Last November, Don Martin of Kingman, Arizona, was elected to the District 4 Mohave County Board of Supervisors.
Mohave County is the fifth largest county in the U.S. and the second largest in Arizona.
Martin and his family are proud members of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He is Choctaw through his mother’s family, the Folsoms, who lived in and around Ringling, Oklahoma.
“I spent several summers there as a youth,” said Martin. “My favorite memories are that of fishing in “tanks” as my Uncle Alec Folsom called them, close to Ringling.”
He served in the U.S. Army from 1969-1972 as a Sergeant in military police. After his discharge, he worked for the Kingman Police Department for 14 ½ years and later for the Gilbert Police Department until a job-related injury led to his medical retirement. Martin also owned Arizona Wildlife Outfitters and Striper Hunters until his election in 2024 and is the only Mohave County citizen inducted into Arizona’s Outdoor Hall of Fame. His son, Jimmy Martin, and his grandchildren, Logan and Jace, live in Edmond, Oklahoma.