Mark Alford (politician)
Mark Allen Alford Sr. (born October 4, 1963) is an American politician and former television news anchor serving as the U.S. representative for  since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. Early life and career
Alford, Sr. was born in Baytown, Texas. He attended Sterling High School and the University of Texas at Austin, but left college without graduating. Alford, Sr.  worked for KPRC-TV in Houston as a reporter and weekend anchor for News 2 Houston from 1995 and 1998. Before that, he was anchor for KDFW-TV in Dallas and a reporter with WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach; KWTX-TV in Waco; and KXAN-TV in Austin. In 1998, he went to WDAF-TV in Kansas City as an anchor for Fox 4 News and stayed there for 23 years. He announced his resignation on October 8, 2021. U.S. House of Representatives

Elections 

On October 27, 2021, Alford, Sr. announced his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives in  as a Republican in the 2022 elections. He won the Republican nomination in the August 2 primary election and won the November 8 general election. Tenure 
Alford, Sr. was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House. He voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. Committee assignments
For the 118th Congress:
  United States House Committee on Agriculture
 Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology
 Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
 Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
 Committee on Armed Services
 Subcommittee on Military Personnel
 Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
 Committee on Small Business
 Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
 Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Regulations

Personal life
Alford, Sr. and his wife, Leslie, have three children, Mark Allen Alford Jr., Alexandria Naomi Francis, and Spencer "Jasper" Adkins Alford. They live in Lake Winnebago, a suburb of Kansas City. Alford is a member of Evangel Church, an Assemblies of God megachurch in Kansas City. References

External links
 Congressman Mark Alford official U.S. House website
Mark Alford for Congress campaign website

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1963 births
Living people
Missouri Republicans
People from Baytown, Texas
Protestants from Missouri
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri
University of Texas at Austin alumni