Jennifer Longdon

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Jennifer Longdon

|image = Jennifer Longdon by Gage Skidmore.jpg

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|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

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|party = Democratic

|residence = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

|signature=Jennifer Longdon Signature.png

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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.{{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}}

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

Longdon was paralyzed in 2004 in a random drive-by shooting.{{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}} She served on the Phoenix Mayor's Commission on Disability Issues, on the advisory board of Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Public Impact Panel,{{cite web |url=http://jenlongdonforhouse.com/ |title=Meet Jen |access-date=January 14, 2019 |publisher=Jen Longdon for House}} and as president of Arizonans for Gun Safety.{{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 }}