Jennifer Plumb | |
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Member of the Utah State Senate from the 9th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Derek Kitchen (Redistricting) |
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Political party | Democratic |
Occupation | physician |
Jennifer Plumb is an American politician and pediatric trauma doctor from Salt Lake City, Utah. She represents Utah's 9th senate district in the Utah State Senate.
Jennifer Plumb is a pediatric emergency department doctor.[1] She has a Masters' degree in public health.[2] She is the director of Utah Naloxone, which she founded in 2015, after her brother died of a heroin overdose. As an opioid mitigation advocate she lobbied for legislation on syringe exchanges and naloxone access.[3] She is also a member of Utah's opioid abuse task force.[4]
Jennifer Plumb ran against incumbent Senator Derek Kitchen in 2018 and lost.
In a rematch of that contest, Plumb defeated Kitchen by just 61 votes in the democratic primary election for senate district 9 in June 2022.[5] Facing only a write-in candidate, she won 99% of the votes in the 2022 Utah Senate election.[6] Plumb will serve as assistant minority whip in the Utah Senate starting in 2023.[7]
Members of the Utah State Senate | |
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65th State Legislature (2023–2024)
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