MT Senate: Steve Bullock (D)
PROFILE
About Bullock:
Steve Bullock is the governor of Montana. He assumed office on January 7, 2013. His current term ends on January 4, 2021. Bullock is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Montana.
Bullock was born in 1966 in Missoula, Mont., and grew up in Helena. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1988 and Columbia University Law School in 1994. He became the chief legal counsel of Montana’s secretary of state in 1997. The following year, the Senate hopeful worked at the Montana state attorney general’s office.
In 2001, Bullock was a law adjunct professor at George Washington University School of Law and shortly after had his own law practice in Helena, Mont.
Bullock was first elected governor of Montana in 2012 and was re-elected in 2016. During his time as governor, Bullock was a member of the executive committee of the National Governors Association during the 2014–2015 term and chairperson of the association for the 2018–2019 term. Prior to being elected governor of Montana, Bullock served one term as Montana attorney general from 2009 to 2013.
Most recently, Bullock ran a campaign for the 2020 Presidential election. He announced his intentions to run for election in May 2019 but later suspended his presidential bid in December 2019.
As a two-term Montana governor, Bullock worked across the aisle to strengthen Montana’s economy, invest in public schools, freeze college tuition and expand career training.
The senate candidate currently resides in Helena with his wife Lisa, and their three children— Caroline, Alex, and Cameron.
