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- ↑ "A doctor focused on preventing drug overdose deaths in Salt Lake City now plans to run for Jim Dabakis’ state Senate seat," The Salt Lake Tribune, March 11, 2018
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- ↑ "600 lives saved, overdoses reversed through partnership with law enforcement agencies," KSL, Dec. 5, 2022
- ↑ "How Jen Plumb plans to help her progressive district in a GOP supermajority world," KUER, July 15, 2022
- ↑ Hudson, Vanessa. "With Votes Finalized, Here are the Utah Midterm Results Students Should Know About". The Daily Utah Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
- ↑ "Meet the women running the all-female leadership teams in Utah’s government," Deseret News, Nov. 29, 2022