Jesse Mermell

Jesse Mermell (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on September 1, 2020.

Mermell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Jesse Mermell was born in Honesdale, PA. She studied at Boston College.^[1]

Elections

2020

Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (September 1 Democratic primary)

Massachusetts' 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (September 1 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4

Jake Auchincloss defeated Julie Hall in the general election for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jake Auchincloss (D)	60.8	251,102
	Julie Hall (R)	38.9	160,474
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,247

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 412,823
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4 on September 1, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jake Auchincloss	22.4	35,361
	Jesse Mermell	21.0	33,216
	Becky Grossman	18.1	28,578
	Natalia Linos	11.6	18,364
	Ihssane Leckey	11.1	17,539
	Alan Khazei	9.1	14,440
	Chris Zannetos (Unofficially withdrew)	3.3	5,135
	Dave Cavell (Unofficially withdrew)	1.6	2,498
	Ben Sigel	1.6	2,465
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	242

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 157,838
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4

Julie Hall defeated David Rosa in the Republican primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4 on September 1, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Julie Hall	62.8	19,394
	David Rosa	36.6	11,296
	Other/Write-in votes	0.6	182

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,872
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

Jesse Mermell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mermell's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Jesse Mermell has spent her life taking on the toughest fights - both big and small - to serve Massachusetts and turn our progressive values into reality. From the front lines as a leader at Planned Parenthood and local elected official to the halls of the State House as a senior adviser to Governor Deval Patrick, Jesse is a public servant with a record of getting things done. She has successfully advocated on the most pressing issues facing our state and country alongside the state's progressive business leaders on behalf of policies to protect workers. She has rolled up her sleeves to tackle climate change and made the case for increased and equitable investments in transportation. For more than 20 years, Jesse's fights have been our fights - and she is ready to lead on them in Congress.

Jesse knows firsthand the good that can come when we work together and put our progressive ideas into action. She's running for Congress to use her experience to fight Donald Trump's dangerous agenda and to fight for the future that everyone in Massachusetts' Fourth Congressional District deserves. Jesse is running for Congress to live, represent, and act on the values that her Grandma instilled in her decades ago: to give back to the community, to care about our neighbors, and to fight for others.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

To serve her community, Jesse became the youngest person elected to the Brookline Select Board. As a Select Board Member, Jesse fought to make a difference in people's everyday lives, from potholes and trash pick-up to leading the charge on climate change by banning plastic bags and styrofoam, updating the Town's climate action plan, and establishing Climate Week to encourage learning and engagement in Brookline around climate change. Jesse later became Governor Deval Patrick's Communications Director where she helped the Governor make good on his progressive platform for Massachusetts and, with his support, spearheaded the Governor's Strong Women Strong Families initiative. In the fight for workers' rights, increasing the minimum wage, equal pay, earned sick time, equitable investments in transportation, and paid family and medical leave, Jesse served as President for the Alliance for Business Leadership. As President, Jesse worked with progressive business leaders across Massachusetts, promoting the belief that social responsibility and the sustainable growth of the Massachusetts economy go hand in hand. To fight for women's rights and our progressive values, Jesse served as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus and the Vice President for External Affairs at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts where she fought for comprehensive sex education in public schools and for the inclusion of birth control and other reproductive health care.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

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Footnotes

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Massachusetts' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Edward Markey (D)

Elizabeth Warren (D)

Representatives

District 1

Richard Neal (D)

District 2

Jim McGovern (D)

District 3

Lori Trahan (D)

District 4

Jake Auchincloss (D)

District 5

Katherine Clark (D)

District 6

Seth Moulton (D)

District 7

Ayanna Pressley (D)

District 8

Stephen Lynch (D)

District 9

Bill Keating (D)

Democratic Party (11)

[bio-1] Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 28, 2020

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Jesse Mermell

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Biography

Elections

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Massachusetts District 4

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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