Mark Garcia (Oregon)
Mark A. Garcia was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 2 of the Oregon House of Representatives.
Biography
Garcia's professional experience includes working as a logger for five years, for RFP in the Dillard Particleboard plant for five years and the owner of Lacodia Tech since 2004. He served in the US Navy as a submariner during the Cold War.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Garcia's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]
Fiscal responsibility
- Excerpt: "As your representative in Salem I will continue to prevent tax and fee increases, while continuously working to improve our state’s budgetary effectiveness."
Job growth
- Excerpt: "As your representative to Salem I will work hard to build consensus around economic projects for Douglas County where we can recover your tax dollars sitting in Salem and bring them back home and put them to work for us."
Student Education
- Excerpt: "As you state representative I will continue to support our schools at current funding levels, and I will work with the House Republican Leadership team to draft bipartisan legislation which supports our great teachers and administrators. At some point in the future I hope to be able to support a revised bond measure, one more fiscally responsible than the last one, which will bring an Umpqua Community College to south county, and improve the infrastructure at the main campus."
Government working for you
- Excerpt: "If the voters of District #2 send me to Salem I will do nothing if not work tirelessly to build consensus around issues which you the voters of District #2 care about. I will fight and win the battles protecting our Gun Rights, land use rights, and unborn baby’s right to life."
Service To Our Community
- Excerpt: "As your Representative to Salem I will seek to get appointed to committees that oversee those areas of government which impact our poor and struggling families the most."
Elections
2014
Elections for the Oregon House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2014. Kerry Atherton defeated Natasha Bjornsen in the Democratic primary. Dallas Heard defeated Mark Garcia in the Republican primary. Jeff Adams ran as a Libertarian candidate. Heard defeated Atherton and Adams in the general election.[3][4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Dallas Heard |
62.7% | 13,337 | |
| Democratic | Kerry Atherton | 31.4% | 6,676 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Adams | 5.7% | 1,203 | |
| None | Miscellaneous | 0.3% | 68 | |
| Total Votes | 21,284 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Kerry Atherton |
58.1% | 1,893 |
| Natasha Bjornsen | 41.9% | 1,364 |
| Total Votes | 3,257 | |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Dallas Heard |
81.9% | 4,708 |
| Mark Garcia | 18.1% | 1,040 |
| Total Votes | 5,748 | |
Personal
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Garcia has two children and one grandchild.[1]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Mark + Garcia + Oregon + House"
See also
- Oregon State Senate elections, 2014
- Oregon State Legislature
- Oregon House of Representatives
- Oregon House of Representatives District 2
External links
- Official campaign website
- Mark Garcia on Facebook
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Oregon Secretary of State - Candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official campaign website, "About Me," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ Official campaign website, "Issues," accessed April 23, 2014 (dead link) (dead link)
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official Results - May 20, 2014 Primary Election," accessed July 8, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official Results - May 20, 2014 Primary Election," accessed July 8, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing," accessed March 17, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official general election results for 2014," accessed April 30, 2015
