Jennifer Longdon Explained

Jennifer Longdon
State House:Arizona
District:5th
Alongside:Amish Shah
Term Start:January 9, 2023
Term End:January 26, 2024
Predecessor:Leo Biasiucci
Successor:Sarah Liguori
State House1:Arizona
District1:24th
Alongside1:Amish Shah
Term Start1:January 14, 2019
Term End1:January 9, 2023
Predecessor1:Lela Alston
Successor1:Lydia Hernandez
Party:Democratic
Residence:Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Signature:Jennifer Longdon Signature.png

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, on the advisory board of Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Public Impact Panel,[4] and as president of Arizonans for Gun Safety.[5]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Voters send some candidates from 'varsity' to the bench . The Arizona Capitol Times . January 14, 2019 . August 31, 2018 . Pineda, Paulina.
  2. Web site: Jennifer Longdon, a champion for gun-violence prevention, resigns from Arizona Legislature . AZ Central . January 26, 2024 . January 25, 2024 . Pitzl, Mary Jo.
  3. America's Gun Violence Epidemic – Jennifer Longdon . Rolling Stone . January 14, 2019 . Garber-Paul, Elisabeth.
  4. Web site: Meet Jen . January 14, 2019 . Jen Longdon for House.
  5. Web site: 2020 Jen Longdon . Arizona List . 20 January 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. . January 28, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210128114516/https://arizonalist.org/endorsed/jen-longdon-2/ . dead .
  6. Web site: 2020-02-23 . LD 24 Canvass for Mike · Bloomberg 2020 for Arizona . 2022-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200223124135/https://www.mobilize.us/mikebloombergaz/event/210400/ . 23 February 2020 . dead.
  7. Web site: AZ for Mike on Instagram . 2022-07-22 . Instagram.
  8. Web site: Whitman . Elizabeth . Is Bloomberg's Pledge to Help Arizona Democrats Backfiring? . 2022-07-23 . Phoenix New Times . en.