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 | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Utah State Senate from the 9th district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Derek Kitchen (Redistricting) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Occupation | physician |
Education and career
editJennifer 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]
Political career
editJennifer Plumb ran against incumbent Senator Derek Kitchen in 2018 and lost.
In a 2022 rematch of that contest, Plumb defeated Kitchen by just 61 votes in the Democratic primary election for the redistricted 9th district.[5] She was effectively unopposed (facing only a write-in candidate) in the general election.[6] Plumb began serving as assistant minority whip in the Utah Senate the following year.[7]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jen Plumb builds her lead over Sen. Derek Kitchen, but it remains oh so tight," The Salt Lake Tribune, July 7, 2022
- ^ "A doctor focused on preventing drug overdose deaths in Salt Lake City now plans to run for Jim Dabakis’ state Senate seat," The Salt Lake Tribune, March 11, 2018
- ^ Apgar, Blake (2022-06-03). "Millennial vs. Gen X: Age emerges as an issue in Kitchen-Plumb Utah Senate race". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ "600 lives saved, overdoses reversed through partnership with law enforcement agencies," KSL, Dec. 5, 2022
- ^ "How Jen Plumb plans to help her progressive district in a GOP supermajority world," KUER, July 15, 2022
- ^ Hudson, Vanessa. "With Votes Finalized, Here are the Utah Midterm Results Students Should Know About". The Daily Utah Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ^ "Meet the women running the all-female leadership teams in Utah’s government," Deseret News, Nov. 29, 2022