Jen Jordan

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." When companies began to boycott Georgia after the bill was passed, Jordan said that she would rather have "people and companies in this state use their economic power for change than not come here at all."

On April 14, 2021, Jordan announced she was running for Attorney General of Georgia, against incumbent Christopher M. Carr. She plans to fight for women's issues, defend voting rights, prevent pollution, create new gun control laws to prevent shootings, and protect children from child predators. If she wins, she will become the first female attorney general of Georgia. She has been endorsed by End Citizens United.

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. On April 8, 2020 a federal judge issued a consent order allowing the plant to continue indefinitely under the terms of the restraining order. Jordan has cited the Sterigenics lawsuit, and Chris Carr's refusal to become involved, as reasons that she is running for Attorney General.

Jordan's District, which includes a broad swath of the Northern Atlanta suburbs, includes a medical sterilization plant called Sterigenics. 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. Jordan sent information about the situation to Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr, asking for their help in resolving the situation in August 2019. 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.

In 2018, Jordan won re-election against Republican Leah Aldridge with 58% of the vote. In 2020, Jordan won re-election against Republican Harrison Lance with 62% of the vote.

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. Jordan promised she would raise the minimum wage in Georgia to $10.10 per hour and give local municipalities the power to set their own wage standards.

On December 5, 2017, she defeated Howard. Her victory in this election ended what had been a Republican supermajority in the State Senate. Jordan defeated Howard by having 10,681 votes (64%), while Howard had only 6,017 votes (36%).

From 2010 to 2014 she served as Of Counsel for the Bird Law Group Professional Corporation. From 2013 to 2015 she ran her own law firm The Jordan Firm. Since 2015 she has been a partner with Shamp, Jordan, & Woodward in Atlanta. In 2018, Jordan won the Golden Rule Insurance Company case, against an insurance agency that had claimed that breast cancer was a pre-existing condition and refused to cover treatments, for an insured patient.

From 2002 to 2004 she was an attorney with Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP in Atlanta. From 2004 to 2008 she was a trial attorney with the Barnes Law Group. During her time at the Barnes Law Group, Jordan was part of the team to litigate Perdue v. Lake, a constitutional challenge to Georgia's 2006 Voter ID Law.

Jennifer Lyn Auer Jordan (born October 17, 1974) is an American lawyer and politician who has represented District 6 in the Georgia State Senate since December 15, 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Jennifer Lyn Auer was born on October 17, 1974, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to Winona Giddens Purser and Michael James Auer. Michael had been stationed at Camp Lejeune since high school. When she was in kindergarten, her parents divorced. After the divorce, Winona moved to Eastman, Georgia, with her two children, Jen and Jessica. Winona was employed as a hairdresser, and the family lived in a small apartment.