Jennifer Longdon

Jennifer Longdon
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 5th district
In office
January 9, 2023 – January 26, 2024
Serving with Amish Shah
Preceded byLeo Biasiucci
Succeeded bySarah Liguori
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 24th district
In office
January 14, 2019 – January 9, 2023
Serving with Amish Shah
Preceded byLela Alston
Succeeded byLydia Hernandez
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
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Jennifer "Jen" Longdon is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 5 from 2023 to 2024. She previously represented District 24 from 2019 to 2023. Longdon was elected in 2018 to succeed State Representative Lela Alston, who instead ran for State Senate.[1]

In January 2024, Longdon resigned from the Arizona House to work on healthcare policy at a nonprofit organization.[2]

Longdon was paralyzed in 2004 in a random drive-by shooting.[3] She served on the Phoenix Mayor's Commission on Disability Issues,[4] on the advisory board of Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Public Impact Panel,[5] and as president of Arizonans for Gun Safety.[4]

Michael Bloomberg 2020 Presidential Campaign

In 2020, Longdon endorsed Michael Bloomberg's campaign for president, and volunteered in canvassing efforts in her home district.[6][7] In January that year, Longdon's state legislature campaign manager Amber Rivera resigned and joined the Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign.[8]

References

  1. ^ Pineda, Paulina (August 31, 2018). "Voters send some candidates from 'varsity' to the bench". The Arizona Capitol Times. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Pitzl, Mary Jo (January 25, 2024). "Jennifer Longdon, a champion for gun-violence prevention, resigns from Arizona Legislature". AZ Central. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  3. ^ Garber-Paul, Elisabeth. "America's Gun Violence Epidemic – Jennifer Longdon". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "2020 Jen Longdon". Arizona List. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021. A recent former president of Arizonans for Gun Safety, Jen worked with the City of Phoenix to organize Arizona's largest gun buyback program which removed over 2,000 firearms from our street.
  5. ^ "Meet Jen". Jen Longdon for House. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "LD 24 Canvass for Mike · Bloomberg 2020 for Arizona". February 23, 2020. Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "AZ for Mike on Instagram". Instagram. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  8. ^ Whitman, Elizabeth. "Is Bloomberg's Pledge to Help Arizona Democrats Backfiring?". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved July 23, 2022.