DemocratNot in office · last served 2022Last on a ballot: Nov 2020
Jessica L. Karjala
Last held office: Montana House of Representatives, District 48 (2014–2022). Ran in 5 elections between 2014 and 2020, winning 5.
- Last margin
- +5.5
- Won 2020
- Elections
- 5
- 2014–2020
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Karjala was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Montana House of Representatives, District 48
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Karjala has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Karjala won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Montana House of Representatives, District 48 | General | Won | Leigh Verrill-Rhys (R) | 52.8% | D+5.5 | R+4.0 | |
| 2018 | Montana House of Representatives, District 48 | General | Won | Dave Johnson (R) | 54.3% | D+8.7 | R+4.0 | |
| 2016 | Montana House of Representatives, District 48 | General | Won | Robert Saunders (R) | 55.1% | D+10.2 | R+4.0 | |
| 2014 | Montana House of Representatives, District 48 | General | Won | Dennis Lenz (R) | 52.3% | D+4.7 | — | |
| 2014 | Montana House of Representatives, District 48 | Primary | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Karjala has held
- Montana House of Representatives, District 48 · 2014–2022
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Karjala has run against
- Leigh Verrill-Rhys (R) · 2020 election, won
- Dave Johnson (R) · 2018 election, won
- Robert Saunders (R) · 2016 election, won
- Dennis Lenz (R) · 2014 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive