Mark Dent

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Mark Dent

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 8, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

State University of New York, Buffalo, 2015

Law

Ohio Northern University, 2001

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

Campaign Facebook

Personal website

Mark Dent (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 16th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 8, 2018.

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Dent's academic, professional, and political career:

• 2015-2017: AmTrust North America, software engineer
• 2012- 2015: United States Army, civilian international tax specialist
• 2006- 2012: Law office of Mark Dent, private attorney
• 2002- 2006: United States Army, JAG attorney
• 2015: Graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.S. in computer and information science
• 2001: Graduated from Ohio Northern University with a J.D.
• 1998: Graduated from the University at Buffalo with a B.A. in political science

Elections

2018

See also: Ohio's 16th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Ohio District 16

Anthony Gonzalez defeated Susan Moran Palmer in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 16 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony Gonzalez (R)	56.7	170,029
		Susan Moran Palmer (D)	43.3	129,681

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 299,710 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Moran Palmer	34.6	14,507
		Grant Goodrich	28.1	11,758
		TJ Mulloy	15.5	6,511
		Mark Dent	9.4	3,932
		Aaron Godfrey	7.9	3,313
	Submit photo	John Wilson	4.5	1,876

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 41,897
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16

Anthony Gonzalez defeated Christina Hagan and Michael Grusenmeyer in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 16 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anthony Gonzalez	53.1	34,327
		Christina Hagan	40.8	26,380
	Submit photo	Michael Grusenmeyer	6.1	3,977

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 64,684
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kit Seryak (R)
• Darrell Hartman (R)
• Thomas Patton (R)

Campaign themes

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

Dent stated the following about his political philosophy in a biographical submission to Ballotpedia:

“

Washington is broken because we don't have good people running our country. I don't like having a broken country and I am a good person; so what else can I do but run? My philosophy is simple, forget the names and labels, do what works and leave no one behind. Have the courage to live by your convictions. I've seen politicians strike fear in the hearts of their constituents for their political gain. I've see our nation cower in fear at opening our doors to women and children fleeing war torn nations. We are now hiding behind walls and declaring that being a source of good in the world is destroying our nation. I cannot and will not accept this. Fearful nations do not rise to the challenge and do great things. Fearful nations are inward looking and weak. It is time we reclaim our lable, land of the free, home of the brave.

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Ohio's 16th Congressional District election, 2018
• Ohio's 16th Congressional District

External links

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Footnotes

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Ohio's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Husted (R)

Bernie Moreno (R)

Representatives

District 1

Greg Landsman (D)

District 2

David Taylor (R)

District 3

Joyce Beatty (D)

District 4

Jim Jordan (R)

District 5

Bob Latta (R)

District 6

Michael Rulli (R)

District 7

Max Miller (R)

District 8

Warren Davidson (R)

District 9

Marcy Kaptur (D)

District 10

Michael Turner (R)

District 11

Shontel Brown (D)

District 12

Troy Balderson (R)

District 13

Emilia Sykes (D)

District 14

David Joyce (R)

District 15

Mike Carey (R)

Republican Party (12)

Democratic Party (5)