Career
Mullet is a small business owner,owning Zeek's Pizza and Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream franchises in the Issaquah and Sammamish area. [6] Mullet had previously served as a Managing Director at Bank of America,serving as the Global Head of Foreign Currency Options Trading. [6]
Before being elected to the state senate,Mullet served as a member of the Issaquah City Council,from 2009–2012. [7] Mullet names Grand Ridge Plaza,a mixed-use retail center,and a plastic bag ban as his key accomplishments while on city council.
Committee assignments
As of January 2019,Mullet is the Chair of the Financial Institutions,Economic Development and Trade Committee as well as a member of the Early Learning &K-12 Education Committee and Ways and Means Committee. [9] [10]
Legislation
Mullet sponsored and passed legislation increasing access to epi pens in schools, [11] allowing annexation of the Maple Valley Donut Hole, [12] and increasing health care cost transparency. [13]
Mullet helped secure capital funding for projects throughout the 5th Legislative District,including:Lake Sammamish State Park improvements,road improvements on I-90 and the Pickering Place Retail Center,improvements at Camp Korey,a grant for the Railway History Museum in Snoqualmie,repairs at the Fire Training Academy in North Bend,and funding to help build a new Tahoma High School within Maple Valley. [9] [10]
2024 gubernatorial election
On June 1,2023,Mullet announced that he was running for governor. [14]
In May of 2024,Mullet filed an ethics complaint against Attorney General Bob Ferguson claiming that Ferguson used his office to influence a decision on candidate ballot ordering in the State Secretary's office to remove two other candidates named Bob Ferguson. [15]
In the August 2024 primary,Mullet finished fourth,garnering roughly 6% of the vote. He finished behind Ferguson (45%),former King County Sheriff Dave Reichert (28%),and former school board member Semi Bird (9%). [16]
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