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Mark I. Thompson

Mark I. Thompson

Republican · Iowa · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Iowa House District 56, Iowa

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Pro-life
  • Second Amendment rights
  • Family farms
Biography

Thompson grew up on an Iowa farm, graduated from Eagle Grove High School and Buena Vista College, and was commissioned a Marine in 1977, serving a 20-year Marine Corps career as an infantry officer, per the campaign site. Thompson then worked in the U.S. Department of State's counter-terrorism bureau until 2016, rising to the Senior Executive Service in 2008, per the campaign site. Thompson now substitute teaches and works part time during harvest with local farmers, and lives outside Belmond in Wright County, per the campaign site.

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