1. Marty Jackley assumed office as Attorney General again in 2023 after winning the 2022 election unopposed.
24 Facts About Marty Jackley
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Marty Jackley previously served as the 39th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.
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Marty Jackley ran unsuccessfully for Governor of South Dakota in 2018, losing the Republican primary to Kristi Noem.
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Marty Jackley earned his Juris Doctor from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1995.
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From 1995 through 1997, Marty Jackley served as a law clerk for the then-former Chief Judge Richard Battey of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
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Marty Jackley joined the Rapid City law firm of Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson, and Ashmore.
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In 2006, Jackley was recommended by US Senator John Thune to replace Steven K Mullin as United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota and was nominated by President George W Bush.
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Marty Jackley was named the South Dakota Prosecutor of the Year in 2008 from the South Dakota State's Attorneys Association.
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Governor Mike Rounds appointed Marty Jackley to succeed Larry Long as Attorney General of South Dakota in 2009 after Long was appointed as a local judge.
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Approximately a month and a half later Marty Jackley stated that the death was a suicide.
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In September 2018, Marty Jackley made a plea deal with Dan Guericke the former educational cooperative director, wherein Guericke pled guilty to one felony count of falsifying evidence.
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In October 2018, Marty Jackley lost his second Gear Up jury trial when the jury acquitted Stacy Phelps, the former CEO of the American Institute for Innovation, on all charges.
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On January 18,2013, Marty Jackley testified before the Senate State Affairs Committee in support of SB 70.
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On January 23,2015, Marty Jackley testified before the Senate State Affairs Committee in support of SB 73.
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On Wednesday, June 4,2014, one day after the losing the US Senate primary, physician Annette Bosworth was arrested on charges brought by Marty Jackley regarding perjury and filing false documents.
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On October 23,2017, Marty Jackley appointed state Representative Gene Abdallah to the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.
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Marty Jackley claimed that the settlement was not being delayed and that Zylstra's lawyers and his gubernatorial opponent Kristi Noem were playing politics.
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In November 2016, Marty Jackley declared his intention to seek the Republican nomination for Governor of South Dakota.
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Marty Jackley was thrown on the defensive during the second debate.
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Marty Jackley spoke about putting together a task force to work on government transparency and open records laws.
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Marty Jackley received 45,069 votes and Noem received 57,437 votes.
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Marty Jackley did not run for a full term and was succeeded by Kirby Krogman in January 2021.
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Marty Jackley was awarded attorney fees for his clients nearly three times of South Dakota Voice in the amount of $79,640.00, despite starting six weeks after the South Dakota Voice complaint.
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On March 1,2021, Marty Jackley announced that he would run for attorney general in the 2022 election.