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Jennifer Plumb

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Jennifer Plumb
Member of the Utah State Senate
from the 9th district
Assumed office
January 1, 2023
Preceded byDerek Kitchen
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Occupationphysician

Jennifer Plumb is an American politician 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.[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. And she is a member of Utah's opioid abuse task force.[3]

Political career

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 primary election in June 2022.[4] Plumb will serve as assistant minority whip in the Utah Senate starting in 2023.[5]

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Category:Living people
Category:21st-century American politicians
Category:Politicians from Salt Lake City
Category:Democratic Party Utah state senators
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:Women state legislators in Utah