birth_place party name birth_date article_title birth_name alma_mater
charleston , west virginia , u.s. mountain party jesse johnson 2 march 1959 jesse johnson -lrb- politician -rrb-
 jesse c. johnson , jr. marshall of charleston west liberty university university north carolina school of the arts university
jesse johnson -lrb- politician -rrb-

jesse c. johnson , jr. -lrb- born march 2 , 1959 -rrb- has been an executive committee member and former chair and vice chair of the mountain party , the west virginia affiliate of the green party of the united states .
he has three times been his party 's nominee for governor of west virginia , and twice for west virginia 's class 1 u.s. senate seat , running in 2006 and again in the special election in 2010 .
johnson lost both times to the democratic party nominee .
he has also been a filmmaker , actor , and theatrical producer .
