{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jennifer Longdon | image = Jennifer Longdon by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = | 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 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/08/31/voters-send-some-candidates-from-varsity-to-the-bench/ |title=Voters send some candidates from 'varsity' to the bench |work=The Arizona Capitol Times |access-date=January 14, 2019 |date=August 31, 2018 |author=Pineda, Paulina}}</ref>
In January 2024, Longdon resigned from the Arizona House to work on healthcare policy at a nonprofit organization.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2024/01/25/arizona-rep-jennifer-longdon-resigns-seat-for-health-care-policy-job/72359038007/ |title=Jennifer Longdon, a champion for gun-violence prevention, resigns from Arizona Legislature |work=AZ Central |access-date=January 26, 2024 |date=January 25, 2024 |author=Pitzl, Mary Jo}}</ref>
Longdon was paralyzed in 2004 in a random drive-by shooting.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/interactive/feature-gun-control-survivor-detail-jennifer-longdon/ |title=America's Gun Violence Epidemic – Jennifer Longdon |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 14, 2019 |author=Garber-Paul, Elisabeth}}</ref> She served on the Phoenix Mayor's Commission on Disability Issues,<ref name="arizonalist" /> on the advisory board of Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Public Impact Panel,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jenlongdonforhouse.com/ |title=Meet Jen |access-date=January 14, 2019 |publisher=Jen Longdon for House}}</ref> and as president of Arizonans for Gun Safety.<ref name="arizonalist">{{cite web |title=2020 Jen Longdon |url=https://arizonalist.org/endorsed/jen-longdon-2/ |website=Arizona List |access-date=20 January 2021 |quote=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. |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128114516/https://arizonalist.org/endorsed/jen-longdon-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Michael Bloomberg 2020 Presidential Campaign == In 2020, Longdon endorsed Michael Bloomberg's campaign for president, and volunteered in canvassing efforts in her home district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-23 |title=LD 24 Canvass for Mike · Bloomberg 2020 for Arizona |url=https://www.mobilize.us/mikebloombergaz/event/210400/ |access-date=2022-07-23 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223124135/https://www.mobilize.us/mikebloombergaz/event/210400/ |archive-date=23 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AZ for Mike on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B9PomLiH4D0/ |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Instagram}}</ref> In January that year, Longdon's state legislature campaign manager Amber Rivera resigned and joined the Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whitman |first=Elizabeth |title=Is Bloomberg's Pledge to Help Arizona Democrats Backfiring? |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/arizona-bloomberg-president-democratic-money-election-2020-trump-11450767 |access-date=2022-07-23 |website=Phoenix New Times |language=en}}</ref>
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