{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Mark Mickelson |image = G. Mark Mickelson.jpeg |office = Speaker of South Dakota House of Representatives |term_start = January 10, 2017 |term_end = January 8, 2019 |predecessor = Dean Wink |successor = Steven Haugaard |state_house1 = South Dakota |district1 = 13th |term_start1 = January 11, 2013 |term_end1 = January 8, 2019 |predecessor1 = {{unbulleted list|Susy Blake|Brian Liss}} |successor1 = {{unbulleted list|Sue Peterson|Kelly Sullivan}} |birth_name = George Mark Mickelson |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|27}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |relatives = George T. Mickelson {{small|(grandfather)}}<br>George S. Mickelson {{small|(father)}} |education = University of South Dakota {{small|(BA)}}<br>Harvard University {{small|(JD)}} |website = {{URL|markmickelson.org|Official website}} }}
'''George Mark Mickelson'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/137864 |title= Steve Mark Mickelson's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= January 13, 2014}}</ref> (born March 27, 1966) is an American lawyer, accountant, and politician who served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 13 from 2013 to 2019.<ref name="CGA">{{cite web |url=http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=507 |title=Representative G. Mark Mickelson |publisher=South Dakota Legislature |location=Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate=January 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sdlegislature.gov/legislators/historical_listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=3860|title=SDLRC - G. Mark Mickelson|website=sdlegislature.gov|accessdate=May 21, 2020}}</ref> He is a Republican and a member of the prominent Mickelson family of South Dakota.
==Early life and education== George Mark Mickelson was born to George Speaker Mickelson, the 28th Governor of South Dakota, in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Mickelson follows father, grandfather as state speaker of the house. |url=https://www.thepublicopinion.com/story/news/local/2017/01/10/mickelson-follows-father-grandfather-as-state-speaker-of-the-house/44673801/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=The Public Opinion |language=en-US}}</ref> His grandfather, George Theodore Mickelson, was the 18th Governor of South Dakota. Mickelson graduated from the University of South Dakota with a B.S. in accounting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former State Rep. Mark Mickelson - Biography {{!}} LegiStorm |url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/241268/G_Mark_Mickelson.html |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.legistorm.com |language=en}}</ref> He then went on to Harvard Law School to obtain his J.D.<ref>{{Cite web |title=USD to Graduate Nearly 600 at Winter Commencement |url=https://www.usd.edu/the-south-dakotan/usd-to-graduate-nearly-600-at-winter-commencement |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.usd.edu |language=en}}</ref>
==Political career== When incumbent Representatives Democrat Susy Blake and Republican Brian Liss left the legislature and left both the District 13 seats open, Mickelson ran in the three-way June 5, 2012, Republican Primary and placed first with 2,063 votes (53.6%); Mickelson and fellow Republican nominee Steven Westra were unopposed for the November 6, 2012, general election, where Mickelson took the first seat with 7,122 votes (58.06%) and Westra took the second seat.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=LEG&map=DIST |title= Official Results General Election November 6, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of South Dakota |location= Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate= January 13, 2014}}</ref>
Mickelson served as the South Dakota Speaker of the House Representatives. He retired from politics in 2018, after choosing not to run for Governor of South Dakota.
==Personal life== Mickelson married Cynthia Hart, whom he met at a University of South Dakota alumni event, in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Coyote Homecoming |url=https://www.usdalumni.com/connect/stories/a-coyote-homecoming |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=USD Alumni & Friends |language=en}}</ref> They have three sons, George, David, and Charles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Continuing Legacy: Cynthia and… |url=https://www.sdcommunityfoundation.org/news-insights/sdcf-news/continuing-legacy-cynthia-and-mark-mickelsons-commitment-to-south-dakota-nonpermanent-fund |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=South Dakota Community Foundation |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *South Dakota Legislative Research Council *[http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=507 Official page] at the South Dakota Legislature *[http://markmickelson.org/ Campaign site] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=137864 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Mickelson Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=1411763 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
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