Jennifer Jill Dunn (née Blackburn; July 29, 1941 – September 5, 2007)[1] was an American politician and engineer who served six terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing Washington's 8th congressional district.
[3] Dunn was chair of the Washington State Republican Party from 1981 to 1992 and twice a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (1984 and 1990).
[5] In 2000, she served on the presidential election exploratory committee for then-Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Her seat was eventually filled by King County Sheriff Dave Reichert.
She was succeeded in the Romney organization by U.S. Representative Kay Granger of Fort Worth, Texas.