Jeremy Nunes

Jeremy Nunes is an American comedian, actor, author, and politician. He is a performer in the genres of corporate and Christian comedy.

Political career

Nunes was first elected to office in April 2011. In a five-way race for Village Trustee of Dawson, Illinois, Nunes won with 32 percent of the vote.^[1] In April 2013, Nunes was elected Village President of Dawson, Illinois. He defeated incumbent Bob Day, carrying 77 percent of the vote.^[2] In December 2016, Nunes announced he would not run for re-election and his term expired in May 2017.^[3]

While Mayor, Nunes received significant press coverage. He was awarded "40 Under Forty" by the Springfield Business Journal.^[4] The State Journal-Register featured multiple stories about him. One featured his balance of comedy and local politics^[5] and another discusses his steps to manage a flood crisis while Mayor.^[6] The paper also featured Nunes's idea of a town beautification contest.^[7]

In 2016, Nunes was dubbed "Illinois' Funniest Mayor" by the Illinois Times.^[8]

Author

Nunes wrote an Amazon best-selling humor book, retelling his time as mayor, titled You Can't Write City Hall.^[9] The book received promotion and accolades from The Epoch Times and Midwest Book Review.^[10]

Nunes appeared on Huckabee to both perform and promote the book.^[11] Nunes also appeared on the Adam Kokesh podcast Adam vs the Man to promote the book and discuss his political career.^[12]

Entertainment career

Nunes is a graduate of The Second City and iO Theaters.^[13] He first began doing comedy in 2002, moving to Chicago after winning a local comedy competition.^[14]

He has had numerous small acting roles, including The Empty Man, Lincoln's Secret Killer, The Layover, and Final Witness.^[15]

Nunes has a comedy special on Dry Bar Comedy titled Neighborhood Sasq-Watch^[16] and an Amazon Prime special titled Who's With Me?!,^[17] which released in 2020.

Nunes has been featured on Focus on the Family, profiling his time as mayor and clips of his standup comedy.^[18]

He hosts Dynamite Drop In, a comedy and pro wrestling podcast.^[19]

Nunes was named "Best Comedian" by the Illinois Times in 2020.^[20]

He has parlayed his political career and comedy into a television show titled Right is Right on the streaming network Middle America Media. Nunes is co-host alongside Joe Sixpack.^[21]