Jennifer Schultz | |
State House: | Minnesota |
District: | 7A |
Term Start: | January 6, 2015 |
Term End: | January 2, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Tom Huntley |
Successor: | Alicia Kozlowski |
Party: | Democratic |
Children: | 2 |
Jennifer Schultz is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 7A in northeastern Minnesota. She is currently running for U.S. Congress in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District.
Schultz was raised in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.[1] She attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a Ph.D. in health services research, policy, and administration, with a concentration in health economics.[2]
Schultz is married with two children and resides in Duluth, Minnesota. She is a professor of health care economics at the University of Minnesota Duluth.[3]
On March 28, 2022, Schultz announced that she was running for Congress in Minnesota's 8th congressional district.[4] She won the August 9 DFL primary with 86.15% of the vote,[5] and lost the November 8 general election.[6]