{"title":"Bennion, Jon","description":"\u003cp\u003eJon Bennion was born and raised in Billings, Montana. He earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.umt.edu\/\"\u003eUniversity of Montana\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2004, he authored Big Sky Politics, a book on the history of campaigns and elections in Montana. Following a clerkship with a state district judge in Billings, Jon worked for seven years as Director of Government Relations for the Montana Chamber of Commerce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJon served at the Montana Department of Justice from 2013 to 2020, eventually serving as Chief Deputy Attorney General. He was hired as Director of Government Relations for The Washington Companies at the beginning of 2021, and was named Executive Director of the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation in September of 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"big-sky-politics","title":"Big Sky Politics","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eAvailable May 5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCampaigns \u0026amp; Elections in Modern Montana\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e1945 to 2025\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eJon Bennion\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBig Sky Politics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, now in an updated second edition, details 80 years of Montana candidates, campaigns and elections, including contemporary context and campaign materials, new analysis of the most recent 20 years of Montana elections, campaign finance data for top races, and expanded down-ballot results. This creates a valuable resource for citizens, students, candidates, journalists, and anyone with an interest in Montana's ever-changing political landscape. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBennion's update of this insightful recounting of Montana's elections is a great resource to track the dramatically shifting political winds in the Treasure State during the past two decades--and, more importantly, to tell us how and why it happened.\u003c\/em\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eMike Dennison, Political Journalist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e5.5 x 8.5, paperback\u003cbr\u003eISBN 979-8-218-88829-9\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMontana Free Press\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mountain Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48198548881664,"sku":"979-8-218-88829-9","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2470\/3250\/files\/BigSkyPoliticsCoverBookCover8-frontonly.jpg?v=1774632615"}],"url":"https:\/\/mountain-press.com\/collections\/bennion-jon.oembed","provider":"Mountain Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}