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Jasper Martus

American politician from Michigan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ123508210
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Jasper Martus is an American Democratic politician from Michigan. He was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from the 69th district in the 2022 election. He was reelected in 2024.

He graduated from James Madison College at Michigan State University with a degree in International Relations and a minor in World Religions.

Early Life & Education

Martus was born in 2000 to parents residing in Genesee county, Michigan.

He attended Powers Catholic High School before completing his bachelors from Michigan State University in 2021.

Political career

Martus currently serves in the Michigan House of Representatives for the 69th district, overseeing portions of Genesee county including Flushing, Swartz Creek, Clayton, Mt. Morris, Clio

Starting at 16 years old, he began working for Michigan 8th District U.S. Representative, Dan Kildee, as a staffer.

He's since worked as a Communications Advisor for the MI House Democrats and several campaigns before launching his own electoral bid in 2022; clinching the newly apportioned Michigan house district(2022).

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2022, 2024, 2000, 2021—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000-01. The account is most persuasive where Jasper, Martus and American can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from Jasper Martus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.