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{{Short description|American politician (born 1955)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mark Thompson
|image = Mark Thompson (Iowa politician).jpg
|state_house1 = Iowa
|district1 = 56th
|term_start1 = January 9, 2023
|term_end1 =
|predecessor1 = [[Anne Osmundson]]
|successor1 =
|constituency1 = [[Iowa's 56th House of Representatives district|District 56]] - (2023–present)
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}}
|birth_place = [[Clarion, Iowa]], U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = Jacquelyn
|children = 2
|education = [[Buena Vista University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|occupation = Farmer, substitute teacher
}}
'''Mark I. Thompson''' (born 1955) is an American politician, harvest worker, former [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] and former counterterrorism coordinator who has represented the [[Iowa's 56th House of Representatives district|56th district]] in the [[Iowa House of Representatives]] since January 2023, which consists of [[Humboldt County, Iowa|Humboldt County]], [[Hancock County, Iowa|Hancock County]] and most of [[Wright County, Iowa|Wright County]], with the exception of parts of its southeast.<ref name="Legislature">{{cite web |title=State Representative |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=33982 |website=Iowa Legislature |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
==Early life==
Thompson was born in 1955 in [[Clarion, Iowa]] and was raised on a farm near [[Eagle Grove, Iowa]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Buena Vista University]] and attended the Command and Staff College at [[Marine Corps University]].<ref name=Legislature/>
==Political career==
Following decennial redistricting, Thompson announced his intent to run for the open 56th district seat in the Iowa House of Representatives in January 2022. He was endorsed by Minnesota representative [[Michele Bachmann]] in May 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michele Bachmann endorses Mark Thompson for Iowa House District 56 |url=https://globegazette.com/community/...cle_31d78280-6711-5dc8-91e0-5ebb6abae2b7.html |website=Globe Gazette |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en |date=10 May 2022}}</ref> He won the Republican primaries with over 65 percent of the vote on June 7, 2022, and defeated Libertarian Charles Aldrich in the general election on November 8 by over 64 points.<ref name="Ballotpedia">{{cite web |title=Mark Thompson (Iowa) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Thompson_(Iowa) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
Thompson serves on the Environmental Protection, Local Government, and Natural Resources committees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Thompson - State Representative |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=33982 |website=Iowa Legislature}}</ref>
In 2024, Thompson filed paperwork to run for reelection.<ref>{{cite web |title=primarycandidatelist.pdf |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/Candidates/primarycandidatelist.pdf |website=Iowa Secretary of State |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
Thompson has said that his priorities include education, election integrity, illegal immigration and narrowing the influence of the federal government. He opposes [[abortion]] and supports the [[Second Amendment]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Republican Thompson seeks seat in Iowa House, has Marine background - The Iowa Standard |url=https://theiowastandard.com/republican-thompson-wants-to-serve-in-iowa-house-has-marine-background/ |website=The Iowa Standard |access-date=28 April 2024 |date=5 May 2022}}</ref> In March 2023, he, along with 7 other Republican representatives, introduced a bill that would ban same-sex marriage in Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Terry |title=Several Iowa GOP lawmakers are seeking a ban on same-sex marriage. Is that even possible? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...icans-proposing-gay-marriage-ban/11374694002/ |website=USA Today |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Thompson has a wife, Jacquelyn, two children, and six grandchildren. He resides outside of Clarion, Iowa. He works as a substitute teacher and as a harvest worker in the fall. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] for twenty years, and served 18 years in various counterterrorism positions within the [[United States federal civil service]] for the Department of State [[Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism]].<ref name=Legislature/> He often led [[Foreign Emergency Support Team]] missions and was deployed to over 60 countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two announce candidacy for Iowa House District 56 {{!}} The Wright County Monitor |url=https://clarionnewsonline.com/content/two-announce-candidacy-iowa-house-district-56 |website=Clarion News Online |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> In 2013 he testified before the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability]] regarding the [[2012 Benghazi attack]].<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Consulate Attack in Benghazi, Libya, Part 1 {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?312586-1/us-consulate-attack-benghazi-libya-part-1 |website=C-SPAN |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
==Electoral history==
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|election_title = Iowa House of Representatives Republican primary elections, 2022
|election_note = District 56
|election_ref = <ref name=Ballotpedia/>
|turnout_votes = 3,147
|result = (newly redistricted)
|winner = Mark Thompson <!-- no incumbent -->
|winner_party = Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes = 2,051
|winner_percent = 65.2
|candidate2 = James L. Nelson
|candidate2_party = Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes = 1,089
|candidate2_percent = 34.6
|candidate3 = Other/Write-in votes
|candidate3_party =
|candidate3_votes = 7
|candidate3_votes = 0.2
}}
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|election_title = [[2022 Iowa House of Representatives election|Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2022]]
|election_note = District 56
|election_ref = <ref name=Ballotpedia/>
|turnout_votes = 11,320
|result = (newly redistricted)
|winner = Mark Thompson <!-- no incumbent -->
|winner_party = Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes = 9,309
|winner_percent = 82.2
|candidate2 = Charles Aldrich
|candidate2_party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate2_votes = 1,986
|candidate2_percent = 17.5
|candidate3 = Other/Write-in votes
|candidate3_party =
|candidate3_votes = 25
|candidate3_percent = 0.2
}}
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==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Iowa House of Representatives}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Mark}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives]]
[[Category:21st-century American legislators]]
[[Category:Buena Vista University alumni]]
[[Category:Marine Corps University alumni]]
[[Category
eople from Clarion, Iowa]]
[[Category:United States Marines]]
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{{Short description|American politician (born 1955)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mark Thompson
|image = Mark Thompson (Iowa politician).jpg
|state_house1 = Iowa
|district1 = 56th
|term_start1 = January 9, 2023
|term_end1 =
|predecessor1 = [[Anne Osmundson]]
|successor1 =
|constituency1 = [[Iowa's 56th House of Representatives district|District 56]] - (2023–present)
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}}
|birth_place = [[Clarion, Iowa]], U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = Jacquelyn
|children = 2
|education = [[Buena Vista University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|occupation = Farmer, substitute teacher
}}
'''Mark I. Thompson''' (born 1955) is an American politician, harvest worker, former [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] and former counterterrorism coordinator who has represented the [[Iowa's 56th House of Representatives district|56th district]] in the [[Iowa House of Representatives]] since January 2023, which consists of [[Humboldt County, Iowa|Humboldt County]], [[Hancock County, Iowa|Hancock County]] and most of [[Wright County, Iowa|Wright County]], with the exception of parts of its southeast.<ref name="Legislature">{{cite web |title=State Representative |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=33982 |website=Iowa Legislature |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
==Early life==
Thompson was born in 1955 in [[Clarion, Iowa]] and was raised on a farm near [[Eagle Grove, Iowa]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] from [[Buena Vista University]] and attended the Command and Staff College at [[Marine Corps University]].<ref name=Legislature/>
==Political career==
Following decennial redistricting, Thompson announced his intent to run for the open 56th district seat in the Iowa House of Representatives in January 2022. He was endorsed by Minnesota representative [[Michele Bachmann]] in May 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michele Bachmann endorses Mark Thompson for Iowa House District 56 |url=https://globegazette.com/community/...cle_31d78280-6711-5dc8-91e0-5ebb6abae2b7.html |website=Globe Gazette |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en |date=10 May 2022}}</ref> He won the Republican primaries with over 65 percent of the vote on June 7, 2022, and defeated Libertarian Charles Aldrich in the general election on November 8 by over 64 points.<ref name="Ballotpedia">{{cite web |title=Mark Thompson (Iowa) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Thompson_(Iowa) |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=28 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
Thompson serves on the Environmental Protection, Local Government, and Natural Resources committees.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Thompson - State Representative |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=33982 |website=Iowa Legislature}}</ref>
In 2024, Thompson filed paperwork to run for reelection.<ref>{{cite web |title=primarycandidatelist.pdf |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/Candidates/primarycandidatelist.pdf |website=Iowa Secretary of State |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
Thompson has said that his priorities include education, election integrity, illegal immigration and narrowing the influence of the federal government. He opposes [[abortion]] and supports the [[Second Amendment]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Republican Thompson seeks seat in Iowa House, has Marine background - The Iowa Standard |url=https://theiowastandard.com/republican-thompson-wants-to-serve-in-iowa-house-has-marine-background/ |website=The Iowa Standard |access-date=28 April 2024 |date=5 May 2022}}</ref> In March 2023, he, along with 7 other Republican representatives, introduced a bill that would ban same-sex marriage in Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Terry |title=Several Iowa GOP lawmakers are seeking a ban on same-sex marriage. Is that even possible? |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...icans-proposing-gay-marriage-ban/11374694002/ |website=USA Today |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Thompson has a wife, Jacquelyn, two children, and six grandchildren. He resides outside of Clarion, Iowa. He works as a substitute teacher and as a harvest worker in the fall. He served in the [[United States Marine Corps]] for twenty years, and served 18 years in various counterterrorism positions within the [[United States federal civil service]] for the Department of State [[Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism]].<ref name=Legislature/> He often led [[Foreign Emergency Support Team]] missions and was deployed to over 60 countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Two announce candidacy for Iowa House District 56 {{!}} The Wright County Monitor |url=https://clarionnewsonline.com/content/two-announce-candidacy-iowa-house-district-56 |website=Clarion News Online |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref> In 2013 he testified before the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability]] regarding the [[2012 Benghazi attack]].<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Consulate Attack in Benghazi, Libya, Part 1 {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?312586-1/us-consulate-attack-benghazi-libya-part-1 |website=C-SPAN |access-date=28 April 2024}}</ref>
==Electoral history==
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{{Compact election box no change
|election_title = Iowa House of Representatives Republican primary elections, 2022
|election_note = District 56
|election_ref = <ref name=Ballotpedia/>
|turnout_votes = 3,147
|result = (newly redistricted)
|winner = Mark Thompson <!-- no incumbent -->
|winner_party = Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes = 2,051
|winner_percent = 65.2
|candidate2 = James L. Nelson
|candidate2_party = Republican Party of Iowa
|candidate2_votes = 1,089
|candidate2_percent = 34.6
|candidate3 = Other/Write-in votes
|candidate3_party =
|candidate3_votes = 7
|candidate3_votes = 0.2
}}
{{Compact election box no change
|election_title = [[2022 Iowa House of Representatives election|Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2022]]
|election_note = District 56
|election_ref = <ref name=Ballotpedia/>
|turnout_votes = 11,320
|result = (newly redistricted)
|winner = Mark Thompson <!-- no incumbent -->
|winner_party = Republican Party of Iowa
|winner_votes = 9,309
|winner_percent = 82.2
|candidate2 = Charles Aldrich
|candidate2_party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate2_votes = 1,986
|candidate2_percent = 17.5
|candidate3 = Other/Write-in votes
|candidate3_party =
|candidate3_votes = 25
|candidate3_percent = 0.2
}}
{{Compact election box no change end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Iowa House of Representatives}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Mark}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives]]
[[Category:21st-century American legislators]]
[[Category:Buena Vista University alumni]]
[[Category:Marine Corps University alumni]]
[[Category
eople from Clarion, Iowa]][[Category:United States Marines]]
Okumaya devam et...