Alvin A. Jaeger (born December 10, 1943) is an American politician and member of the

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who had served as the Secretary of State of

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from 1993 to 2023. Jaeger was elected to the office in 1992, and re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018.

Biography

Al Jaeger was born in

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in 1943. He was raised there and he graduated in 1961 from

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. He attended

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and in 1963 earned an

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degree. In 1966, he received a

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degree from

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, majoring in Business Education with a minor in Speech. He also completed post-graduate work at the

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in 1968 and at

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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

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in 1971, Jaeger worked for two years for the

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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, 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 following a "

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" incident 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. He resides in Bismarck with his family; he has two daughters and a stepson with his wife Kathy.

Electoral history

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North Dakota Secretary of State
1943 births Living people 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians Bismarck State College alumni Dickinson State University alumni Montana State University alumni North Dakota Independents North Dakota Republicans Secretaries of State of North Dakota People from Mercer County, North Dakota University of North Dakota alumni {{NorthDakota-politician-stub