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American politician in Utah From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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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 | |
Political party | Democratic |
Occupation | physician |
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 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]
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