Mark Martin (Arkansas politician)
| Mark Martin | |
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| 33rd Secretary of State of Arkansas | |
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Assumed office January 11, 2011 |
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| Governor |
Mike Beebe Asa Hutchinson |
| Preceded by | Charlie Daniels |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 87th district |
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In office January 2005 – January 11, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Sarah Agee |
| Succeeded by | Justin Harris |
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Mark Russell Martin February 18, 1968 Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon Tilley |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (BS) |
Mark Russell Martin (born February 18, 1968) is the Republican Secretary of State of Arkansas, a statewide position which he assumed in January 2011. He is a former three-term member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 87 in Washington County in northwestern Arkansas.
A native of Kansas City, Kansas, Martin was reared in the Mississippi River delta country of eastern Arkansas. He graduated from Hughes High School in Hughes in St. Francis County. In 1998, he received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. While in the United States Navy, Martin was a nuclear engineering laboratory technician. He since held numerous technology-oriented positions in private industry prior to the launching of his political career.
Martin and his wife, the former Sharon Marie Tilley (also born 1968), have two daughters and one son. The family attends Legacy Baptist Church of Northwest Arkansas in Rogers. The Martins reside in Prairie Grove in Washington County though his duties often keep him in the capital city of Little Rock.
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