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Jack McMullen
Jack McMullen was a 2012 Republican candidate for Attorney General of Vermont.[1]
Biography
McMullen was raised in a blue collar neighborhood in Staten Island, New York. He remained in his home state after high school, attending Columbia University for his undergraduate degree in Applied Physics and Electronics Engineering. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1964 to 1969. Under the mentorship of Admiral Hyman Rickover, McMullen was able to work in Washington D.C. managing a project to update the reactors powering the Navy’s fleet of nuclear submarines. He left the Navy as a Lieutenant and used the G.I. Bill to return to academia. He earned both his MBA and J.D. from Harvard by 1973.[2]
McMullen's resume includes serving on the faculty of Harvard’s law and business schools, teaching and researching business strategy, and working as a crime and pension policy adviser to Democratic Senator Bill Bradley in the mid-1990s. He is a member of the New York, Massachusetts, and Washington D.C. bars.[3]
Education
- B.A. Columbia University
- M.B.A. Harvard Business School (1972)
- J.D. Harvard Law School (1973)
Elections
2012
- See also: Vermont attorney general election, 2012
- See also: Vermont attorney general election, 2012
McMullen ran for attorney general of Vermont in 2012. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary election on August 28th[4] and faced three opponents in the general election: Seven-term incumbent Bill Sorrell (D), Ed Stanak (Progressive), and Rosemarie Jackowski (Liberty Union).[5] The general election took place on November 6, 2012. McMullen was defeated by incumbent Sorrell.[6]
He told the Bennington Banner in a July 4 interview that, "I will bring a different perspective to the duties of attorney general if elected. My background is in both law and business, and I believe the limited resources of the state’s top attorney can be better deployed to get things done for Vermonters by considering both the legal and economic impact of matters taken on by the office."[7]
| Attorney General of Vermont General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Bill Sorrell Incumbent |
57.9% | 164,441 | |
| Republican | Jack McMullen | 33.3% | 94,588 | |
| Progressive | Ed Stanak | 5.5% | 15,629 | |
| Liberty Union | Rosemarie Jackowski | 3% | 8,533 | |
| Independent | Write-in | 0.2% | 588 | |
| Total Votes | 283,779 | |||
| Election results via Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Issues
- Drug Crime
McMullen told Vt Digger in June 26 interview that under Sorrell's leadership, the office's already limited resources were being inappropriately allocated to enforcing laws like product-labeling regulation when the bulk of funds ought to go toward cracking down the state's growing drug problem. Vermont's drug crisis is "fueled largely by two things: People from out of state coming in and realizing enforcement isn’t that great here – easy pickings in other words, and prescription drugs, which are being abused,” McMullen said, prescribing the office's adoption of stricter enforcement policies and differential sentencing for out-of-state revelers.[8]
2004
McMullen ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2004.[8]
| U.S. Senate- Vermont, 2004 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Patrick J. Leahy |
70.5% | 212,850 | |
| Republican | Jack McMullen | 24.7% | 74,704 | |
| n/a | Other | 4.7% | 14,339 | |
| Total Votes | 301,893 | |||
1998
| U.S. Senate- Vermont, 1998 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Fred Tuttle |
54.9% | 28,355 |
| Jack McMullen | 45.1% | 23,321 |
| Total Votes | 51,676 | |
Before entering the 2012 race for attorney general, McMullen was best known as the 1998 wealthy Harvard educated Senate candidate who lost the Republican primary contest to a high-school dropout, native Vermonter named Fred Tuttle after failing to demonstrate an adequate familiarity with cow anatomy and names of local establishments.[11] In an interview conducted by local news publication "VT Digger" after the 2012 filing deadline, McMullen recalled that the story of his botched bid for Senate in 1998 attracted the attention of international news sources stretching all the way to Uzbekistan.[8] In the interview, he said he can see the humor in it, but then turned his tone, admonishing, "shouldn’t we be talking about home invasions and whether we appeal at millions of dollars the nuclear issue, or for that matter data mining or campaign finance reform? Half the Legislature knew that was unconstitutional."[8]
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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McMullen currently resides in Burlington, Vermont.[2]
See also
- Attorney General of Vermont
- Current Vermont Attorney General Bob Sorrell
- Vermont attorney general election, 2012
External links
- Politics1-Guide to Vermont elections in 2012
- Elections Division of the Vermont Secretary of State
- Official Campaign Website
- McMullen on Facebook
- Follow the McMullen campaign on Twitter
- Campaign contributions: 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Associated Press- Nola.com, "Vt.'s election shaping up with candidate filings," June 14, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Official Campaign Website, "Bio," accessed August 13, 2012
- ↑ VT Digger, "WDEVS Mark Johnson interviews McMullen, GOP candidate for Vermont attorney general," August 12, 2012
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," August 28, 2012
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State Elections Division, "2012 Candidate Listing," accessed October 19, 2012
- ↑ Vermont Public Radio, "Campaign 2012 Election Results" accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ The Bennington Banner, "McMullen waits in wings for ag race," July 4, 2012
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 VT Digger, "McMullen takes swipes at Sorrell," June 26, 20012
- ↑ Washington Post, "2004 Vermont Results," updated Novemeber 24, 2004
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Summary of Official Results-1998 Statewide Primary, "September 8, 1998
- ↑ Green Mountain Daily, " On Jack McMullen and the Ghost of Fred Tuttle," June 27, 2012
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