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Sandra Cabrina Jenkins
2012 - Present
2032
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Sandra Cabrina Jenkins (Democratic Party) is a judge for the 1st District of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal. She assumed office in 2012. Her current term ends on December 31, 2032.
Jenkins (Democratic Party) won re-election for the 1st District judge of the Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal outright in the primary on November 8, 2022, after the primary and general election were canceled.
Education
Jenkins received her undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in 1984 and a master's in public administration from Southern University in 1987. She earned her J.D. from Southen University Law Center in 1984.[1]
Career
Before serving on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal, Jenkins was an attorney with the firm Scheuermann and Jones, LLC. She has also served as an assistant district attorney for Orleans Parish and a staff attorney for the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. Since 2010, Jenkins has worked as an assistant professor at Xavier University.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Louisiana intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary election was canceled. Sandra Cabrina Jenkins (D) won the election without appearing on the ballot.
2020
See also: Louisiana Supreme Court elections, 2020
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
The general election was canceled. Piper Griffin won election in the general election for Louisiana Supreme Court 7th District.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Terri Love (D)
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Supreme Court 7th District
Piper Griffin and Terri Love defeated Sandra Cabrina Jenkins in the primary for Louisiana Supreme Court 7th District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Piper Griffin (D)  | 43.9 | 78,603 |
| ✔ |  | Terri Love (D) | 31.5 | 56,387 |
 | Sandra Cabrina Jenkins (D) | 24.6 | 43,949 | |
| Total votes: 178,939 | |||
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2012
Jenkins defeated Charles Jones in the election on November 6, winning 57.64% of the vote.[3][4]
- See also: Louisiana judicial elections, 2012
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sandra Cabrina Jenkins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Sandra Cabrina Jenkins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal 1st District |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Scheuermann & Jones, LLC, Sandra C. Jenkins biography
- ↑ "Information submitted on Judgepedia's Biographical Submission Form on February 7, 2014"
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, 2012 Unofficial Election Results: 116/2012 Multi-Parish Races
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, Candidate Database
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