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Mark Martin (Arkansas)
Mark Martin (born February 18, 1968, in Kansas City, Kansas) was the 33rd Arkansas secretary of state from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he first won election on November 2, 2010, and assumed office on January 11, 2011. Martin began his second term on January 13, 2015, after winning re-election to his second term as secretary of state in 2014.[1]
Before becoming secretary of state, Martin served three terms in the Arkansas House of Representatives, representing the 87th legislative district from 2004 to 2010.[2]
Biography
Martin was born in Kansas City and grew up on a farm in the Delta. He attended Hughes High School in Arkansas and in 1998 received a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from the University of Arkansas.
Prior to entering politics, Martin served as a nuclear engineering laboratory technician for the U.S. Navy. He held a variety of technology-oriented positions in private industry. He was president of M3 Engineering, an architecture, engineering, and construction management firm, and president of PsyberSimula. He was also vice president of research and technology for Renfroe Engineering from 2002 to 2006.[2]
Supplementing his work as secretary of state, Martin held other roles, including:
- Board of Directors, National Society of Professional Engineers (2002-2003)
- State Vice Chair, Arkansas Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Member, International Society of Biomechanics
Education
- Hughes High School
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, University of Arkansas (1998)
Political career
Arkansas Secretary of State (2011-2019)
On January 7, 2010, Martin announced his candidacy for the office of secretary of state, the seat then being vacated by Democrat Charlie Daniels, who was barred by state term-limit laws from running for a third term. Martin defeated Democratic opponent Pat O'Brien in the November 2010 general election, garnering 51.3 percent of the vote. Martin was re-elected to a second term as secretary of state in 2014.[1] Martin was unable to run for re-election in 2018 because of term limits. He left office in January 2019.
June 2017 request for voter rolls
On June 29, 2017, the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, created by President Donald Trump (R) on May 11, requested information on registered voters from all 50 states dating back to 2006. The states were given until July 14 to respond. On June 30, Secretary Martin announced that the state had not received the commission's request. [3]
Arkansas House of Representatives (2004-2010)
Committee assignments
Representative Martin served on the following legislative committees during his tenure:
- Advanced Communications and Information Technology (Member)
- Joint Budget (Member)
- Education (Member)
- Insurance and Commerce (Member)
He was also active in the following subcommittees as well:
- Subcommittee on Early Childhood (Member)
- Subcommittee on Peer Review (Member)
- Subcommittee on Utilities (Chair)
Elections
2018
Mark Martin was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.
2014
Martin ran for re-election as Arkansas Secretary of State. Martin won the Republican nomination in the primary on May 20, 2014.[4] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
| Secretary of State of Arkansas, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Mark Martin Incumbent |
60.6% | 506,384 | |
| Democratic | Susan Inman | 35.1% | 292,878 | |
| Libertarian | Jacob Holloway | 4.3% | 36,159 | |
| Total Votes | 835,421 | |||
| Election results via Arkansas Secretary of State | ||||
Polls
| Arkansas Secretary of State | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Mark Martin * (R) | Susan Inman (D) | Jacob Holloway (L) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling September 18-21, 2014 | 43% | 32% | 5% | 20% | +/-2.6 | 1,453 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling August 1-3, 2014 | 39% | 33% | 6% | 21% | +/-3 | 1,066 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 41% | 32.5% | 5.5% | 20.5% | +/-2.8 | 1,259.5 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
Note: An incumbent is denoted with an asterisk (*).
2010
- 2010 Race for Secretary of State - Republican Primary
- Mark Martin ran unopposed in this contest
| 2010 Race for Secretary of State - General Election[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Republican Party |  Mark Martin
|
51.3% | |
| Democratic Party | Pat O'Brien | 48.7% | |
| Total Votes | 764,591 | ||
2008
- 2008 Race for State House, District 87 - Republican Primary
- Mark Martin ran unopposed in this contest
| 2008 Race for State House, District 87 - General Election[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Republican Party | Mark Martin
|
58.8% | |
| Democratic Party | Earl J. Hunton | 41.2% | |
| Total Votes | 10,951 | ||
2006
- 2006 Race for State House, District 87 - Republican Primary[7]
- Mark Martin ran unopposed in this contest
| 2006 Race for State House, District 87 - General Election[8] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Republican Party | Mark Martin
|
61.3% | |
| Independent | Jimmie Johnson | 38.7% | |
| Total Votes | 7,689 | ||
2004
| 2004 Race for State House, District 87 - Republican Primary[9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Republican Party | Mark Martin
|
71.1% | |
| Republican Party | Leonard Frederick | 28.9% | |
| Total Votes | 778 | ||
| 2004 Race for State House, District 87 - General Election[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Republican Party | Mark Martin
|
55.2% | |
| Democratic Party | Lloyd D. Keck | 44.9% | |
| Total Votes | 10,405 | ||
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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When he served as secretary of state, Martin resided in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, with his wife Sharon and their three children, Joshua, Rachel and Rebekah. The family attended Legacy Baptist Church of Northwest Arkansas. Martin was a member of the National Rifle Association and Pi Tau Sigma fraternity.[11]
Recent news
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See also
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External links
- Office of the Arkansas Secretary of State
- Mark Martin's Facebook profile
- Mark Martin's Twitter account
- Campaign contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004
- Project Vote Smart - Mark Martin biography
- Mark Martin for state rep Campaign website
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine was used to recall this version of the website from June 13, 2004.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arkansas Secretary of State, "November 4, 2014 Arkansas General Election and Nonpartisan Runoff Election OFFICIAL RESULTS," accessed August 25, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Arkansas Secretary of State Website, "About Office-Biography" accessed September 20, 2012
- ↑ Arkansas Times, "Trump's voter commission already stirring criticism," June 30, 2017
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedelec14 - ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State - 2010 General Election Results
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State - 2008 General Election Results
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State - 2006 Primary Election Results
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State - 2006 General Election Results
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State - 2004 Primary Election Results
- ↑ Arkansas Secretary of State - 2004 General Election Results
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Mark Martin's Bio," accessed February 7, 2012
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Charlie Daniels (D) |
Arkansas Secretary of State 2010–2019 |
Succeeded by John Thurston (R) |
| Preceded by - |
Arkansas House - District 87 2005–2010 |
Succeeded by Justin T. Harris (R) |
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