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Jesse James Mullen
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Personal
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Profession
Businessman
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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
Image of Christi Jacobsen
Christi Jacobsen (R) Candidate Connection
 
61.4
 
364,319
Image of Jesse James Mullen
Jesse James Mullen (D)
 
35.5
 
210,651
Image of John Lamb
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
Image of Jesse James Mullen
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
Image of Christi Jacobsen
Christi Jacobsen Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Terry Vermeire
Terry Vermeire (R)
 
54.7
 
4,491
Image of Jesse James Mullen
Jesse James Mullen (D) Candidate Connection
 
45.3
 
3,725

Total votes: 8,216
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Candidate Connection

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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Jesse Mullen creates new jobs and puts his money and time where his heart is, District 39. He founded Mullen Newspaper Company in District 39 and recently purchased a printing press to build a commercial print distribution center that is creating new jobs. Mullen Newspaper Company opened a new accounting office in the district serving businesses across the Mountain West. Jesse and his wife, Sasha, are rehabbing a 100-plus-year-old building in Deer Lodge to be converted into a café that will serve locally produced food. Jesse worked his way up from paperboy, to become the senior editorial executive at a $750,000,000/year newspaper company with more than 100 newspapers before returning to his small town roots and starting Mullen Newspaper Company. Mullen Newspaper Company’s mission is to protect small-town newspapers and the communities they serve by ensuring local journalism continues to be produced.
  • Serving the community
  • Protecting Montana State Prison and Warm Springs Hospital
  • Creating Jobs in District 39
Passionate about development of workforce housing, protecting existing employment in District 39 and recruiting new manufacturing.
Montana supports a part-time term-limited citizen legislature. Non-politicians should be encouraged and welcomed.
Cooperation is necessary and integral to the political process.

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Campaign finance summary


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Jesse James Mullen campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Montana Secretary of StateLost general$141,829 $0
2022Montana State Senate District 39Lost general$41,897 $0
Grand total$183,726 $0
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 18, 2022