John Jenkins

The Lewiston Sun Journal has this interview with Auburn mayor John Jenkins, one of the few black politicians in the state, on President-elect Barack Obama’s victory.

Check it out here.

On the WLOB News Talk radio show on Wednesday, Auburn Mayor John Jenkins expressed his support for the re-election of State Senator Lois Snowe-Mello. 

Auburn voters re-elected Mayor John Jenkins as a write-in candidateWhen a group of citizens approached Auburn Mayor John Jenkins in August, and asked if he'd serve another term if elected as a write-in, he said sure, write-in candidates never win anyway.

When a community-wide grassroots effort went underway to reelect him, and thousands of requests poured in for him to run, he still shrugged it off.

On Election Day, he won by a 2-to-1 margin, with 2,166 votes. Overwhelmed, he took the job. He beat Eric Samson, who had 1,305 votes, and Fred Sanborn, with 514.