Jen Gross

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

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| name = Jen Gross

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| state_senate = Montana

| state = Montana

| district = 25th

| term_start = January 2, 2017

| preceded = Robyn Driscoll

| succeeded = Dennis Lenz

| party = Democratic

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| birth_place = Billings, Montana

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| alma_mater = Montana State University Billings

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| term_end = January 6, 2025

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Jen Gross is a Democratic member of the Montana Senate, where she represents District 25.{{cite web|title=Jen Gross|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jen_Gross|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=10 January 2018}} She was first elected in 2016.{{cite news|title=Montana 25th District State Senate Results: Jen Gross Wins|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/montana-state-senate-district-25|work=The New York Times|date=August 2017 |accessdate=10 January 2018}} Gross was re-elected to the state senate in 2020.{{cite web |title=Montana State Senate - District 25 Election Results |url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/elections/results/race/2020-11-03-state-senate-MT-28140/ |website=The Shreveport Times |date=November 20, 2020}}

Gross has worked as a community organizer and on political campaigns since 2008. She was the manager of field operations at Planned Parenthood of Montana when she was appointed as the replacement candidate for SD 25 in August 2016.{{cite news|title=Dems pick Gross to run for SD 25|url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/dems-pick-gross-to-run-for-sd/article_84f15571-dc9d-55fc-bd0b-f8af510aae76.html|accessdate=10 January 2018|publisher=Billings Gazette|date=August 18, 2016}}{{cite news|title=Jen Gross SD 25|url=http://billingsgazette.com/jen-gross-sd/article_6a429aa0-7151-54f8-a21f-e149973ffc3f.html|accessdate=10 January 2018|publisher=Billings Gazette|date=October 9, 2016}}

In December 2019, The Washington Post detailed how an editorial in the Billings Gazette against Medicare-for-all by Gross{{Cite web |title=Guest opinion: Single payer isn't realistic U.S. health care model |last=Bellinghausen |first=Pat |work=The Billings Gazette |date=2 July 2019 |access-date=2 December 2019 |url= https://billingsgazette.com/opinion/columnists/guest-opinion-single-payer-isn-t-realistic-u-s-health/article_d84c647f-5d31-529d-8a65-ff99a99d32d9.html}} was drafted with the help of a lobbying group, Partnership for America's Health Care Future. Gross said she writes less than half of her op-eds.{{Cite news |title=State lawmakers acknowledge lobbyists helped craft their op-eds attacking Medicare-for-all |author= |newspaper=The Washington Post |date= |access-date=2 December 2019 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/02/state-lawmakers-acknowledge-lobbyists-helped-craft-their-op-eds-attacking-medicare-for-all/?wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1 |quote=Gross, who acknowledged writing less than half of her op-eds, said that when she worked at Planned Parenthood, she frequently provided “templates” for young people who needed help drafting statements, adding that this practice occurs elsewhere as well. Gross also said she listened to MacDonald’s description of the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future and supported the group’s message. }}