Mark Begich
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United States Senator from Alaska |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ted Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Dan Sullivan |
| Mayor of Anchorage | |
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In office July 1, 2003 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | George Wuerch |
| Succeeded by | Matt Claman |
| Member of the Anchorage Assembly | |
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In office October 1988 – April 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Brad Bradley |
| Succeeded by | Melinda Taylor |
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Mark Peter Begich March 30, 1962 Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Deborah Bonito |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives |
Nick Begich (father) Tom Begich (brother) |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Mark Peter Begich (/ˈbɛɡɪtʃ/; born March 30, 1962) is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Mayor of Anchorage from 2003 to 2009.
Born in Anchorage, Begich is the son of former U.S. Representative Nick Begich Sr. He was elected to the Anchorage Assembly at the age of 26. He eventually served as chairman for three years, before leaving the Assembly in 1998. Begich ran two unsuccessful campaigns for mayor in 1994 and 2000 before being elected in 2003. In the 2008 Senate election, Begich narrowly defeated incumbent Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican member of the Senate of all time.
In the 2014 Senate election, Begich was defeated in his bid for reelection by former Alaska Attorney General Dan Sullivan. Following completion of his term in the U.S. Senate, he became a policy advisor on Native American affairs in the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry LLP.
Begich was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. He is the son of Margaret Jean "Pegge" (née Jendro) and former U.S. Representative Nick Begich. His father disappeared in October 1972 during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska with then U.S. House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, but was reelected the next month, while missing, before both were declared legally dead.
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