins (Democratic Party) is the Dallas County Judge in Texas. He assumed office in 2011. His current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Jenkins (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Dallas County Judge in Texas. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Jenkins earned his J.D. from Baylor University in 1987.[1] Prior to taking the bench, Jenkins practiced law out of his own firm, Jenkins & Jenkins. His professional experience also includes co-owning Brown Dental Health Services.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Dallas County, Texas (2022)
General election
General election for Dallas County Judge
Incumbent Clay Jenkins defeated Lauren Davis in the general election for Dallas County Judge on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Clay Jenkins (D) | 62.6 | 388,575 |
 | Lauren Davis (R)  | 37.4 | 232,592 | |
| Total votes: 621,167 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Dallas County Judge
Incumbent Clay Jenkins defeated Billy Clark in the Democratic primary for Dallas County Judge on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clay Jenkins | 87.0 | 109,525 |
 | Billy Clark | 13.0 | 16,300 | |
| Total votes: 125,825 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Dallas County Judge
Lauren Davis defeated Edwin Flores in the Republican primary for Dallas County Judge on March 1, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren Davis | 68.4 | 52,755 |
 | Edwin Flores | 31.6 | 24,382 | |
| Total votes: 77,137 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Dallas County Judge
Incumbent Clay Jenkins defeated Brian Hutcheson and Preston Poulter in the general election for Dallas County Judge on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clay Jenkins (D) | 63.3 | 447,978 |
| Brian Hutcheson (R) | 34.1 | 241,437 | ||
| Preston Poulter (L) | 2.6 | 18,115 | ||
| Total votes: 707,530 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Todd Gottel (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Dallas County Judge
Incumbent Clay Jenkins advanced from the Democratic primary for Dallas County Judge on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Clay Jenkins | 100.0 | 97,205 |
| Total votes: 97,205 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Dallas County Judge
Todd Gottel advanced from the Republican primary for Dallas County Judge on March 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Todd Gottel | 100.0 | 53,475 | |
| Total votes: 53,475 | |||
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2014
See also: Texas judicial elections, 2014
Jenkins ran for re-election to the Dallas County Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 4, 2014.
General: He defeated Ron Natinsky and Preston Poulter in the general election on November 4, 2014, receiving 54.5 percent of the vote.
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Videos from the campaign
2010
Jenkins won the Democratic primary runoff election, receiving 65.2 percent of the vote. Next, he won 49.58 percent of the vote in the general election, winning the seat.[6][7]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Clay Jenkins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events
On March 22, 2020, Jenkins issued a shelter-in-place order for all Dallas County residents in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The order took effect at 11:59pm on March 23 and lasted until 11:59pm on April 3. A shelter-in-place order forbids residents from leaving their homes for any non-essential activity.[8] Jenkins had previously issued orders restricting the operations of various businesses and community gatherings in response to the outbreak.[9]
On April 28, 2020, Jenkins made public comments encouraging Texas residents to continue to shelter in place despite the impending expiration of the statewide stay-home order on April 30.[10]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Dallas County website, "Clay Jenkins, Dallas County Judge," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ Re-elect Clay Jenkins, "Meet Clay," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (A-L)"
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2014 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County (M-Z)" (Search "Dallas")
- ↑ Dallas County Board of Elections, "Democratic Party Primary Election March 4, 2014," March 11, 2014
- ↑ Dallas County Board of Elections, "Unofficial Election Results," 2010
- ↑ Dallas County, "Democratic primary runoff results," 2010
- ↑ CBS Dallas-Fort Worth, "Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins Orders Residents To Shelter-In-Place Starting Monday," March 22, 2020
- ↑ CBS Dallas-Fort Worth, "Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins Announces Restrictions On Restaurants, Clubs And Other Public Places," March 16
- ↑ Dallas Morning News, "Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins to North Texans: Follow the science and stay home," April 28, 2020
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