Bullard earned his bachelor's degree from the
University of Michigan and law degree from the
Detroit College of Law. He served in elected office in
Highland Township from 1978 through 1982, and was elected to the
state House in 1982. In 1994, Bullard was elected to the
state Senate in a special election in June. After leaving the Legislature, Bullard was elected to the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners, where he served four terms, including six years as chairman, before being selected to succeed
Ruth Johnson as county clerk/register of deeds when Johnson was elected
Michigan Secretary of State. Bullard was defeated for re-election to a full term in 2012 by
Lisa Brown. Bullard died from complications of
cancer and
COVID-19 at
Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital on December 18, 2020, aged 77, during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan. ==References==