Mark Born
Republican | Wisconsin
Candidate Profile
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Mark Born
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
Repr. to the Assembly, Dist. 39
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Beaver Dam High School, Beaver Dam WI, yes, 1994
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter MN, BA, 1998
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Dodge County Historical Society, Vice-President, Leadership Beaver Dam
board member, Beaver Dam Elk's Lodge 1540, member
Beaver Dam Lake Improvement, member, Beaver Dam Chamber
member, NRA, member
St. John's Lutheran Church, member, Republican Party of Dodge County
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Beaver Dam City Council, 4
WI State Rep., 2
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
Previous Races
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2015-16
100%
2015
90%, 95%â€
2016
80%
2015-16
|100%
2015
|90%, 95%â€
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2015-16
11%, 31%â€
2015-16
13%, 6%â€
2015-16
|11%, 31%â€
ENDORSEMENTS
OTHER (4)
Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund
Wisconsin Right to Life
Wisconsin Family Action PAC
National Rifle Association
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Scott Fitzgerald
Scott Walker
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (6)
Associated Builders and Contractors
Gary Tauchen
Glenn Grothman
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Robin Vos
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and is the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
3. Because evolution is widely accepted, students should not be taught about intelligent design.
Strongly Disagree
4. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
5. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
6. States should require voters to show photo identification and prove citizenship in order to register to vote or to cast a vote.
Strongly Agree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
9. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Agree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
Parents
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
No
13. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
potential to abuse power
14. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God, Constitution, Voters, Congress, Supreme Court
15. Please list, up to six in number, the endorsements (groups or individuals) you would most like to promote.
Pro-Life WI, WI Right to Life, WI Hunters Rights Coalition, WI Family Action PAC, National Rifle Association, and State Representative Joel Kleefish.
16. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
BA Political Science and History from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter MN. Raised in First Ev. Lutheran Church Beaver Dam, current member of St. John's Lutheran Church Beaver Dam. Served on Youth Ministry Committee, Lutheran Brotherhood Group past officer, taught sunday school, played in church dartball league. Past chairman Republican Party of Dodge County. Dodge County Cordinator for Bush 2004 and Walker 2010. Past Vice-President of Beaver Dam Lake Improvement Association. Current Vice-President of The Dodge County Historical Society. Current Board member and instructor for Leadership Beaver Dam program. Served four years on the Beaver Dam Common Counil as the representative of ward 9.
17. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?
Republican Party of Dodge County, Republican Party of WI, NRA, Beaver Dam Lake Improvement Assoc., Dodge County Historical Society, Leadership Beaver Dam, Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce, Beaver Dam Area Arts Assoc., Downtown Beaver Dam Inc., Beaver Dam Children's Radiothon, American Cancer Society,YMCA of Dodge County, Beaver Dam Community Hospital Foundation.
