Evan Jenkins (politician)

This article is about the U.S. politician. For other uses, see Evan Jenkins (disambiguation).

Evan Jenkins
Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
In office
January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021
Preceded byTim Armstead
Succeeded byJohn A. Hutchison
Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
In office
October 1, 2018 – February 4, 2022
Appointed byJim Justice
Preceded byRobin Davis
Succeeded byC. Haley Bunn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 2015 – September 30, 2018
Preceded byNick Rahall
Succeeded byCarol Miller
Member of the West Virginia Senate
from the 5th district
In office
December 1, 2002 – December 1, 2014
Serving with Robert H. Plymale
Preceded byMarie Redd
Succeeded byMike Woelfel
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
from the 16th district
In office
December 1, 1994 – December 1, 2000
Serving with Jody Smirl, Susan Hubbard
Preceded byStephen T. Williams
Succeeded byDale Stephens
Personal details
Born
Evan Hollin Jenkins

(1960-09-12) September 12, 1960 (age 64)
Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (2013–present)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic (before 2013)
SpouseElizabeth Weiler
Children3
EducationUniversity of Florida (BS)
Samford University (JD)

Evan Hollin Jenkins (born September 12, 1960) is an American politician and judge. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, joining the Court in 2018 and serving as chief justice in 2021. He resigned from the court on February 4, 2022. He served as a U.S. Representative from West Virginia from 2015 to 2018. He is a Republican, having switched his party affiliation from Democratic in 2013.[1]

Jenkins was a member of the West Virginia Senate from the 5th district, which contains Cabell County and a small portion of Wayne County. He served in both chambers of the West Virginia Legislature in Charleston over the course of 20 years, having been elected as a member of the House in 1994, and elected to the Senate in 2002.[2] He gave up his seat to run in the 2014 congressional election, defeating incumbent Democrat Nick Rahall.[3]

Jenkins was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2018, losing to West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey in the primary election.[4]

  1. ^ "Dem joins GOP to run against Rahall". POLITICO. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Jim Workman (May 13, 2014). "Rahall, Jenkins set to face off in 3rd District Congressional Ra – WOWK 13 Charleston, Huntington WV News, Weather, Sports". Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  3. ^ Timothy Cama (November 5, 2014). "Dem Rahall loses House seat after 38 years". TheHill.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference MorriseyWins2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).