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| | '''Mark Spencer Yancey''' (born September 26, 1957) is a [[business]]man from [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], with more than thirty years of experience in the financial services industry,<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url= | | '''Mark Spencer Yancey''' (born September 26, 1957) is a [[business]]man from [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], with more than thirty years of experience in the financial services industry,<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url= |
| − | https://www.mylife.com/mark-yancey/e502381951836|title=Mark Yancey (Spencer)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> who is challenging [[Moderate Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Cornyn]] in the [[Republican Party|GOP]] senatorial primary to be held on March 3, 2020. | + | https://www.mylife.com/mark-yancey/e502381951836|title=Mark Yancey (Spencer)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 27, 2019}}</ref> who is challenging [[Moderate Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Cornyn]] in the [[Republican Party|GOP]] senatorial [[primary]] to be held on March 3, 2020. |
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| | The [[conservative]] Yancey describes himself as a "Common Sense Republican" who is not indebted to special interest groups.<ref name=voteformark>{{cite web|url=https://voteformark.com/meet-mark/|title=Meet Mark Yancey|date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> | | The [[conservative]] Yancey describes himself as a "Common Sense Republican" who is not indebted to special interest groups.<ref name=voteformark>{{cite web|url=https://voteformark.com/meet-mark/|title=Meet Mark Yancey|date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |
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| | He is a former resident of Newport Beach, [[California]], and Ponte Vedra Beach in | | He is a former resident of Newport Beach, [[California]], and Ponte Vedra Beach in |
| | St. Johns County, [[Florida]], a resort located on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast between [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] and St. Augustine.<ref name=mylife/> He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Attacca International, an independent privately held mergers and acquisitions firm.<ref name=voteformark/> | | St. Johns County, [[Florida]], a resort located on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast between [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] and St. Augustine.<ref name=mylife/> He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Attacca International, an independent privately held mergers and acquisitions firm.<ref name=voteformark/> |
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| | + | There are other primary candidates in addition to Cornyn and Yancey, including [[Dwayne Stovall]] of Cleveland in Liberty County, who challenged Cornyn in the 2014 primary and polled 11 percent of the vote. |
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