Jennifer Plumb
Jennifer Plumb is an Politics of [the United States|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
Jennifer Plumb is a pediatric emergency department doctor 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. She is also a member of Utah's opioid abuse task force.Political career
Jennifer Plumb ran against incumbent Senator Derek Kitchen in 2018 and lost.In a 2022 rematch of that contest, Plumb defeated Kitchen by 61 votes in the Democratic primary election for the redistricted 9th district. She faced a write-in candidate in the 2022 [Utah Senate election|general election] and won with 99.4% of the vote. In 2023, Plumb began serving as Assistant Minority Whip in the Utah Senate.