Jen Jordan

Jennifer Lyn Auer Jordan (born October 17, 1974)[1] is an American lawyer and politician who represented District 6 in the Georgia State Senate from 2017 to 2023.

[3] Jordan was part of the team to litigate Perdue v. Lake, a constitutional challenge to the 2006 Photo ID Act.

[9] In 2017, Jordan beat 7 competitors to compete in a runoff election against Democrat Jaha Howard for the Georgia State Senate's 6th district after Hunter Hill resigned in order to run for governor.

[10] In early 2021, Jordan was outspoken in her opposition to SB 202, claiming that the bill amounted to a "hostile takeover of local elections boards.

In 2019, testing revealed that neighborhoods around the plant were experiencing spikes in the amount of ethylene oxide, a chemical which can cause cancer, in the air.

[16] In September 2019, she sued the Georgia Environmental Protection Division in response to a consent order which permitted the plant to continue operating with some limitations despite releasing toxins, arguing that the company had unlawfully entered into an agreement which endangered her neighbors and constituents with the EPD.

A temporary restraining order issued on April 1, 2020, allowed the plant to resume full operations despite the pending lawsuit due to increased need for medical sterilization during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Jordan cited the Sterigenics lawsuit, and Chris Carr's refusal to become involved, as reasons she decided to run for Attorney General in the 2022 elections.

[20] Jordan opposed the bill; giving a speech about her own experiences with pregnancy loss and prenatal medical care and asking Republican lawmakers not to "insert [themselves] in the most personal, private, and wrenching decisions that women make every single day.

Jordan sitting next to Bee Nguyen while discussing abortion laws. (May 15, 2019)