Alvin Jaeger

Al Jaeger
Secretary of State of North Dakota
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 1993
Governor	Ed Schafer John Hoeven Jack Dalrymple Doug Burgum (Elect)
Preceded by	Jim Kusler
Personal details
Born	December 10, 1943 Beulah, North Dakota, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Dickinson State University (BS)

Alvin A. "Al" Jaeger (born December 10, 1943) is a North Dakota politician with the Republican Party who is currently serving as the Secretary of State of North Dakota. Jaeger was elected to the office in 1992, and re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2006, 2010, and 2014.^[1]

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

Electoral history

North Dakota Secretary of State Election, 1992
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Alvin Jaeger	151,864	52.06
Democratic	Jim Kusler	139,860	47.94

North Dakota Secretary of State Election, 1996
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Alvin "Al" Jaeger (inc.)	149,344	58.62
Democratic	Shelley Seeberg	105,419	41.38

North Dakota Secretary of State Election, 2000
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Alvin "Al" Jaeger (inc.)	178,950	65.56
Democratic	Dennis Bercier	94,024	34.44

North Dakota Secretary of State Election, 2004
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Alvin "Al" Jaeger (inc.)	193,061	65.16
Democratic	Douglas Melby	103,223	34.84

North Dakota Secretary of State Election, 2006
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Alvin "Al" Jaeger (inc.)	115,341	53.92
Democratic	Kristin Hedger	98,583	46.08

North Dakota Secretary of State Election, 2010
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Alvin "Al" Jaeger (inc.)	145,882	62.44
Democratic	Corey Mock	87,519	37.46
Write-ins	Write-ins	222	0.10

North Dakota Secretary of State Election, 2014
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Alvin "Al" Jaeger (inc.)	152,085	62.39
Democratic	April Fairfield	78,474	32.19
Libertarian	Roland Riemers	12,920	5.30
Write-ins	Write-ins	278	0.11

Notes

1. North Dakota Blue Book, 2005

External links

• North Dakota Secretary of State
• Biography at NDSOS