Mark J. Powell (Indiana)
Mark J. Powell (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Indiana. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 8, 2022.
Powell (Democratic Party) also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 6th Congressional District. He was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on May 3, 2022.
Biography
Mark Powell was born in Chicago, Illinois. Powell earned a bachelor's degree in political science from St. Ambrose College in 1980 and a master's degree in divinity from the Christian Theological Seminary in 2008. His career experience includes working as a Lutheran pastor, radio broadcaster, communications consultant, and legislative aide.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6
Incumbent Greg Pence defeated Cynthia Wirth in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Greg Pence (R) | 67.5 | 130,686 |
 | Cynthia Wirth (D)  | 32.5 | 62,838 | |
| Total votes: 193,524 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6
Cynthia Wirth defeated George Thomas Holland in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cynthia Wirth | 73.1 | 9,057 |
 | George Thomas Holland | 26.9 | 3,337 | |
| Total votes: 12,394 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Barton Teeters (D)
- Mark J. Powell (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6
Incumbent Greg Pence defeated James Dean Alspach in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Greg Pence | 77.6 | 44,893 |
| James Dean Alspach | 22.4 | 12,923 | ||
| Total votes: 57,816 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Zach Smith (R)
- Erik Benson (R)
2020
See also: Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2020
Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 9
Incumbent Trey Hollingsworth defeated Andy Ruff and Tonya Millis in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Trey Hollingsworth (R) | 60.9 | 218,606 |
 | Andy Ruff (D) | 34.8 | 124,826 | |
 | Tonya Millis (L) | 4.3 | 15,601 | |
| Total votes: 359,033 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Tilford (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9
Andy Ruff defeated Mark J. Powell, D. Liam Dorris, Brandon Hood, and James O'Gabhann III in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andy Ruff | 43.7 | 21,626 |
 | Mark J. Powell | 19.9 | 9,872 | |
 | D. Liam Dorris | 15.8 | 7,813 | |
 | Brandon Hood | 13.9 | 6,899 | |
| James O'Gabhann III | 6.7 | 3,306 | ||
| Total votes: 49,516 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9
Incumbent Trey Hollingsworth advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Trey Hollingsworth | 100.0 | 62,962 |
| Total votes: 62,962 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 9
Tonya Millis advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on March 7, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Tonya Millis (L) |
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Campaign themes
2022
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2020
Mark J. Powell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Powell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Born: Chicago, September 29, 1959 Parents: Factory Workers, Father: Born in Kielce, Poland, 1928, Mother: Born in Chicago, Illinois 1924 (Adopted 1971)
Academic: Downers Grove South High School, Downers Grove, IL (August 1973-January, 1977) B.A. Cum Laude, Political Science, St. Ambrose College, Davenport, IA (June 1977-May, 1980) Graduate Theology: North American College, Vatican City State, Europe (September 1980-September 1981) M.Div. Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN (July 2005-May, 2008)
Occupation: Lutheran Pastor, Ordained in 2009 at Faith Lutheran Church, Otterbein, IN, Rostered with the Lutheran Church - International. (2008 to present), Political and Governmental Consultant/ Staff Member (1994-2004) Radio Host, Program Director (March 1978-March 2000)
Experience: 1986 (February-March) Protest Write-In GOP Congressional Campaign, Illinois 14th Congressional District, 1987 (April) Elected Independent 7th Ward City Councilman, City of DeKalb, Illinois 1989 DeKalb, IL Independent Mayoral candidate 1994-1996 Campaign Manager, Legislative Assistant, Kansas House of Representatives 2000-2003 Chief of Staff, Associate House Speaker, Michigan House of Representatives 2003-2004 Michigan State House of Representatives Protest Libertarian nominee 2010 United States Democratic Congressional candidate, District 4
2020 United States Democratic Congressional candidate, District 9- We need Leaders not Politicians like Joseph Albert Hollingsworth III!!! In 2019, Pastor Powell was a vocal opponent to GOP officials giving Johnson County Prosecutor Brad Cooper who pleaded guilty to beating his fiancé a slap on the wrist. Special treatment was given to Cooperby a State Judicial system controlled by Republicans. When Powell was calling for Prosecutor Cooper to resign after pleading guilty to three felonies YOU could hear crickets coming from Mr. Hollingsworth. That's not decency!!!
- We need a Representative in Congress that REPRESENTS. Mr. Hollingsworth might be worth $50 Plus Million Dollars but he should not think WE WORK FOR HIM. If I am your next Congressman I know YOU are MY BOSS. I want to hear from you every week on Saturday, I pledge to host a LIVE 1 hour radio talk show on a netwrok of stations in the 9th District whether Im in D.C. or back home in Indiana. I will hold Town Halls too.
- Due to the National Emergency for Some Americans when it comes to Health Insurance, Pastor Powell will sponsor legislation in January 2021 that will state: beginning July 1, 2021 all citizens earning a household income of $99,999 or less will have immediate access if they wish to Congressional Health Insurance. Pastor Powell believes this enacted legislation will motivate all Representatives and Senators to ACT on this issue immediately.
2. Children, country music fans, the LGBTQ community, college students, worshipers at
Church...have been victims of the mindless menace of violence which affects us ALL and it ought to bring us together across partisan lines for common sense reforms. More than half of Americans - both Democrats and Republicans - support firearm safety by keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill and broader background checks without gun show loopholes. Please know Pastor Powell is for the People keeping their firearms and that includes hand guns and long barreled weapons.
3. Pastor Powell will support...
1.Immediate Action to create the United States Department of the Environment
2. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
3. Protecting our forests, national parks and arctic regions worldwide by investing in environmentally compassionate technology and jobs
4. Humane treatment of animals, a national animal rights ethics code
United States Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (2007-Present)
Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives. Everything that makes man's life worthwhile - family, work, education, a place to rear one's children and a place to rest one's head - all this depends on the decisions of government; all can be swept away by a government which does not heed the demands of its people, and I mean all of its people. Therefore, the essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer - not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or a particular race, but to all its people.
And even government by the consent of the governed, as in our own Constitution, must be limited in its power to act against its people; so that there may be no interference with the right to worship, or with the security of the home; no arbitrary imposition of pains or penalties by officials high or low; no restrictions on the freedom of men to seek education or work or opportunity of any kind, so that each man may become all he is capable of becoming.
These are the sacred rights of Western society. 6/6/66- Sen. Bob Kennedy
2. Courage
2. Straight Shooter
2. Communicate with their Constituents ...I will host a weekly call in talk show on a network covering all of the 9th District and Internet site too. Non scripted and no screeners. Participate in as many Town Halls as possible.
2. A Balanced Budget for the Federal Government
2. Bringing Muslims, Jews and Christians to agree on the Co-Capitol of Jewish and Muslim Jerusalem mediated by the United States government and enforced by United Nations Peace Keepers.
3. Returning the printing of money to the United States Congress and doing away with the Federal Reserve System. This is a Constitutional duty that the Congress has given away. It is apparent this system has failed not only the United States but every nation of the world.
Thus we must remember : "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; To regulate COMMERCE with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States...".
Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on the Middle East
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Grotberg#Life_and_career
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 13, 2020
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Rev. Mark J Powell, M.Div.," accessed March 21, 2022
