Mark Lepak

{{Short description|American politician (born 1956)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mark Lepak | image = Lepak, Mark.jpg | caption = Lepak in 2014 | state_house = Oklahoma | district = 9th | term_start = November 18, 2014 | term_end = | predecessor = Marty Quinn | successor = | birth_name = Mark Paul Lepak | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|8|1}} | birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | party = Republican | education = University of Oklahoma, B.S. | children = Benjamin Lepak }}

'''Mark Paul Lepak''' (born August 1, 1956) is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 9th district since 2014.

==Biography== Mark Lepak has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 9th district since 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.okhouse.gov/MEMBERS/District.aspx?District=9 |title=Representative Mark Lepak |publisher=Okhouse.gov |access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.claremoreprogress.com/news/lepak-announces-re-election-bid-for-state-house/article_6e144e30-9f4b-11e5-8e9c-3b846c28b43e.html |title=Lepak announces re-election bid for State House |publisher=Claremoreprogress.com |date=2015-12-10 |access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref> He was re-elected by default in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Tres |date=2020 |title=More than 40 Oklahoma legislators re-elected by default |work=NonDoc |url=https://nondoc.com/2020/04/10/46-oklahoma-legislators-re-elected-by-default/}}</ref>

He was one of twenty early Oklahoma lawmakers who endorsed Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential election.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ogles |first=Jacob |date=2023-06-07 |title=20 Oklahoma lawmakers endorse Ron DeSantis |url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/616988-20-oklahoma-lawmakers-endorse-ron-desantis/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Florida Politics |language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2023, Senator Julie Daniels and Lepak filed a "resolution to affirm support of Israel and to condemn Hamas". Lepak called Hamas a terrorist organization. The Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City representatives expressed gratitude for the filing of the resolution.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Faught |first=Jamison |title=State Sen. Daniels, State Rep. Lepak file resolution in support of Israel |url=https://www.muskogeepolitico.com/2023/12/state-sen-daniels-state-rep-lepak-file.html |access-date=2023-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bartlesville Radio » News » Sen. Daniels, Rep. Lepak File Resolution in Support of Israel |url=http://bartlesvilleradio.com/pages/news/404212023/sendanielsreplepak-file-resolution-in-support-of-israel |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=Bartlesville Radio}}</ref>

His son, Benjamin Lepak, was appointed as the Oklahoma Secretary of State in 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Murray |title=Oklahoma governor's new general counsel resigns from Statewide Charter School Board |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2024/10/19/stitts-new-general-counsel-resigns-from-oklahoma-charter-school-board/75740458007/ |access-date=October 3, 2025 |work=The Oklahoman |date=October 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoberock |first1=Barbara |title=Stitt appoints new Oklahoma Secretary of State after first choice found ineligible • Oklahoma Voice |url=https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/stitt-appoints-new-oklahoma-secretary-of-state-after-first-choice-found-ineligible/ |access-date=October 3, 2025 |work=Oklahoma Voice |date=October 2, 2025}}</ref>

== Electoral history == {{Election box begin no change | title = 2016 Oklahoma House of Representatives election: District 9 primary<ref name="Ballotpedia: Mark Lepak">{{Cite web|title=Mark Lepak|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mark_Lepak|access-date=2024-01-27|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Oklahoma Republican Party | candidate = Mark Lepak | votes = 2,470 | percentage = 70.7% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Oklahoma Republican Party | candidate = Richelle Helbig | votes = 1,023 | percentage = 29.3 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 3,493 | percentage = 100.00 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2018 Oklahoma House of Representatives election: District 9 general<ref name="Ballotpedia: Mark Lepak"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Oklahoma Republican Party | candidate = Mark Lepak | votes = 9,547 | percentage = 68.7% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Oklahoma Democratic Party | candidate = Clay Layton | votes = 4,344 | percentage = 31.3 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 13,891 | percentage = 100.00 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing |winner = Oklahoma Republican Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title = 2022 Oklahoma House of Representatives election: District 9 general<ref name="Ballotpedia: Mark Lepak"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | party = Oklahoma Republican Party | candidate = Mark Lepak | votes = 9,056 | percentage = 72.4 }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | party = Oklahoma Democratic Party | candidate = Ann Marie Kennedy | votes = 3,457 | percentage = 27.6 }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 12,513 | percentage = 100.00 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing |winner = Oklahoma Republican Party }} {{Election box end}}

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