Linda McCulloch

Linda McCulloch


Secretary of State of Montana
Incumbent
Assumed office January 5, 2009
Governor	Brian Schweitzer Steve Bullock
Preceded by	Brad Johnson
Succeeded by	Corey Stapleton (Elect)
Personal details
Born	(1954-12-21) December 21, 1954 Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Montana, Missoula (BA, MA)

Linda McCulloch is the current secretary of state of Montana. She is the first female Secretary of the State of Montana.^[1]

McCulloch is a Democrat and was elected to the office in November 2008 and took office in January 2009. She defeated Republican Brad Johnson. McCulloch previously served as state superintendent of public instruction from 2001 to 2009. She was also in the Montana House of Representatives, from 1995 to 2001.

McCulloch won re-election in 2012 for another 4 year term. In 2016, she will be ineligible to run again due to term limits.

Electoral history

Montana House of Representatives 70th District Election, 1994
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Linda McCulloch	1,771	50.66
Republican	Tim Sayles	1,725	49.34

Montana House of Representatives 70th District Election, 1996
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Linda McCulloch (inc.)	2,689	62.48
Republican	Drew Lesofski	1,486	34.53
Libertarian	E. L. Bernosky	129	3.00

Montana House of Representatives 70th District Election, 1998
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Linda McCulloch (inc.)	2,053	60.26
Republican	Hal Schaible	1,354	39.74

Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Democratic Primary Election, 2000
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Linda McCulloch	31,572	34.39
Democratic	Gail Gray	31,508	34.32
Democratic	Mike Schwinden	28,739	31.30

Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Election, 2000
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Linda McCulloch	206,941	53
Republican	Elaine Sollie Herman	162,069	41
Reform	Larry Foust	22,952	6

Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Democratic Primary Election, 2004
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Linda McCulloch (inc.)	75,504	86.49
Democratic	Clarence Kimm, Sr.	11,797	13.51

Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Election, 2004
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Linda McCulloch (inc.)	246,204	56.89
Republican	Bob Anderson	186,338	43.06

Montana Secretary of State Election, 2008
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Linda McCulloch	233,717	49.32
Republican	Brad Johnson (inc.)	228,412	48.20
Constitution	Sieglinde Sharbono	11,722	2.47

Montana Secretary of State Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Linda McCulloch (inc.)	245,024	51.41
Republican	Brad Johnson	214,976	45.10
Libertarian	Roger Roots	16,622	3.49

References

↑ State of Montana. "About the Montana Secretary of State". Retrieved 30 November 2012.

External links

Official site

Political offices
Preceded by Brad Johnson	Secretary of State of Montana 2009–present	Succeeded by Corey Stapleton Elect

Current statewide political officials of Montana

U.S. Senators	Steve Daines Jon Tester

U.S. Representative	Ryan Zinke, At-large representative

State government	Steve Bullock, Governor Mike Cooney, Lieutenant Governor Linda McCulloch, Secretary of State Tim Fox, Attorney General Monica Lindeen, Auditor

Senate	Jim Peterson, President Bruce Tutvedt, President pro tempore Jeff Essmann, Majority Leader Carol Williams, Minority Leader

House	Mike Milburn, Speaker Janna Taylor, Speaker pro tempore Tom McGillvray, Majority Leader Jon Sesso, Minority Leader

Supreme Court	Mike McGrath, Chief Justice Laurie McKinnon, Associate Justice Patricia Cotter, Associate Justice James Rice, Associate Justice Mike Wheat, Associate Justice Beth Baker, Associate Justice Jim Shea, Associate Justice

State secretaries of state in the United States

AL John Merrill (R) AK Byron Mallott (D) AZ Michele Reagan (R) AR Mark Martin (R) CA Alex Padilla (D) CO Wayne Williams (R) CT Denise Merrill (D) DE Jeffrey Bullock (D) FL Ken Detzner (R) GA Brian Kemp (R) HI Shan Tsutsui (D) ID Lawerence Denney (R) IL Jesse White (D) IN Connie Lawson (R) IA Paul Pate (R) KS Kris Kobach (R) KY Alison Grimes (D) LA Tom Schedler (R) ME Matthew Dunlap (D) MD John Wobensmith (R) MA Bill Galvin (D) MI Ruth Johnson (R) MN Steve Simon (D) MS Delbert Hosemann (R) MO Jason Kander (D) MT Linda McCulloch (D) NE John Gale (R) NV Barbara Cegavske (R) NH Bill Gardner (D) NJ Kim Guadagno (R) NM Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D) NY Cesar Perales (D) NC Elaine Marshall (D) ND Al Jaeger (R) OH Jon Husted (R) OK Chris Benge (R) OR Jeanne Atkins (D) PA Pedro Cortés (D) RI Nellie Gorbea (D) SC Mark Hammond (R) SD Shantel Krebs (R) TN Tre Hargett (R) TX Carlos Cascos (R) UT Spencer Cox (R) VT Jim Condos (D) VA Kelly Thomasson (D) WA Kim Wyman (R) WV Natalie Tennant (D) WI Doug La Follette (D) WY Ed Murray (R) DC Lauren Vaughan (D) Territories: AS Lemanu Mauga (D) GU Ray Tenorio (R) MP Ralph Torres (R) PR Víctor Suárez Meléndez (D) VI Osbert Potter (I)

Political party affiliations: 29 Republican 27 Democratic 1 Independent italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed

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