Mark Brody
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 55th district
Assumed office
January 1, 2013
Preceded byFrank McGuirt (redistricting)
Personal details
Born
Mark Allen Brody

(1951-12-06) December 6, 1951
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLisa
Children3
ResidenceMonroe, North Carolina
Alma materConcordia University Wisconsin (BA)
OccupationGeneral contractor

Mark Allen Brody (born December 6, 1951) is a Wisconsin-born Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives.[1] He has represented the 55th district (including constituents in Anson and Union counties) since 2013.

Life and career

In 1996, he received his Bachelor of Arts at Concordia University, a private Christian University in Mequon, Wisconsin. Brody serves on the board of Union Day School in Waxhaw, North Carolina,[2] a charter school launched in 2016 to serve K–3 students. The school is a tuition-free, publicly funded school run by an independent board.[3] Brody is a formerly licensed general contractor who has built homes in Union, Mecklenburg and Gaston counties.[4] He faced several civil suits in a decade that alleged he failed to pay for materials or services rendered, according to an WSOC-TV news report in 2012; Brody claimed the allegations were politically motivated.[4] He is sometimes cited as having served in the US Navy (Reserves) from 1985 to 1993.[5] His father served in the military (WWII), as did his grandfather, Joseph L. Brodowski (original surname to Brody).[6]

Controversy

On May 11, 2018, on his Facebook page, Brody called public school teachers in Union County, North Carolina, and North Carolina "Teacher Union thugs" in relation the 2018 North Carolina teachers' rally planned in Raleigh, the state capital.[7] Teachers' unions are illegal in the state of North Carolina.[8] Brody defended the statement in a later interview with WBTV, saying that use of the "thug" phrase was about national unions. "When you pull the curtain away and see who’s pulling the levers on this, it’s the national teacher union and those are the ones I was referring to," he said. He also said he wasn't trying to say anything negative about local teachers.[9]

Committee assignments

[10]

2021-2022 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Education
  • Local Government - Land Use, Planning and Development (Chair)
  • Education - Community Colleges (Vice Chair)
  • Agriculture
  • Regulatory Reform
  • Wildlife Resources

2019-2020 session

  • Regulatory Reform (Chair)
  • Education - Community Colleges (Vice Chair)
  • Agriculture
  • Wildlife Resources
  • Education - K-12
  • Finance

2017-2018 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - General Government
  • Education - Community Colleges (Chair)
  • Agriculture (Chair)
  • Commerce and Job Development
  • Education - Universities
  • State and Local Government I

2015-2016 session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - General Government (Vice Chair)
  • Education - Community Colleges (Chair)
  • Agriculture (Chair)
  • Regulatory Reform
  • Commerce and Job Development
  • Education - Universities
  • Elections

2013-2014 session

  • Appropriations
  • Agriculture
  • Commerce and Job Development
  • Government
  • Health and Human Services

Electoral history

2020

North Carolina House of Representatives 55th district general election, 2020[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Brody (incumbent) 20,800 58.32%
Democratic Gloria Harrington Overcash 14,865 41.68%
Total votes 35,665 100%
Republican hold

2018

North Carolina House of Representatives 55th district general election, 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Brody (incumbent) 18,412 65.29%
Democratic Frank Deese 9,790 34.71%
Total votes 28,202 100%
Republican hold

2016

North Carolina House of Representatives 55th district general election, 2016[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Brody (incumbent) 20,901 60.37%
Democratic Kim Hargett 13,719 39.63%
Total votes 34,620 100%
Republican hold

2014

North Carolina House of Representatives 55th district general election, 2014[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Brody (incumbent) 12,484 58.94%
Democratic Kim Hargett 8,698 41.06%
Total votes 21,182 100%
Republican hold

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 55th district Republican primary election, 2012[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Brody 3,892 47.60%
Republican Richard Johnson 3,830 46.84%
Republican John L. Barker 455 5.56%
Total votes 8,177 100%
North Carolina House of Representatives 55th district general election, 2012[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Brody 18,962 56.60%
Democratic Dale Nelson 14,540 43.40%
Total votes 33,502 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 103rd district general election, 2008[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Gulley (incumbent) 20,798 69.37%
Unaffiliated Mark Brody 9,184 30.63%
Total votes 29,982 100%
Republican hold

References

  1. ↑ "Mark Brody's biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Union Day Charter School - About Us". Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Six Charlotte-area charter schools are on track to open in August". Archived from the original on 2018-05-15.
  4. 1 2 Burcham, Kathryn (24 October 2012). "Candidate for NC House fights allegations". WSOC TV. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mark Brody".
  6. ↑ 1930 United States Census, District 0168
  7. ↑ "'Teacher Union thugs' are behind May 16 education rally, NC lawmaker says".
  8. ↑ "North Carolina General Statutes".
  9. ↑ Giles, Alex (May 14, 2018). "State representative speaks about Facebook post where he referenced 'teacher union thugs'". WBTV. Raycom Media. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Mark Brody". Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  11. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  12. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  13. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  14. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  15. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  16. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
  17. ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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