Alvin Jaeger

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Al Jaeger
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Secretary of State of North Dakota
In office
January 1, 1993 January 1, 2023
Preceded by Jim Kusler
Succeeded by Michael Howe
Personal details
Born (1943-12-10) December 10, 1943 (age 80)
Beulah, North Dakota, U.S.
Political party Republican
Education Bismarck State College (AA)
Dickinson State University (BS)
University of North Dakota
Montana State University

Alvin A. Jaeger (born December 10, 1943) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the Secretary of State of North Dakota from 1993 to 2023. Jaeger was elected to the office in 1992, and re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. [1]

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Biography

Al Jaeger was born in Beulah, North Dakota in 1943. He was raised there and he graduated in 1961 from Beulah High School. He attended Bismarck State College and in 1963 earned an Associate of Arts degree. In 1966, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Dickinson State University, majoring in Business Education with a minor in Speech. He also completed post-graduate work at the University of North Dakota in 1968 and at Montana State University in 1970.

During his high school and college years, Jaeger worked for his father's excavating and ready-mix concrete company. After graduating from Dickinson State, he taught at Killdeer High School for three years and then at Kenmare High School for another two years. Upon moving to Fargo, North Dakota in 1971, Jaeger worked for two years for the Mobil Oil Corporation as a marketing analyst. From 1973 to 1992, Jaeger was self-employed as a real estate broker and owned his own real estate brokerage business in Fargo.

Jaeger became North Dakota's fourteenth Secretary of State in 1993, and was reelected in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2014.

In April 2018, Jaeger was defeated by Will Gardner at the North Dakota Republican Party convention, who thus secured the Republican nomination. The following month, Gardner withdrew from the race after revelations that he had pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct in January 2006. Jaeger had said that he wouldn't run for re-election but with only Democratic-NPL candidate Josh Boschee on the ballot, Jaeger changed his mind and ran as an independent. He won the election with 47.27% of the vote and announced on election night that he would retire upon the conclusion of his eighth term. [2] [3]

He resides in Bismarck with his two daughters and a stepson from his wife Kathy, who passed away in 2016.

Electoral history

1992 North Dakota Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alvin Jaeger 151,864 52.06
Democratic–NPL Jim Kusler139,86047.94
1996 North Dakota Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alvin Jaeger 149,344 58.62
Democratic–NPL Shelley Seeberg105,41941.38
2000 North Dakota Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alvin Jaeger 178,950 65.56
Democratic–NPL Dennis Bercier94,02434.44
2004 North Dakota Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alvin Jaeger 193,061 65.16
Democratic–NPL Douglas Melby103,22334.84
2006 North Dakota Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alvin Jaeger 115,341 53.92
Democratic–NPL Kristin Hedger98,58346.08
2010 North Dakota Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alvin Jaeger 145,882 62.44
Democratic–NPL Corey Mock87,51937.46
Write-in 2220.10
2014 North Dakota Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alvin Jaeger 152,085 62.39
Democratic–NPL April Fairfield78,47432.19
Libertarian Roland Riemers12,9205.30
Write-in 2780.11
Total votes243,757 100.00
2018 North Dakota Secretary of State election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alvin (Al) Jaeger 144,620 47.27
Democratic–NPL Joshua Boschee119,98339.22
Independent Michael Coachman40,38513.20
Write-in 9300.30
Total votes305,918 100.00

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References

  1. North Dakota Blue Book, 2005
  2. Ryan Johnson (May 21, 2018). "ND secretary of state candidate drops out, raising questions about GOP's next steps". West Fargo Pioneer. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  3. Patrick Springer (November 6, 2018). "Jaeger re-elected ND secretary of state: 'This will be my last term'". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  4. "Unofficial 2018 General Election Results". ND Voices. North Dakota Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Dave Koland
Republican nominee for Secretary of State of North Dakota
1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014
Succeeded by
Will Gardner
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State of North Dakota
1993–2023
Succeeded by