Actor, filmmaker, author and environmental activist, Jesse Johnson entered politics to oppose the brutal process of mountaintop removal in his home state of West Virginia. Jesse ran for Governor of West Virginia in 2005 and US Senator in 2006. In 2007, as chairman of the Virginia Mountain Party, Jesse was invited to the 2007 National Green Party Convention to consider affiliating his state’s environmental political group with that of the Greens.
Since then, Jesse has been working to get the Secretary of Election of WV to accept the affiliation and gain ballot access for the Green Party in his state.