1. Woody Jenkins graduated from the Louisiana State University in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism.
15 Facts About Woody Jenkins
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Woody Jenkins was elected as a delegate to Louisiana's state constitutional convention, which met from late 1972 to early 1974.
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Woody Jenkins's colleagues included fellow Representative R Harmon Drew Sr.
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Woody Jenkins served on the convention's Committee on Bill of Rights and Elections, and he authored much of the new constitution's Declaration of Rights.
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Woody Jenkins claimed that Johnston had voted "too closely" with proposals advanced by US President Jimmy Carter.
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Woody Jenkins questioned why Johnston had voted to divert intrastate natural gas from Louisiana industries to residential areas in such states as New York and Ohio.
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On January 17,2008, Woody Jenkins announced his candidacy for the GOP nomination in the special election.
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Woody Jenkins received the endorsements of Pat Toomey's Club for Growth Political Action Committee, and Dr James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family.
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Woody Jenkins received the endorsement of the East Baton Rouge Parish Republican Party.
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Woody Jenkins later received the endorsement of the NRA Political Victory Fund.
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Woody Jenkins led in public opinion polls prior to the primary but fell eighty-four votes short of an outright majority to win the GOP nomination.
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Woody Jenkins faced Democratic State Representative Don Cazayoux of New Roads in the special election.
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Woody Jenkins was supported by House Minority Leader John Boehner, Minority Whip Roy Blunt, and Assistant Whip Eric Cantor.
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Woody Jenkins was fined $3,000 by the Federal Election Commission because the purchase was paid for by his ad agency instead of directly by the campaign.
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Later Woody Jenkins learned that Duke received a commission from the firm he had hired, but Woody Jenkins insisted that he had no knowledge that Duke would profit from the transaction.