Mark Boler

Mark Boler (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Texas' 4th Congressional District. He was disqualified from the general election scheduled on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Boler is a computer architect/scientist and is employed by a major online brokerage.^[1]

Elections

2024

Texas' 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 4

Incumbent Pat Fallon defeated Simon Cardell in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 4 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Pat Fallon (R)	68.4	241,603
	Simon Cardell (D)	31.6	111,696

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 353,299
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Mark Boler (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4

Simon Cardell advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Simon Cardell	100.0	14,954

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,954
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4

Incumbent Pat Fallon defeated Don Horn in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pat Fallon	80.3	70,801
	Submit photo	Don Horn	19.7	17,396

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,197
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Dan Thomas (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 4

Mark Boler advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 4 on March 23, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Mark Boler (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Boler in this election.

2020

Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 26

Incumbent Michael C. Burgess defeated Carol Iannuzzi and Mark Boler in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 26 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael C. Burgess (R)	60.6	261,963
	Carol Iannuzzi (D)	37.3	161,099
	Mark Boler (L)	2.1	9,243

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 432,305
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michael Moates (L)
Jay Taylor (Independent)
William Cunningham (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Carol Iannuzzi defeated Mat Pruneda and Neil Durrance in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carol Iannuzzi	55.3	31,019
		Mat Pruneda	28.0	15,701
	Submit photo	Neil Durrance	16.6	9,329

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 56,049
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Incumbent Michael C. Burgess defeated Jack Wyman, Michael Armstrong, and Jason Mrochek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael C. Burgess	73.6	51,312
	Jack Wyman	11.2	7,816
	Michael Armstrong	8.2	5,745
	Jason Mrochek	7.0	4,846

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,719
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26

Mark Boler advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Mark Boler (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
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2018

See also: Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 26

Incumbent Michael C. Burgess defeated Linsey Fagan and Mark Boler in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 26 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael C. Burgess (R)	59.4	185,551
	Linsey Fagan (D)	39.0	121,938
	Mark Boler (L)	1.6	5,016

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 312,505
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Linsey Fagan defeated William Carl Fisher in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Linsey Fagan	52.7	13,817
	William Carl Fisher	47.3	12,402

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,219
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Incumbent Michael C. Burgess defeated Veronica Birkenstock in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26 on March 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael C. Burgess	76.9	42,290
	Veronica Birkenstock	23.1	12,684

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,974
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2016

See also: Texas' 26th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Michael Burgess (R) defeated Eric Mauck (D) and Mark Boler (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Burgess defeated Micah Beebe and Joel Krause in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016, while Mauck face no primary opposition.^[2]^[3]

**U.S. House, Texas District 26 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Burgess Incumbent	66.4%	211,730
	Democratic	Eric Mauck	29.6%	94,507
	Libertarian	Mark Boler	4%	12,843
Total Votes				319,080
Source: Texas Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Texas District 26 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michael Burgess Incumbent	79.4%	73,607
Joel Krause	14.2%	13,201
Micah Beebe	6.4%	5,942
Total Votes		92,750
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 26th Congressional District elections, 2014

Boler ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Texas' 26th District. Boler won the Libertarian Party nomination at the state convention in April 2014.^[4] He was defeated by incumbent Michael Burgess (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.^[5]

**U.S. House, Texas District 26 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Burgess Incumbent	82.7%	116,944
	Libertarian	Mark Boler	17.3%	24,526
Total Votes				141,470
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 26th Congressional District elections, 2012

Boler ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Texas' 26th District. He ran as a Libertarian candidate. He ran against incumbent Michael C. Burgess (R) and David Sanchez (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.^[6]

**U.S. House, Texas District 26 General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Burgess Incumbent	68.3%	176,642
	Democratic	David Sanchez	28.7%	74,237
	Libertarian	Mark Boler	3%	7,844
Total Votes				258,723
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Mark Boler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Mark Boler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Boler's campaign website listed the following issues:^[7]

“

Constitution: "I believe that the United States Constitution, along with its amendments and the Declaration of Independence, is the law that restricts the government. It ensures that the rights of the individual are not infringed."

Foreign Policy: "We are the strongest nation on the planet by far and I want to keep it that way. However, I believe that when we go to war, we must do so only under a formal declaration of war by Congress."

Health Care: "In a true free-market system, free of government intervention and free of Crony-Capitalism, competition keeps profit margins low. At the same time, it keeps quality very high. Because if it didn't do either one of these things, customers would find a competitor that would do it better and cheaper."

Economy: "Servicing the debt on the monstrous deficit is draining us dry. So are a lot of other things. No one wants to do the tough things we have to do. Everyone seems to want to talk about earmarks. And getting rid of bridges to nowhere would be good. But those make up a small percentage of overall spending."

Civil Liberties: "I believe we can resist terrorism and protect the people of this country without giving up any of our essential liberties. The Constitution states that we have the right to be secure in our property and our persons. I believe we must limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding our personal matters."

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—Mark Boler's campaign website, http://bolerforcongress.org/issues.html

Personal

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Boler and his wife, Carina, have five children.^[1]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Campaign website, "About," accessed August 4, 2014
↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015
↑ The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016
↑ The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Federal Candidates," accessed May 8, 2014
↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
↑ Texas Libertarian Party, "Candidate list," accessed June 10, 2012 (dead link)
↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed August 4, 2014
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[about-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Campaign website, "About," accessed August 4, 2014

[2] Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed December 15, 2015

[primaryresults16-3] The New York Times, "Texas Primary Results," March 1, 2016

[4] The Libertarian Party of Texas, "2014 Federal Candidates," accessed May 8, 2014

[huffpost14-5] The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014

[6] Texas Libertarian Party, "Candidate list," accessed June 10, 2012 (dead link)

[7] Campaign website, "Issues," accessed August 4, 2014

[quotedisclaimer-8] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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Mark Boler

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 4

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 4

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 4

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 4

Endorsements

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 26

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 26

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 26

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 26

2016

2014

2012

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2020

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