Mark Born

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Mark Born
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Wisconsin State Assembly District 37
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Wisconsin State Assembly District 39
Successor: Alex Dallman
Predecessor: Jeff Fitzgerald

Compensation

Base salary

$57,408/year

Per diem

$155.70/day (with overnight) or $77.85/day (no overnight)

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Beaver Dam High School

Bachelor's

Gustavus Adolphus College

Personal
Birthplace
Beaver Dam, Wis.
Profession
Law enforcement
Contact

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Mark Born (Republican Party) is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing District 37. He assumed office on January 6, 2025. His current term ends on January 4, 2027.

Born (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Wisconsin State Assembly to represent District 37. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Mark Born was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He earned a high school diploma from Beaver Dam High School and a bachelor's degree from Gustavus Adolphus College. His career experience includes working in law enforcement.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Born was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Born was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Born was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Wisconsin committee assignments, 2017
Finance
Rules
Joint Finance

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Born served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Born served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2024

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37

Incumbent Mark Born defeated LaToya Bates in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mark Born
Mark Born (R)
 
68.6
 
20,977
Image of LaToya Bates
LaToya Bates (D) Candidate Connection
 
31.4
 
9,608
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
4

Total votes: 30,589
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37

LaToya Bates advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of LaToya Bates
LaToya Bates Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,973

Total votes: 2,973
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37

Incumbent Mark Born defeated Steve Rydzewski in the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 37 on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mark Born
Mark Born
 
69.4
 
4,701
Steve Rydzewski
 
30.6
 
2,068

Total votes: 6,769
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Campaign finance

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2022

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2022

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39

Incumbent Mark Born defeated Steve Rydzewski in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mark Born
Mark Born (R)
 
97.6
 
20,284
Steve Rydzewski (R) (Write-in)
 
2.0
 
412
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
79

Total votes: 20,775
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39

Incumbent Mark Born advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mark Born
Mark Born
 
100.0
 
9,220
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 9,221
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2020

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39

Incumbent Mark Born defeated Izzy Hassey Nevarez in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mark Born
Mark Born (R)
 
68.7
 
22,085
Image of Izzy Hassey Nevarez
Izzy Hassey Nevarez (D)
 
31.3
 
10,049

Total votes: 32,134
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39

Izzy Hassey Nevarez advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Izzy Hassey Nevarez
Izzy Hassey Nevarez
 
100.0
 
2,284

Total votes: 2,284
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39

Incumbent Mark Born advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mark Born
Mark Born
 
100.0
 
4,905

Total votes: 4,905
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2018

General election

General election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39

Incumbent Mark Born defeated Elisha Barudin in the general election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mark Born
Mark Born (R)
 
63.4
 
15,940
Elisha Barudin (D)
 
36.6
 
9,210

Total votes: 25,150
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39

Elisha Barudin advanced from the Democratic primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Elisha Barudin
 
100.0
 
2,436

Total votes: 2,436
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39

Incumbent Mark Born advanced from the Republican primary for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mark Born
Mark Born
 
100.0
 
6,557

Total votes: 6,557
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2016

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2016

Elections for the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

Incumbent Mark Born defeated Jim Zahn in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 general election.[2][3]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 39 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mark Born Incumbent 67.43% 19,028
     Democratic Jim Zahn 32.57% 9,192
Total Votes 28,220
Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission


Jim Zahn ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 39 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jim Zahn  (unopposed)


Incumbent Mark Born ran unopposed in the Wisconsin State Assembly District 39 Republican primary.[4][5]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 39 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mark Born Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2014

Elections for all 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 12, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Incumbent Mark Born was unopposed in the Republican primary. Richard Bennett ran as an independent candidate.[6] Born defeated Bennett in the general election,[7][8][9] and was re-elected for another term.[10]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 39 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMark Born Incumbent 73.8% 16,793
     Independent Richard Bennett 26.2% 5,977
Total Votes 22,770

2012

See also: Wisconsin State Assembly elections, 2012

Born won election in the 2012 election for Wisconsin State Assembly District 39. He defeated Tracy Heron and Don Lechner in the Republican primary on August 14 and defeated Jim Grigg (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[11][12]

Wisconsin State Assembly, District 39, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMark Born 60.4% 17,465
     Democratic Jim Grigg 39.6% 11,446
     - Scattering 0.1% 22
Total Votes 28,933
Wisconsin State Assembly, District 39 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMark Born 50.6% 4,023
Don Lechner 29.9% 2,381
Tracy Heron 19.5% 1,554
Total Votes 7,958

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Mark Born did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Mark Born did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Mark Born campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Wisconsin State Assembly District 37Won general$237,185 $202,181
2022Wisconsin State Assembly District 39Won general$228,093 $193,181
2020Wisconsin State Assembly District 39Won general$93,056 N/A**
2016Wisconsin State Assembly, District 39Won $29,737 N/A**
2014Wisconsin State Assembly, District 39Won $27,345 N/A**
2012Wisconsin State Assembly, District 39Won $45,475 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
William Penterman (R)
Wisconsin State Assembly District 37
2025-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Jeff Fitzgerald (R)
Wisconsin State Assembly District 39
2013-2025
Succeeded by
Alex Dallman (R)


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