Steve Bullock was born on April 11, 1966, in Missoula, Montana, and grew up in Helena. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1988 with a Bachelor's degree and Columbia University Law School in 1994 with a Juris Doctor degree.
Bullock worked for a law firm in New York City before being hired as chief legal counsel to Montana's Secretary of State in 1996. In 1997, he moved to the state Attorney General's office, first as executive assistant attorney general and later as acting chief deputy attorney general and legislative director.
Bullock ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for Attorney General in 2000. In 2001, he became an adjunct professor at George Washington University School of Law, after which he had a private law practice in Helena. Bullock was elected as Montana's Attorney General in 2008 serving until 2013.
Bullock was elected Governor of Montana on November 6, 2012, by a margin of 1.6 percentage points over Republican challenger Rick Hill. He was re-elected to the office in 2016, winning by 3.9 points. In 2018, he was appointed the Chairman of the National Governors Association.
