Leniqua'dominique Jenkins
At-Large ምክር ቤት — መደበኛ ምርጫ — የዴሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ የመጀመሪያ ዙር ምርጫ, ጁን 16፣ 2026
በዲሲ ፍትሃዊ ምርጫ ፕሮግራም ውስጥ የለምLeniqua'dominique Jenkins (age 40) arrived in Washington in 2010 as an unpaid intern for Rep. Alan Grayson, working a second retail job in the evenings to make rent. She earned a certificate in entrepreneurship at Operation Hope and used it to launch Capitol Living, a home care agency she ran for ten years — training her father and brother (who were re-entering society after incarceration) as care assistants. She subsequently built businesses that extended as far as East Africa, and has lived and worked in Africa, India, and Spain, a global background she says gives her a model for creative, people-centered policy. She served one term as an ANC commissioner in Deanwood, focused on environmental justice — leading educational walking tours, conducting clean-air studies, and organizing Anacostia River cleanups. In 2021 she ran for the At-Large seat against Bonds; she subsequently worked inside the Wilson Building for both a former and a current councilmember, helping draft legislation and advise on policy. She is an Amazon top-selling children's book author, a public policy columnist, and has written legislative material on Capitol Hill. She currently serves as president of her university's Graduate Student Government. On a personal level, she provides daily care for her mother and helps raise her young niece, which she says grounds her caregiver platform in lived experience. She lives east of the Anacostia River (Ward 7) and says those communities have been "left out of citywide decision-making for too long." Her platform priorities are literacy (noting that approximately 119,000 DC adults and nearly half of Wards 7 and 8 adults face low-literacy challenges), environmental justice centered on a Bottle Bill, community safety through prevention rather than punishment, housing affordability and homeownership pathways, and a caregiver support agenda.
በጉዳዮች ላይ ያሉ አቋሞች
ሁሉም አቋሞች በቀጥታ ከዕጩው የምርጫ ቅስቀሳ ቁሳቁሶች፣ ከይፋዊ የመጠይቅ ምላሾች ወይም ከተረጋገጠ የዜና ዘገባ የተገኙ ናቸው። አቋሞች ከበጽኑ ይቃወማል (−2) እስከ በጽኑ ይደግፋል (+2) ባለው ሚዛን ይመዘናሉ። ያልታወቀ አቋም ማለት ምንም ይፋዊ አቋም አልተገኘም ማለት ነው።
ዲሲ ጥቃትን እንደ የሕዝብ ጤና ችግር ልትመለከተውና በጥቃት ማቋረጥ ፕሮግራሞች እና በማህበረሰብ-ተኮር መፍትሄዎች ላይ በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ኢንቨስት ማድረግ አለባት።
Frames public safety explicitly around prevention: 'Safety isn't achieved by punishment alone — it is created when people have access to housing, education, opportunity, and mental-health care.' Proposes expanding youth programs, mental health care access, community-based violence prevention, and crisis-response models pairing police with service providers. At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate — noting her father and brother are returning citizens — she said accountability and safety 'can coexist' by 'investing in people: housing, mental health services, job training, addressing the root issue of what motivates crime.'
ምንጮች፦ [Leniqua'dominique Jenkins for DC Council — Campaign Website], [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
እያንዳንዱ የዲሲ የመንግሥት ትምህርት ቤት የተወሰነ የባህሪ ጤና ባለሙያ (behavioral health clinician) በሠራተኝነት ሊኖረው ይገባል።
Supports expanding mental health care access for youth as part of her community safety platform, and links literacy deficits to the school-to-prison pipeline. Does not specifically call for a dedicated behavioral health clinician in every school, framing mental health support as community-based rather than school-specific.
ምንጮች፦ [Leniqua'dominique Jenkins for DC Council — Campaign Website]
ዲሲ የወጣቶችን ወንጀል ለመቀነስ መሣሪያ አድርጋ ለአካለ መጠን ላልደረሱ የሰዓት እላፊ (curfew) ማስከበር አለባት።
Opposes targeted youth curfews, calling the approach 'punitive.' Favors literacy, civic engagement, community investment, and mental health care as the path to youth safety — not enforcement restrictions.
ምንጮች፦ [Youth Engagement, Education Policy — Washington Informer]
ማንኛውም የወጣቶች የሰዓት እላፊ ለወጣቶች በአማራጭ ፕሮግራም ላይ — ሥራዎች፣ የመዝናኛ ማዕከላት፣ የአእምሮ ጤና አገልግሎቶች — ከፍተኛ ኢንቨስትመንት ጋር መታጀብ አለበት።
Strongly favors investment in youth programming alternatives: expands youth programs and mental health care access as the primary tools for community safety, explicitly rejecting a punishment-first approach. Her literacy platform also proposes integrating educational supports within juvenile justice programs and a citywide 'DC Pen Pal Project' to strengthen youth writing skills and civic awareness.
ምንጮች፦ [Leniqua'dominique Jenkins for DC Council — Campaign Website]
ዲሲ TOPA ን (የተከራዮች የመግዛት ዕድል አዋጅ) መልሳ ማቋቋምና ማጠናከር አለባት፣ ይህም ተከራዮች ህንፃቸው ለውጭ ገዢ ከመሸጡ በፊት የመግዛት መብት እንዲኖራቸው ለማድረግ ነው።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Jenkins recounted being wrongfully evicted around 2010, displacing three generations of her family, and said she would 'prioritize deeply affordable housing,' 'cut the red tape and expand TOPA legislation that I've actually benefited from,' and extend it with property-tax relief for seniors. A strong, personally grounded commitment to strengthening TOPA.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ በትናንሽ እና በአካባቢ ንግዶች ላይ ግብርና ክፍያዎችን መቀነስ አለባት — እንደ የትንሽ ችርቻሮ ንብረት ግብር ቅናሽ ያለ እፎይታ መስጠትን ጨምሮ — እንዲከፈቱ፣ እንዲቀጥሉ እና እንዲያድጉ ለመርዳት።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Jenkins said small business owners 'aren't prepared to compete with government contracting,' and pledged to 'cut the red tape,' make the process accessible, and provide mentoring so businesses have a 'fair and balanced approach to compete.' Supportive of easing burdens on small businesses, framed around red tape and access rather than tax cuts specifically.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ የፖሊስ መኮንኖችን ከመንግሥት ትምህርት ቤቶች ውጭ ማድረግ እና በምትኩ በአማካሪዎች፣ በማህበራዊ ሠራተኞች እና በአእምሮ-ጤና ሠራተኞች ላይ ኢንቨስት ማድረግ አለባት።
Reverse-coded question: keeping armed police out of schools aligns with the statement. In the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate lightning round, Jenkins gave an emphatic 'absolutely not' to returning armed police to all DC public high schools, calling a school 'not a prison institution.'
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ ለMetro (WMATA) የሚሰጠውን የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ማሳደግ አለባት፣ ሌሎች የከተማ አገልግሎቶችን መቀነስ ቢያስከትልም እንኳ።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Jenkins, a resident of a transit desert east of the river, said she 'definitely support[s] funding Metro 100%,' framing transit as equity and safety.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ በዲስትሪክቱ ውስጥ የሚሰሩ ግን በMaryland ወይም Virginia የሚኖሩ ሰዎች ላይ የተጓዥ ግብር (commuter tax) መጣል አለባት (የፌደራል ሕግ ቢፈቅድ)።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Jenkins said she is 'open to the conversation,' noting many people 'enjoy the fishes and the loaves' of DC without contributing to its revenue.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ሁለቱ ሲጋጩ፣ ዲሲ በእያንዳንዱ ፕሮጀክት ላይ የጥልቅ-ተመጣጣኝነት መስፈርቶችን ከማብዛት ይልቅ ተጨማሪ ቤት በፍጥነት መገንባትን — ገበያ-ዋጋን ጨምሮ — ቅድሚያ መስጠት አለባት።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Jenkins said she would 'definitely prioritize deeply affordable housing,' recounting her own wrongful eviction; new production matters little 'if you can't afford to live there.' Affordability-first.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
የዲስትሪክቱ የRFK ስታዲየም / Washington Commanders መልሶ ማልማት ስምምነት፣ በተዋቀረበት መልኩ፣ ለዲሲ ነዋሪዎች ጥሩ ኢንቨስትመንት ነው።
At the April 28, 2026 Fair Elections Program At-Large debate Jenkins called the RFK redevelopment 'a point of contention' for her Deanwood (Ward 7) community, faulting it because 'a lot of those good union jobs were committed to unions outside the District of Columbia'; she would broker local-hiring relationships so residents get construction and hospitality jobs. Critical of the deal as structured.
ምንጮች፦ [DC Fair Elections Program At-Large primary debate (April 28, 2026)]
ዲሲ የሠራተኞችን ጥበቃ ማጠናከር አለባት — የሚከፈልበት የቤተሰብ እና የህክምና ዕረፍትን በማስፋት እና ዝቅተኛ ደመወዝን በማሳደግ — ለአሠሪዎች ወጪ ቢያስከትል እንኳ።
Jenkins champions paid family leave, fair pay for home health and care workers, and investment in the care economy, framing strong worker protections as central to supporting caregivers and families. Supportive.
ምንጮች፦ [Supporting Caregivers, Strengthening D.C. Families — Leniqua'dominique Jenkins for DC Council]
ዲሲ ካምፖችን በማፍረስ ላይ ከመተማመን ይልቅ ቤት አልባነትን ለመፍታት ቋሚ የድጋፍ መኖሪያ ቤትን እና 'Housing First' አገልግሎቶችን ማስፋት አለባት።
Jenkins's housing platform commits to strengthening homelessness-prevention efforts alongside tenant protections and affordable-housing development. Supportive of a prevention- and services-oriented approach, though stated briefly.
ምንጮች፦ [Housing with Dignity — Leniqua'dominique Jenkins for DC Council]
አጠቃላይ ምንጮች
- Leniqua'dominique Jenkins for DC Council — Campaign Website — votejenkinsfordc.com. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-05-29.
- Meet the candidates for an At-Large seat on the DC Council — The 51st — The 51st. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-05-27.
- Youth Engagement, Education Policy — Washington Informer — Washington Informer. የተገኘበት ቀን 2026-05-29.