Mark Matthiesen

Mark Matthiesen
Matthiesen at the 2024 Hazlitt Summit hosted by Young Americans for Liberty Foundation
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 107th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2023
Preceded byNick Schroer
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 70th district
In office
January 2017 – January 2019
Preceded byBill Otto
Succeeded byPaula Brown
Personal details
BornFayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Children1
Residence(s)O'Fallon, Missouri, U.S.
Alma materMissouri State University

Mark Matthiesen is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A Republican, he was elected in November 2016 from the 70th district of the Missouri House of Representatives, served from January 2017 to January 2019, then was elected in November 2022 from the 107th district.

Early life and career

Matthiesen was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He graduated from Washington High School in Washington, Missouri, in 1994. Additional education resulted in an associate degree in accounting from Florida State College at Jacksonville in 1999 and a bachelor's degree in hospitality management from Missouri State University in 2005. He is a licensed real estate agent, and in response to a 2022 candidate survey said he had worked in the hospitality industry for 20 years.[1]

Missouri House of Representatives

The 70th district that Matthiesen represented from 2017 included parts of Saint Charles and Saint Louis counties, spanning between Chesterfield and Florissant. In 2018, Matthiesen lost re-election to Democratic candidate Paula Brown by less than a one percent margin and only 111 votes, with nearly 200 votes going to a third-party candidate.[2] In 2022, he was elected from another St. Charles county district that includes much of the city of O'Fallon.[3][1] He was unopposed in the 2024 Republican primary.[4]

Election results

2022 Missouri House of Representatives — District 107[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mark Matthiesen 8,151 59.94% +10.89
Democratic Tracy Grundy 5,447 40.06% −9.68
2018 Missouri House of Representatives — District 70 — parts of St. Charles and St. Louis Counties[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Paula Brown 7,993 49.74% +2.65
Republican Mark Matthiesen 7,882 49.05% −3.86
Green Carol Hexem 195 1.21%
2016 Missouri House of Representatives — District 70 — parts of St. Charles and St. Louis Counties[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mark Matthiesen 9,491 52.91%
Democratic Byron DeLear 8,447 47.09%

References

  1. ^ a b "Mark Matthiesen". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "State of Missouri – General Election, November 06, 2018". Missouri Secretary of State. November 30, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Representative Mark Matthiesen". Missouri House of Representatives. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "2024 Missouri State House Primary Election Results". USA Today. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  5. ^ "Election Results; Official Election Returns" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. December 9, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "State of Missouri – General Election, November 08, 2016". Missouri Secretary of State. December 12, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2018.