What is Corey Stapleton?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Corey Stapleton |image = Corey Stapleton, 2017 (cropped).jpg |office = [[Secretary of State of Montana]] |governor = [[Steve Bullock (American politician)|Steve Bullock]] |term_start = January 2, 2017 |term_end = January 4, 2021 |predecessor = [[Linda McCulloch]] |successor = [[Christi Jacobsen]] |state_senate1 = Montana |district1 = 27th |term_start1 = January 2001 |term_end1 = January 2009 |predecessor1 = [[Bruce Crippen]] |successor1 = [[Gary Branae]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|9|17}} |birth_place = [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Terry Stapleton |education = [[United States Naval Academy]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) |website = {{url|coreystapleton.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Corey Stapleton''' (born September 17, 1967) is an American politician. He was the [[Secretary of State of Montana]] from 2017 to 2021. He was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. He was also [[Montana]] [[State Senator]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_596841bc-9371-11df-99ef-001cc4c03286.html |title=Former GOP state Sen. Corey Stapleton to run for governor in 2012 |publisher=Missoulian.com |date=July 19, 2010 |access-date=April 17, 2015}}</ref> who served from 2001 to 2009. He unsuccessfully ran for the [[United States Senate]] in 2014 and for [[Governor of Montana]] twice in 2012 and 2020. Stapleton was a candidate for the [[United States House of Representatives]] from Montana in the [[2020 United States House of Representatives election in Montana|2020 election]], losing the Republican primary to [[Matt Rosendale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2019/06/15/stapleton-run-montanas-u-s-house-seat/1464511001/|title=Corey Stapleton to announce run for House|last=Michels|first=Holly K.|date=Janua