Marty Jackley

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Candidates

In November 2016, Jackley declared his intention to seek the Republican nomination for Governor of South Dakota. [37] Congresswoman Kristi Noem also declared that she would seek the Republican nomination for governor. [38] Terry LaFleur [39] and Lora Hubel also declared their intention to seek the Republican nomination for governor, however, LaFleur & Hubel were unable to obtain the required number of signatures to make the primary ballot. [40]

Debates

Jackley and Noem participated in three debates.

First debate

In the first debate both candidates tried to define the other. Jackley stated: “It’s Washington experience versus South Dakota experience.” “Marty’s background has been being a government lawyer,” Noem said. [41]

Second debate

In the second debate, Noem discussed Marty's scandals. “In EB5, the state oversight program, nobody went to jail. On Gear-Up, still, nobody’s been punished. When we talk about what’s been going on in Brookings with the Global Aquaponics scam—a con artist, Tobias Ritesman, held a fundraiser for Marty Jackley. Marty attended his phony groundbreaking for his phony project,” Noem says. “People lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Still, nobody’s been investigated and nobody’s been prosecuted. That needs to change in our state.”

Jackley was thrown on the defensive during the second debate. “Congresswoman, he didn’t hold a fundraiser for me. I was at an event that he was at, and I did go to a ground breaking because that’s what important in South Dakota,” Jackley says. “When we have businesses expanding I think it’s important that we attend those. You talk about Gear-Up, there hasn’t been a sentencing because these defendants are presumed innocent. But I as attorney general, unlike Washington, have done something about it. I actually formed a grand jury. Indictments have been issued. They’re schedule to begin jury trials in July—or, excuse me—June, June 26th and I plan on trying those personally, because that’s what a leader does.” [42]

Final debate

In the final debate, Jackley and Noem took questions about workforce development, anti-discrimination laws, drugs, uniting democrats and republicans in the state to make critical decisions and much more. A subject of disagreement was the state's 134 boards and commissions. Noem said she wanted to streamline different processes for licensure, eliminating "red tape" but Jackley disagreed. "Every time that a proposal comes forward to create a new 'blue ribbon' task force, a board or a commission, what typically comes with that is another layer of bureaucracy," Noem said. Jackley defended the government bureaucracy. "We need a governor that understands that various different boards, isn't out there criticizing different boards and saying that type of service isn't important," Jackley said. Jackley spoke about putting together a task force to work on government transparency and open records laws. "I'm committed when I become governor to put forth a taskforce ...because we need to take a look at the open records law," he said. They both ended the debate with a jab at the other. "It really comes to down to Washington experience versus South Dakota experience," Jackley said. "The congresswoman has been spending considerable time and effort talking about Marty Jackley, but I'm talking about you, South Dakota." "Days ago he stood up and talked about protecting victims while behind the scenes he was actively working to silence one to further his political career," Noem said. "You deserve a governor who will be honest with you, who will tell you the truth and who is willing to be accountable." [43]

Primary results

Jackley lost in the June primary to U.S. Representative Kristi Noem. Jackley only won 7 of South Dakota's 66 counties. Jackley received 45,069 (44%) votes and Noem received 57,437 (56%) votes. [44]

Private sector (2019–2022)

After the election, Jackley rejoined the firm of Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson and Ashmore and opened up a law office in Pierre, South Dakota. [45] On August 27, 2019, Jackley was sworn in as the Jones County States Attorney after he was appointed to fill the vacancy left when Anita Fuoss resigned. [46] He did not run for a full term and was succeeded by Kirby Krogman in January 2021. [47]

Measure 24

In 2017, an initiated measure was started to ban financial contributions from out of state residents, political committees and entities to ballot question committees. [48] On June 14, 2017, the Legislative Research Counsel, proposed edits to the Initiated Measure. [49] On July 31, 2017, Jackley, while serving as Attorney General, submitted his Attorney General's explanation regarding IM 24 to the Secretary of State pursuant to SDCL 12-13-25.1. [50] IM 24 passed with 174,960 (55.52%) votes for the initiated measure and 140,172 (44.48%) votes against it. [51] On March 4, 2019, South Dakota Voice, a grassroots ballot question committee, headed by Cory Heidelberger, filed a lawsuit to stop IM 24. [52] On April 17, 2019, a complaint was filed against the state to invalidate IM 24 by Jackley approximately six weeks after initial lawsuit by Heidelberger and despite having written the Attorney General explanation for the state. [53] On May 9, 2019, Federal Judge Charles Kornmann struck down IM 24. [54] South Dakota Voice was awarded attorney fees from the state in the amount of $32,100; expenses in the amount of $1,083.90 and costs in the amount of $505.40. 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. [55]

Representation of T. Denny Sanford

In 2020, it was reported that T. Denny Sanford, the richest man in South Dakota, was being investigated for possession of child pornography. Sanford was represented by Jackley. [56] Investigators obtained a search warrant before referring the case to the United States Department of Justice. [57] The investigation has led several institutions towards reconsideration of his philanthropy. [58] [59]

On October 27, 2021, the South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously ruled against the "Implicated Individual" that search warrants that were sought will be unsealed, pending any motion(s) for rehearing. [60] On November 17, 2021, the South Dakota Supreme Court unsealed records confirming that T. Denny Sanford was the implicated individual and that five search warrants were issued during the investigation. The documents included the contents of the warrants, the return of the warrant and the inventory dating back to 2019. [61]

Attorney General of South Dakota (2023–present)

2022 attorney general election

On March 1, 2021, Jackley announced that he would run for attorney general in the 2022 election. [62] He won the general election unopposed.

Personal life

Jackley lives in Pierre, South Dakota, with his two children, Michael and Isabella. [63]

Electoral history

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2014 Election results by county
Map showing the results of the 2018 Republican Gubernatorial primary in South Dakota by County. SouthDakotaRepublicanGubernatorialPrimary,2018.jpg
Map showing the results of the 2018 Republican Gubernatorial primary in South Dakota by County.
Marty Jackley
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30th and 33rd Attorney General of South Dakota
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
South Dakota Attorney General Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanCheck mark 23x20 02.svgMarty Jackley (inc.)202,49966.90
DemocraticRon Volesky100,18233.10
South Dakota Attorney General Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanCheck mark 23x20 02.svgMarty Jackley (inc.)208,84882.00
LibertarianChad Haber45,85618.00
2018 Republican primary election – South Dakota Governor [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Check mark 23x20 02.svg Kristi Noem 57,437 56
Republican Marty Jackley45,06944
Total votes102,506 100

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