Mark Bircher
Mark Bircher is a retired Marine Corps Reserve brigadier general, commercial pilot (Boeing 777), lawyer, scholar, and former Blue Angels pilot.[1] He was a Republican Party candidate in Florida's 13th congressional district special election, 2014.[1][2] He is the Republican candidate for the 2016 election in Florida's 13th congressional district.[3]
Bircher is a graduate of the Naval Academy and the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN).[4] He became a fighter pilot and flew the A-4 Skyhawk and F/A-18 Hornet. He was awarded the Bronze Star.[5] He flew with the Blue Angels for three years. In 2003 he deployed to Iraq. In 2009 he retired from the Marine Corps Reserves as a Brigadier General.[1]
Bircher ran as a conservative candidate in the Republican primary in the 2014 special election for Florida's 13th congressional district. Bircher finished third with 24% of the vote, behind State Representative Kathleen Peters (29%) and lobbyist David Jolly (45%) who went on to defeat Alex Sink in the March 11, 2014 special election.[6]
Political positions
- Supports a balanced budget[1]
- Opposes the Affordable Care Act[1]
Endorsements
- Combat Veterans For Congress PAC[4]
- Former Congressman Allen West[7]
- Republican Liberty Caucus[8]
References
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- ↑ Pinellas congressional candidate Mark Bircher: Accomplished but unlikely by Adam C. Smith December 31, 2013 Tampa Bay Times
- ↑ Official Campaign Website 2016
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- ↑ Mark William Bircher Military Times
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