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Mark Salter
Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court · District 2
Background: Following law school, Salter served as a law clerk in the Third Judicial District of Minnesota. He served in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps as a prosecuting attorney and as a defense attorney.
At a glance
- Court
- South Dakota Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- District 2
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) (May 24, 2018); retained by voters in a retention election on November 8, 2022
- Appointed by
- Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R)
- Appointment date
- May 24, 2018
- Took office
- July 9, 2018
- Current term ends
- January 7, 2031
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 8, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Republican (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: South Dakota State University, 1990
- Law: University of South Dakota School of Law, 1993
- Prior offices
- South Dakota 2nd Judicial Circuit (Year left office: 2018)
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (Hybrid)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Mark Salter’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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