Jesse Mullen | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Jesse James Mullen April 14, 1984 Deer Lodge, Montana, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Wyoming |
Jesse James Mullen is an American publisher, politician, and columnist based in Montana. He owns newspapers and book stores. He is the founder of Mullen Newspaper Company, a media company headquartered in Deer Lodge, Montana. Mullen Newspaper Company owns community newspapers in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, and Washington. [1] He is a candidate for Montana Secretary of State. [2] He is a member of the Montana Democratic Party Executive Board. [3]
Mullen attended Newcastle High School, in Newcastle, Wyoming, [4] then studied journalism at the University of Wyoming. [5]
Mullen worked at various newspapers including The Boomerang, in Laramie, Wyoming and Rawlins Daily Times, in Rawlins, Wyoming. [6]
In 2013, Mullen worked with Civitas Media as an efficiency management expert to manage the editorial consolidation at the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Times Leader; Alton, Illinois Telegraph; Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat; Lima (Ohio) News; Mt. Airy (North Carolina) News; and Lumberton, North Carolina Robesonian. [7] [8]
In 2014, at age 29, he was named one of Editor & Publisher’s 25 most influential executives in the newspaper industry. [9]
In 2015, the Mullen family was featured in the Smithsonian National Postal Museum exhibit [10] “America’s Mailing Industry.”
Mullen is the founder of Mullen Newspaper Company. [11] Mullen was a contributing author to editor Shannon Shelton Miller's "The Dayton Anthology" which reflected on the "traumas and longer-term ills of disinvestment and decay that have plagued [Rust Belt cities]," published by Belt Publishing. [12] [13]
In 2020, Mullen purchased the Bitterroot Star. [14] In 2021, he purchased the St. Maries (Idaho) Gazette-Record. [15] In late 2021, Jesse and his brother, Lloyd Mullen, purchased the Johnson Newspaper Group in Nebraska and Colorado, [16] Kavanagh Newspaper Group in Montana, [17] and Nor’West Publications in Kansas, including the daily newspaper Colby Free Press. [18] Lloyd is part-owner of the Port Townsend (Washington) Leader. [19]
As of 2023, Mullen Newspaper Company manages 20 publications in six Western states. [20]
Mullen is a candidate for Montana's Secretary of State office running against incumbent Christi Jacobsen. [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
Mullen is a member of the Montana Democratic Party Executive Board as an at-large member representing the western district. He was elected on July 22, 2023. [26]
In early 2022, Senate District 39 Democratic Senator Mark Sweeney died of a heart attack. [27] Mullen was nominated during a special convention to be the Democratic Party nominee to fill the remainder of Sweeney’s term, defeating Jessica Wicks, and former state Rep. Gordon Pierson. [28] Mullen lost the special election to Republican nominee and Deer Lodge County Commissioner Terry Vermeire. [29]
Jessica Wicks was appointed by the Deer Lodge County Commissioners to briefly fill the vacant senate seat until the election could take place in November. [28]
Mullen has five children. Mullen is married to Sasha Mullen. [30] He is a Rotarian and has been president of the Philipsburg (Mont.) Rotary Club. [31]
Mullen owns the Montana bookstore chain, Browsing Bison Books. [32] [33]
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