Jennifer Lunsford is an American Democratic Party politician, lawyer, and community volunteer who currently represents New York State Assembly district 135, which includes parts of Monroe County.
11 Facts About Jennifer Lunsford
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Jennifer Lunsford's mother was a secretary and sales manager, while her father was a stay-at-home dad.
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Jennifer Lunsford worked as a paralegal before attending the Boston University School of Law, where she focused on health care law.
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Jennifer Lunsford then moved to Rochester, New York, where she works as a litigator, primarily representing plaintiffs in personal injury, workers' compensation, and Social Security Disability Insurance.
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In 2018, Jennifer Lunsford unsuccessfully ran for the 55th district seat in the New York State Senate, losing narrowly to Republican state senator Rich Funke.
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Jennifer Lunsford campaigned again in 2020, but dropped out to run for the assembly.
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Jennifer Lunsford narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Mark Johns during the elections of 2020.
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Jennifer Lunsford co-sponsored legislation to outlaw use of tear gas and pepper spray on minors in February 2021, after an incident the previous month in which a suicidal 9-year-old girl was sprayed in the face.
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In early March 2021, Jennifer Lunsford was among a bipartisan group of legislators from the Rochester area to support revoking the emergency powers that Governor Andrew Cuomo had been granted in order to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, citing the progress that had been made up until that time and allegations that his administration had mishandled death numbers in the New York COVID-19 nursing home scandal.
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Jennifer Lunsford noted that the COVID-19 pandemic had worsened the child care situation in New York.
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Jennifer Lunsford sponsored the bill, which clarified that child care constitutes good cause, a matter which had been decided inconsistently by courts and the unemployment insurance appeal board at the New York State Department of Labor.