Muldoon and Flitner are supposed to face off in the general election on Nov. 8, but that now depends on the findings of an investigation.

“We received information alleging criminal activity in his past and we’ve turned it over to the county attorney’s office to do an investigation,” Teton County Clerk Sherry Daigle told the Jackson Hole News&Guide.

Daigle got a phone call Thursday indicating Muldoon’s criminal record, she said. A letter addressed to Daigle on Aug. 25 mentioned a possible arrest and conviction in Louisiana for a felony.

She forwarded it to the county attorney’s office with an investigation request, she said.

Anyone who has been convicted of a felony, unless restored to his or her civil rights, is excluded from the elective franchise, Teton County Chief Deputy Attorney Keith Gingery said. A Wyoming statute prohibits convicted felons from holding any office of honor, he explained.

But the investigation isn’t over. A criminal record alone doesn’t make someone a felon.

The 43-year-old moved to Jackson in 2000.

“Putting the people of Jackson first” has been the tagline of his mayoral campaign.

Muldoon said he’s qualified to run for mayor and prepared to lead Jackson in a direction where the working and middle class have a voice in the future.

“Like most of us, I regret decisions I made in my younger years,” Muldoon told the News&Guide late Tuesday. “None of us have the ability to change the past, but what we can do is learn from our mistakes, and I’ve learned a lot from the mistakes I’ve made.”

Muldoon had a challenging childhood and grew up in a poor military family, he said.

“I’ve worked hard to become the person I am today,” he said. “I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished in my life and owe much of the opportunity to turn my life around to the community of Jackson — a community that I’m passionate about and dedicated to serving.

“That has always been the goal of our campaign, and while my opponents are free to make personal attacks, I’ll continue to focus on real solutions for our real problems here in Jackson,” Muldoon concluded.

No action will be taken until officials confirm the outcome of Muldoon’s 1996 case in Louisiana.

“If he has to withdraw from the race, we’ll note it at the polling places and precincts,” Daigle said.

Muldoon seemed confident his name will still be on the November ballot.

“Our office requested an investigation from the Teton County sheriff’s department, who are presently investigating the matter by requesting records from the State of Louisiana,” Gingery wrote. “It will take a while to obtain the records from Louisiana.”

Muldoon had some “hot check” cases against him in Natchitoches, Louisiana, from 1995 and 1996, according to the clerk in that parish. Muldoon “pled guilty to one felony count of issuing worthless checks” in 1996, according to Assistant District Attorney Billy Joe Harrington, but the rest were dismissed.

“We do not have information as to whether Mr. Muldoon received a pardon,” Harrington told the News&Guide.

Muldoon’s eligibility to run for mayor depends on that case. His judgment and sentence from that 1996 guilty plea were not immediately available upon the News&Guide’s request.

Muldoon also has a criminal record in Teton County but was never convicted of a felony, records show.

In 2001, Muldoon was charged with felony burglary and petty larceny following an incident at the Wagon Wheel Motel, according to court records. He pleaded guilty, according to attorneys, but was offered a deferred prosecution, which allowed the felony charge to be dismissed after two years of supervised probation.

In 2009 Muldoon was arrested for possession of a controlled substance at Grand Targhee Resort, according to records. Muldoon and another man were snorting cocaine off a woman’s stomach during a music festival, according to reports.

“Muldoon still had white powder residue around his right nostril area,” the report read. Muldoon later pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor possession charge.

Muldoon attended Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, in the ’90s, according to his social media pages.