Mark Zetzer
Mark Zetzer (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 14th Congressional District. He will not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on May 5, 2026.
Zetzer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mark Zetzer earned a high school diploma from Madison Heights High School and a bachelor's degree from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in 1985. Zetzer's professional experience includes working as a field technician and land surveyor. He has also worked in marketing, advertising, and graphic design. Zetzer founded Grow Shaker. As of 2026, he was retired.[1][2][3]
Elections
2026
See also: Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 5, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14
Maria Jukic (D), Bill O'Neill (D), and Carl Setzer (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on May 5, 2026.
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 | Bill O'Neill | |
 | Carl Setzer | |
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14
Incumbent David Joyce (R) and Nicole Frenchko (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on May 5, 2026.
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 | Nicole Frenchko | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Zetzer (R)
Endorsements
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2024
See also: Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2024
Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)
Ohio's 14th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Ohio District 14
Incumbent David Joyce defeated Brian Kenderes in the general election for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Joyce (R) | 63.4 | 243,427 |
| Brian Kenderes (D) | 36.6 | 140,431 | ||
| Total votes: 383,858 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Maria Jukic (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14
Brian Kenderes advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brian Kenderes | 100.0 | 33,769 | |
| Total votes: 33,769 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14
Incumbent David Joyce defeated Elayne Cross and Kenneth Polke in the Republican primary for U.S. House Ohio District 14 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Joyce | 76.7 | 61,785 |
 | Elayne Cross | 13.1 | 10,562 | |
 | Kenneth Polke | 10.2 | 8,257 | |
| Total votes: 80,604 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Zetzer (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Zetzer in this election.
2014
Zetzer ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Ohio's 11th District. Zetzer won the Republican nomination in the primary on May 6, 2014. Zetzer was then defeated by incumbent Marcia Fudge (D) in the general election on November 4, 2014.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Marcia Fudge Incumbent |
79.5% | 137,105 | |
| Republican | Mark Zetzer | 20.5% | 35,461 | |
| Total Votes | 172,566 | |||
| Source: Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mark Zetzer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zetzer's responses.
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I first got into politics as a school kid in the 1970’s, after watching my family’s living standard decline from inflation. I worked part time jobs to help out, and I joined my high school Young Republicans to help Ronald Reagan get elected president in 1980. I considered a career in public service, but I went to business school instead, confident that Reagan would lower inflation.
I pursued a career in marketing and advertising, got married, and raised a family. I did not return to politics until 2012, to organize against Shaker Heights tax levies. My campaigns to cut taxes and spending got me nominated for City Council, and as a Republican for U.S. Congress in OH-11. In 2016, I supported Donald Trump for president, but then lost my career, marriage, and house.
Donald Trump was the first private sector president, and his results-based policies helped me start my life over as a field surveyor. I moved to Geauga County in 2019 to escape high taxes, but Bidenflation and property tax hikes have spurred me back into political action. I am running for Congress again in 2026 to restore the blessings of liberty, which are abundance and human flourishing- Republicans offer Americans more money and freedoms, but they don’t often deliver what they promise. To help the GOP win big in the 2026 midterm elections, I’m challenging all Republican representatives, senators, and candidates to sign a “Declaration 250,” a list of bills for Americans to keep and grow ‘their stuff’, instead of fighting over a shrinking supply of ‘other people’s stuff’, offered by Democrats. Inspired by Newt Gingrich’s 1994 “Contract With America,” this strategy won Republican supermajorities in the House and Senate, where they cut taxes and spending and balanced budgets, and helped create the longest period of general prosperity that I have ever experienced.
- My “Declaration 250” proposes these popular America First initiatives for individual independence: a nationwide repeal of property taxes; the replacement of the IRS with a 1% flat income tax; the end of inflation with the closure of the Federal Reserve Bank; the repayment of public debt through the sale of federal lands, stockpiles, buildings, structures, and other assets; the closure of federal bureaucracies that punish producers and stifle growth and innovation; a return of captured services to the private sector, to deliver affordable infrastructure, energy, healthcare, education, charity, and business standards; the restoration of privacy and the introduction of blockchain transparency of all public spending and activity.
- My “Declaration 250” proposes these popular America First initiatives for individual security: defend our borders and deport all illegal aliens; send guest workers and foreign students back home, to open up jobs and degrees for American citizens; resume guest visas when unemployment drops to 0%, and workforce participation reaches 100%; restore Second Amendment rights to own any military weapon, and to form independent military units; withdraw from the United Nations and end all foreign aid; build a “Golden Dome” nuclear missile defense, and shield our grid from EMP attacks; enforce the Monroe Doctrine to protect the Western Hemisphere from Eastern aggression; fulfill American “Manifest Destiny”, from Greenland to the Panama Canal.
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2024
Mark Zetzer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Zetzer submitted the following statement to Ballotpedia.[2]
| “ | I am a classic, Jeffersonian liberal who is fiscally conservative and socially tolerant.[5] | ” |
Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from the Federal Election Commission. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Mark Zetzer," accessed January 2, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on August 28, 2014
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 12, 2026
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
