Jen Day

Jen Day (born July 28, 1981) is an American politician and weightlifter.

[1] She participated in the IFW World Masters Championship weightlifting competition in 2016, finishing in 7th place.

[2] She ran for a seat in the state's unicameral legislature in 2020, defeating incumbent Andrew La Grone.

The race was marked by an incident in which La Grone's campaign mailed an attack ad flier to voters with a misidentified photograph — the flyer featured a volunteer on Day's campaign mislabeled as Day herself.

[4] As a member of the legislature's education committee, Day has advocated for school epilepsy safety[5] and for freedom of the press for high school student newspapers.