Jesse Mullen
Jesse James Mullen (Democratic Party) ran for election for Montana Secretary of State. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Jesse Mullen's career experience includes working as a businessman.
Mullen has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Rotary International
- America's Newspapers
- National Newspaper Association
- Montana Newspaper Association
- Clark Fork Backcountry Horsemen
Elections
2024
See also: Montana Secretary of State election, 2024
General election
General election for Montana Secretary of State
Incumbent Christi Jacobsen defeated Jesse James Mullen and John Lamb in the general election for Montana Secretary of State on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Christi Jacobsen (R)  | 61.4 | 364,319 |
 | Jesse James Mullen (D) | 35.5 | 210,651 | |
 | John Lamb (L) | 3.1 | 18,500 | |
| Total votes: 593,470 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Montana Secretary of State
Jesse James Mullen advanced from the Democratic primary for Montana Secretary of State on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesse James Mullen | 100.0 | 93,063 |
| Total votes: 93,063 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Montana Secretary of State
Incumbent Christi Jacobsen advanced from the Republican primary for Montana Secretary of State on June 4, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christi Jacobsen | 100.0 | 165,405 |
| Total votes: 165,405 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. John Lamb advanced from the Libertarian primary for Montana Secretary of State.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mullen in this election.
2022
See also: Montana state legislative special elections, 2022
General election
Special general election for Montana State Senate District 39
Terry Vermeire defeated Jesse James Mullen in the special general election for Montana State Senate District 39 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Terry Vermeire (R) | 54.7 | 4,491 |
| Jesse James Mullen (D) | 45.3 | 3,725 | |
| Total votes: 8,216 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jesse James Mullen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Mullen’s campaign website stated the following:
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Working For You, With You! The Issues The Election "Problem" & How We Fix It Despite what Christi Jacobsen, Corey Stapleton, and the men dressed in Revolutionary War costumes in front of the county courthouse want you to believe, Montana’s elections are safe and secure. Montana’s elections are among the safest in the US and, by extension, the world. Through the work of Montana’s County Government-based clerks and elections deputies, Montana can provide world-class election reporting and security with few instances of fraud. According to the Heritage Foundation – a conservative think tank – there have been two cases of voter fraud over the past 40 years of Montana elections. The first was a man who submitted his ex-wife’s ballot without her permission in 2011; the second was a man who submitted a voter registration form under the name of “Miguel Raton” (“Mickey Mouse” in Spanish) in 2021. Furthermore, an audit by then-Secretary of State Cory Stapleton in 2020 revealed zero cases of voter fraud. And yet, current Secretary Christi Jacobsen requested a slate of restrictive voter-access policies from the 2021 Montana legislature. Those bills tried to end same-day voter registration, prohibit the use of student I.D.s for voting purposes, and significantly restrict third-party ballot collection. Then, despite the failures to hold up in court, Jacobsen proceeded to illegally and wrongfully advertise falsehoods, particularly in markets likely to vote against her religious and national political beliefs. The constitutional right to vote extends to every eligible Montanan – a fact corroborated by the federal district court that ruled Jacobsen's laws “severely burden the right to vote of Montana voters, particularly Native American voters, students, the elderly, and voters with disabilities.” Jacobsen's continuing efforts to restrict every Montanan’s ability to vote is a disqualifier for the office she holds, plain and simple. She’s since appealed her case to the Montana Supreme Court, spending tens of thousands - soon to be hundreds of thousands - of the public’s tax dollars trying to implement illegal protections to stop a problem that doesn’t exist in Montana. I am committed to upholding Montana’s excellent election security laws and procedures – cases of actual voter fraud must remain vanishingly rare. I’m also committed to making sure every eligible Montanan not only has the right to vote but also the ability to do so without enduring undue hardship. And lastly, I’m committed to supporting our county government officials, who are the true front line and defense against voter fraud in Montana. Trust Land & The Land Board Upon gaining statehood in 1889, Montana was granted title to 5% of its area to generate revenue for public schools. Last year, those roughly 5 million acres of Trust Land earned $120 million through leases for Montana commerce such as agriculture, commercial timber and mining, and commercial and residential property. These are public lands, and most legally accessible trust lands are open for recreational uses. Every Trust Land transaction runs through the state Land Board, which consists of Montana’s top five elected positions: Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Commissioner of Securities & Insurance. It’s one of the many reasons the Secretary of State is such an important office. And why it’s so critical to elect a candidate who will work to maximize revenue for our public schools while also protecting the environmental integrity of and public access to those Trust Lands. In other words, we need a Secretary of State who works for the people of Montana, not for those who have purchased political power in Helena for themselves and their cronies. The state land board cannot be simple “Yes” men and women for the richest Montanans represented by Gov. Greg Gianforte. Board members must be capable of making genuinely independent votes to represent Montanans better. I’m Jesse James Mullen, and I’m running to be your next Secretary of State - so I can do precisely that. As a successful CEO and entrepreneur, I have extensive experience negotiating multi-million dollar deals to obtain the best possible investment results. With attention to detail, I will ensure Montana’s land use contracts prioritize the best of public services and return on investment. Business Services The Montana Secretary of State’s business portal – an inescapable journey for every business owner and organization founder in the state - is an antiquated nightmare of bureaucratic inefficiency. Years of building customer service centers for the most extensive media organizations in the US helped me develop genuine, service-focused, and efficient teams. Our business office should be helping, not hindering, Montana’s small businesses as they build back our economy. The Business Services Division must remain competent, accommodating, and fast. We will do our work quickly and accurately and let Montana’s business community get back to doing what it does best: growing Montana’s diverse private sector. Every time a business is started, or a non-profit is formed, SoS assists in filing official registrations, articles of organization, assumed business names, and trademarks. As a small business owner myself, I can attest that those services have suffered under the current Secretary of State and her mentor, Corey Stapleton. From the user end, work is more complicated and less efficient. Horror stories of week-long turnarounds for functions that are automated processes in most states are commonplace. Overbilling (double, even triple) Montana’s small businesses and then fighting in court, using Montana tax dollars, to avoid processing a refund is an unacceptable level of service to the business community. If a coffee shack on the corner can refund a two-week-old transaction promptly, the Secretary of State sure as heck should be able to. As your next Secretary of State, I will work to restore user experience and efficiency in the Business Services Division while keeping costs down. I will ensure small businesses and organizations get the same attention as large corporations. And I will ensure that my staff and all local officials have the tools they need to keep our economic engines humming. Montana’s hard-working businesses and nonprofits deserve nothing less.[2] |
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| —Jesse Mullen’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
2022
Jesse James Mullen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mullen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Serving the community
- Protecting Montana State Prison and Warm Springs Hospital
- Creating Jobs in District 39
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 18, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Jesse Mullen’s campaign website, “ISSUES,” accessed September 17, 2024
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