Mark Begich
Mark P. Begich (born March 30, 1962) is the junior United States Senator from Alaska and a member of the Democratic Party. Previously he served as Mayor of Anchorage since 2003, where he left office with a $17 million budget shortfall. [1] Begich serves on the Senate Committee on Science, Commerce and Transportation, the Senate Committee on Armed Services, and the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. He has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 93.1% of the time during the current Congress. [2]
| Mark Begich | |||
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| U.S. Senator from Alaska From: January 3, 2009 â Present | |||
| Predecessor | Ted Stevens | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Deborah Bonito | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
Begich defeated incumbent Republican Ted Stevens in 2008 after he was falsely indicted by a federal grand jury for failing to report gifts received from the VECO Corporation. All charges against Stevens were dismissed after prosecutorial misconduct.