She served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 80th district from 2017 to 2019.
She defeated representative Kasha Kelley in the Republican primary with 52.7% of the vote and she won the general election against Democrat Michelle Schiltz with 68.7% of the vote.
[3][4] Judd-Jenkins described herself as a "fiscally conservative, moderate Republican", who won the election with aims of expanding Medicaid and solving the state's financial issues.
[7] In June 2017, she joined a group of seven House Republicans who voted to override Governor Sam Brownback's veto of SB 30, passing into law a repeal of the governor's 2012 tax policy.
[8] She was unseated by Bill Rhiley in the 2018 Republican primary, receiving 41.9% of the vote.