Jennifer Plumb
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) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (B.S.), University of Utah (M.P.H, MD) |
| 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.
Education and career
[edit | edit source]Jennifer Plumb is a pediatric emergency department doctor[1] and 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.[2] She is also a member of Utah's opioid abuse task force.[3]
Political career
[edit | edit source]Jennifer Plumb ran against incumbent Senator Derek Kitchen in 2018 and lost.[4]
In a 2022 rematch of that contest, Plumb defeated Kitchen by 61 votes in the Democratic primary election for the redistricted 9th district.[5] She faced a write-in candidate in the general election and won with 99.4% of the vote.[6] In 2023, Plumb began serving as Assistant Minority Whip in the Utah Senate.[7]
Election History
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Jennifer Plumb | 32,817 | 99.4% | |
| Write-in | 213 | 0.6% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jennifer Plumb | 4,383 | 50.4% | |
| Democratic | Derek Kitchen (Incumbent) | 4,322 | 49.6% | |
External links
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "Jen Plumb builds her lead over Sen. Derek Kitchen, but it remains oh so tight," The Salt Lake Tribune, July 7, 2022
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- ^ "600 lives saved, overdoses reversed through partnership with law enforcement agencies," KSL, Dec. 5, 2022
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- ^ "How Jen Plumb plans to help her progressive district in a GOP supermajority world," KUER, July 15, 2022
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- ^ "Meet the women running the all-female leadership teams in Utah’s government," Deseret News, Nov. 29, 2022
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