Mark Bray

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Mark Bray

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2014

Education

Bachelor's

Florida Institute of Technology, 1997

Graduate

Rollins College, 2003

Personal

Profession

Engineer

Contact

Personal website

Mark Bray was a 2014 independent candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Alabama. Bray was the first Independent candidate for Congress to appear on a ballot in Alabama since 2006. Mark Bray lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Biography

Bray earned his B.S. in aerospace engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1997. He worked for Lockheed Space Operations at the Kennedy Space Center as an operations engineer during his years at college. After college, Bray worked for Boeing as the lead engineer for Columbia. Bray then earned his MBA from Rollins College in 2003. At the time of his candidacy, Bray was employed by Jacobs Engineering.

Campaign themes

2014

Bray's campaign website listed the following issues:

“	Investment: "It is essential to the prosperity of a free people that they have access to free commerce. At an ever quickening pace, the human race is advancing in science and technology. It is an essential role of government through direct and indirect investment, to lead in development of infrastructure which facilitates that commerce within the states, across the states, and beyond the states." Education: "For America to compete in the 21st century, our educational system requires reform. Our children must be job ready, technology ready, and leadership ready to lead in this global economy. Mark believes there is no ideology to education - we need results. As congressmen, Mark will work with our local and state leaders to promote solutions that will work for all Americans." Innovation: "The challenges of the 21st century are many. The key to answering the challenges is for our people to be inspired to creativity and enable fair and open channels for those ideas to come to fruition. America must not abandon its leadership in science and technology. Likewise, it must not succumb to isolationism or protectionism. It is through a paradoxical blend of cooperation and competition that the best solutions can be found." Opportunity: "Our country was founded on the idea that every person had the right to pursue happiness. While not a guarantee for success, it was intended that America would not have a system of social barriers to success. While many social and legal reforms have been implemented since the end of the Civil War, the vast majority of Americans feel that opportunities to pursue happiness are truly vanishing, while the wealthiest become the most influential." Growth: "Stable growth can be achieved if it is truly organic and born out of the prior four pillars. It is a product of proper management of the four inputs combined with a sound monetary system. Inflation and deflation are not natural and are destabilizing to the economy. It is imperative that real economic growth be realized if America is going to lead the world to peace and prosperity."	”
—Mark Bray's campaign website, http://www.brayforcongress.com/issues.php

Elections

2014

See also: Alabama's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

Bray ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Alabama's 5th District. Bray was defeated by incumbent Mo Brooks (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

U.S. House, Alabama District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mo Brooks Incumbent	74.4%	115,338
	Independent	Mark Bray	25.2%	39,005
	N/A	Write-in	0.4%	631
Total Votes				154,974
Source: Alabama Secretary of State

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Personal

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Bray and his wife, Carmen, have three children and live in Huntsville.

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Alabama's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014
• Alabama's 5th Congressional District

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
• Facebook page
• Twitter feed
• YouTube channel

Footnotes

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Alabama's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Katie Britt (R)

Tommy Tuberville (R)

Representatives

District 1

Barry Moore (R)

District 2

Shomari Figures (D)

District 3

Mike Rogers (R)

District 4

Robert Aderholt (R)

District 5

Dale Strong (R)

District 6

Gary Palmer (R)

District 7

Terri Sewell (D)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (2)