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|residence=Fort Worth, Texas, USA
|residence=Fort Worth, Texas, USA
|spouse=Mary Ann Osterhoudt Shelton
|spouse=Mary Ann Osterhoudt Shelton
|children=Richard Bryce Shelton<br>
|children=Richard Bryce Shelton
Andrew James Shelton<br>
Andrew James Shelton<br>
Peter Shelton<br>
Peter Shelton<br>
|title=Mark Shelton|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
|title=Mark Shelton|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=May 30, 2020}}</ref>
Shelton did not seek reelection in 2012 but instead ran a strong but unsuccessful race for state senator in District 10, having been defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Wendy Russell Davis, her party's 2014 nominee against Republican [[Greg Abbott]] and a 2020 opponent to [[U.S. Representative]] [[Chip Roy]]. Shelton ran again in 2014 for the same Senate seat but was handily defeated by the more [[conservative]] challenger, [[Konni Burton]], a [[business]]woman from Colleyville in Tarrant County, a favorite of the [[Tea Party movement]].<ref name=kburton/>Burton received 17,435 votes (60.2 percent) to Shelton's 6,237 (38.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://team1.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/may27_173_state.htm?x=0&y=2631&id=422|title=2014 Republican Party Primary Runoff: Election Night Returns|publisher=[[Texas Secretary of State]]|accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref> Burton was defeated for reelection by a Democrat in her bid for a second term in 2018.
Shelton did not seek reelection in 2012 but instead ran a strong but unsuccessful race for state senator in District 10, having been defeated by [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Wendy Russell Davis, her party's 2014 nominee against Republican [[Greg Abbott]] and a 2020 opponent to [[U.S. Representative]] [[Chip Roy]]. Shelton ran again in 2014 for the same Senate seat but was handily defeated by the more [[conservative]] challenger, Konni Burton, a [[business]]woman from Colleyville in Tarrant County, a favorite of the [[Tea Party movement]].<ref name=kburton/>Burton received 17,435 votes (60.2 percent) to Shelton's 6,237 (38.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://team1.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/may27_173_state.htm?x=0&y=2631&id=422|title=2014 Republican Party Primary Runoff: Election Night Returns|publisher=[[Texas Secretary of State]]|accessdate=May 28, 2014}}</ref> Burton was defeated for reelection by a Democrat in her bid for a second term in 2018.
==Background==
==Background==
Shelton's place of birth is not available. The website intelius.com reports that he formerly lived in Edmond near [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Mark&qmi=M&qn=Shelton&qcs=Fort+Worth%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Mark McGregor Shelton|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 30, 2020}}</ref> He was reared in Arlington in Tarrant County and graduated in 1974 from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School there. In 1979, he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. In 1983, he received his [[M.D.]] from the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]].<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/mark-shelton/#ui-tabs-1|title=Mark Shelton|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 30, 2014}}</ref>
Shelton's place of birth is not available. The website intelius.com reports that he formerly lived in Edmond near [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Mark&qmi=M&qn=Shelton&qcs=Fort+Worth%2C+TX&focusfirst=1|title=Mark McGregor Shelton|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 30, 2020}}</ref> He was reared in Arlington in Tarrant County and graduated in 1974 from Mirabeau B. Lamar High School there. In 1979, he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], Texas. In 1983, he received his [[M.D.]] from the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine in [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]].<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/mark-shelton/#ui-tabs-1|title=Mark Shelton|publisher=''The Texas Tribune''|accessdate=March 30, 2014}}</ref>