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Mark Pody
| Mark Pody | ||
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| Tennessee House Of Representatives District 46 | ||
| Incumbent | ||
| In office | ||
| 2011-Present | ||
| Term ends | ||
| November 4, 2014 | ||
| Years in position | 2 | |
| Party | Republican | |
| Compensation | ||
| Base salary | $19,009/year | |
| Per diem | $173/legislative day | |
| Elections and appointments | ||
| Last election | November 6, 2012 | |
| First elected | November 2, 2010 | |
| Next election | November 4, 2014 | |
| Term limits | N/A | |
| Personal | ||
| Birthday | April 23, 1956 | |
| Place of birth | Spokane, WA | |
| Profession | Insurance | |
| Religion | Christian | |
| Websites | ||
| Office website | ||
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Biography
Pody owned a financial planning and insurance firm.
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Pody served on the following committees:
| Tennessee Committee Assignments, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Business and Utilities | ||||
| • Consumer and Human Resources, Vice-chair | ||||
| • Fiscal Review | ||||
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Pody served on these committees:
| Tennessee Committee Assignments, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Commerce | ||||
| • Consumer & Employee Affairs | ||||
Issues
Presidential preference
2012
Mark Pody endorsed Rick Santorum in the 2012 presidential election. [1]
Elections
2012
Pody ran in the 2012 election for Tennessee House of Representatives, District 46. Pody ran unopposed in the August 2 primary election. He was unchallenged in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.[2][3]
2010
Pody defeated Democrat Stratton Bone, Jr. in the general election on November 2, 2010. He was unopposed in the August 5 primary.[4] [5][6]
| Tennessee House of Representatives, District 46 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Mark Pody (R)
|
9,270 | |||
| Stratton Bone (D) | 8,181 | |||
Campaign donors
2012
Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.
2010
In 2010, when Pody first won election to the House, she collected $69,144 in donations.[7]
His five largest contributors in 2010 were:
| Donor | Amount |
|---|---|
| Tennessee Legislative Campaign Committee | $13,194 |
| McCall PAC | $5,000 |
| Mark Pody | $4,500 |
| Conner Vastola | $2,000 |
| Jacqualine Vastola | $2,000 |
| NRW PAC | $2,000 |
| Frank Hibdon | $2,000 |
Issues
Teachers' union bill
The Tennessee Tea Party emailed an alert about 20 House Republicans in March 2011 for refusing to take a strong public stand on a dominating issues: teachers’ union collective bargaining.
The Tennessee Tea Party's “action alert” encouraged Tennesseans sympathetic to their cause to pressure middle-of-the-road Republicans to get on board with conservative efforts to ban collective bargaining for public school teachers.
“I generally don’t take a firm stand on a bill until it’s completed, especially if there’s a great chance it’s going to be amended,” said Rep. Vince Dean.
Dean added that the legislation still has a long way to go before becoming law.
Rep. Scotty Campbell said he avoided taking a position because that’s what Gov. Bill Haslam had done.
“I was trying to follow his lead, and I think that was the commendable thing to do on this issue in particular,” said Campbell. “I didn’t campaign on it, it wasn’t part of my agenda and I think there are bigger matters facing us, like the economy, jobs, and the need to pass a balanced budget, which we of course have to do.”
Rep. Mark Pody said he’s in the process of informally polling teachers in his district to see whether or not they favor union collective bargaining.
When the Tennessee Report asked whether he thinks unions are a positive influence in * Education, Pody said, “That’s exactly why I am going to the schools — to see what is best for the students.”[8]
Personal
Pody and his wife, Barbara, have two children. They currently reside in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Recent news
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- Vehicle Contract Outsourced To Company With Connections - NewsChannel5.com
- Enterprise Deal Raises Questions About Outsourcing Effort - NewsChannel5.com
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External links
- Mark Pody on the Tennessee State House website
- Mark Pody's biography on Project Vote Smart
- Mark Pody's biography on the University of Tennessee's government relations website
- Campaign contributions: 2010
References
- ↑ Rick Santorum for President, "Tennessee Conservative State Legislative Leaders Endorse Santorum For President," March 4, 2012
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State - 2012 Primary Candidates
- ↑ Tennessee Department of State - Unofficial primary results
- ↑ Unofficial Republican state representative primary results from the TN Secretary of State, 2010
- ↑ Official House Election Results, 2010
- ↑ Tennessee General election results
- ↑ Follow the Money.org, Mark Pody candidate summary, Retrieved June 13, 2011
- ↑ "GOP Moderates Mull Collective Bargaining Compromise, Tea Party Pressure," by Andrea Zelinski, Tennessee Report, March 22, 2011
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