Jennifer Plumb

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

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.