Jennifer Plumb | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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. In 2024, she passed SB061 which restricted the sale of flavored e-cigarettes (except for tobacco and menthol) and created a registry of products approved for sale so long as they met the flavoring requirement, were 4.0% nicotine or less, and were authorized to be sold by the FDA.
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 general election and won with 99.4% of the vote. In 2023, Plumb began serving as Assistant Minority Whip in the Utah Senate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |