Public service has always been at the core of my values. I believe we have an obligation to one another, to leave our state and our world in a better place than we found it, and to improve opportunities for our children and grandchildren.

Because when all is said and done, more important than the money we make, the awards we win or the monuments we build, is the legacy of service we live and leave for future generations.

Our next Attorney General can be in a position to shape that legacy. And I need your help.

This is an exciting time around the Bullock house. Caroline turns 6 in April, her little sister Alex is three and their little brother Cameron had his first birthday in October. It goes without saying that Lisa and I are busy and focused on these energetic kids.

In many ways, it is the focus on my kids – and by extension to the future of all Montana’s children – that drives me to seek this important office.

Having served in the Attorney General’s office as both the Executive Assistant Attorney General and as Acting Chief Deputy Attorney General, I know the critical role the office can play in shaping our future. For me, it all comes back to our kids.

I want to do everything I can to provide for my kids, and for every child, all the promise and potential this state holds.

If I am fortunate enough to serve as your next Attorney General, I will start every day by asking whether we are doing everything we can to protect Montana’s kids – on their playgrounds, in their homes and on their computers. Even here in Montana, our corner of the world is changing, and we must have an Attorney General who is anticipating and addressing those changes, not simply reacting as the train passes us by.

Are we doing all that we can to protect Montana’s treasures – our rivers and our quiet places?

Are we fostering a business environment that builds on our natural assets and protects workers and consumers from fraud and abuse? Are we doing all we can to support and assist local law enforcement?

Are we respecting our small business and farm and ranch heritage by ensuring that Montana interests get a fair shake in an increasingly global marketplace?

When a parent or a small business gets taken advantage of by an unscrupulous lender, the adults are not the only ones who pay the price. When a Montana small business is faced with having to pay more for its products because of illegal price-fixing, the change in company’s bottom line has an impact in the households of employers and employees alike.

I will be spending the eleven months visiting with Montanans about the future – about what we can do – as communities and individuals – to transform and improve our state.

Doing   so will take a lot of time, a lot of work, and a financial sacrifice. My family and I have made this commitment willingly because we want to make sure that the Montana in which our kids are raised is even better than the Montana in which my wife and I were raised.

I hope you will join me in this journey.