Clint Jenkins

A native of the district, Jenkins was raised in Suffolk, Virginia.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/this-va-house-race-should-be-an-easy-pickup-for-democrats-its-not-shaping-up-that-way/2019/10/18/5de310a8-da22-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html |title=Powerful Virginia Republican lawmaker Chris Jones is trying to fend off challenger Clinton Jenkins in a drastically changed district - the result of a court order against gerrymandering |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Gregory S. |last=Schneider |date=October 18, 2019}} He is an army veteran, manages a real estate company, and is the chairman of the Democratic party for Virginia's 3rd congressional district.{{Cite news |url=https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/democrat-clint-jenkins-beats-appropriations-chairman-chris-jones-in-changed/article_a5d5bce3-de64-5dd2-b06b-074170d74261.html |title=Democrat Clint Jenkins beats Appropriations Chairman Chris Jones in changed Suffolk district |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=5 November 2019 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106072857/https://richmond.com/news/virginia/democrat-clint-jenkins-beats-appropriations-chairman-chris-jones-in-changed/article_a5d5bce3-de64-5dd2-b06b-074170d74261.html |archive-date=November 6, 2019}}

In the 2019 Virginia House of Delegates election, Jenkins challenged incumbent Republican Chris Jones, a pharmacist and chairman of the House Appropriations committee who had represented the district since 1998.{{Cite news |first=Margaret |last=Kavanagh |url=https://wtkr.com/2019/11/06/news-3-spoke-with-of-a-democratic-candidate-clint-jenkins-who-helped-flipped-a-long-held-republican-seat/ |title=Democrat Clint Jenkins of Virginia's 76th District on flipping long-held Republican seat |date=November 6, 2019 |work=WTKR}} Redistricting in 2019 shifted the demographics of the district, causing a Democratic majority.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/federal-court-oks-virginia-redistricting-plan/2019/02/14/2c2832a0-3090-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html |title=Federal court approves Virginia redistricting plan |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Gregory S. |last=Schneider |date=February 14, 2019}} Both candidates ran unopposed in their primaries.{{Cite web |url=https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/search/year_from:2017/year_to:2019/office_id:8/district_id:27378 |title=Virginia Elections Database » Search Elections |website=Virginia Department of Elections |publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia}} Jenkins won with 56.3% of the vote.{{cite web |title=2019 November General |url=https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2019%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html |access-date=8 January 2023 |archive-date=7 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107055712/https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2019%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html |url-status=dead |website=Virginia Department of Elections |publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia}}

Jenkins was an elector for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Virginia’s 2020 election for U.S. president.

In the 2021 Virginia House of Delegates election, Jenkins won re-election, defeating Republican Michael Dillender and Independent Craig Warren with 53.3% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=2021 November General |url=https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2021%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html |access-date=2021-11-16 |website=Virginia Department of Elections |publisher=Commonwealth of Virginia |archive-date=2022-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205014030/https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2021%20November%20General/Site/GeneralAssembly.html |url-status=dead}}

In 2022, Jenkins announced a run for the newly redrawn 17th district in the 2023 Virginia Senate election.{{cite web |last1=LaRoue |first1=Jimmy |title=Democrat Clinton Jenkins announces run for new 17th District Senate seat, setting up potential race against Republican Emily Brewer |url=https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2022/04/13/democrat-clinton-jenkins-announces-run-for-new-17th-district-senate-seat-setting-up-potential-race-against-republican-emily-brewer/ |work=Suffolk News-Herald |access-date=8 January 2023 |date=13 April 2022}}

On three occasions, Jenkins was charged with domestic violence against his wife and daughter, including one charge of choking his daughter. He was not convicted.{{Cite news |url=https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2004/07/12/jenkins-cleared-of-assault-charge/ |title=Jenkins cleared of assault charge |date=July 12, 2004 |newspaper=Suffolk News-Herald}}{{Cite news |first=Andy |last=Fox |url=https://www.wavy.com/news/politics/truth-tracker/truth-tracker-brewer-vs-jenkins-charges-and-countercharges/ |title=Truth Tracker: Brewer vs Jenkins, charges and countercharges |date=October 16, 2023 |work=WAVY-TV}}

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