Mark Bircher Explained

Mark Bircher is a retired Marine Corps Reserve brigadier general, commercial pilot (Boeing 777), lawyer, scholar, and former Blue Angels pilot.[1] He was a Republican Party candidate in Florida's 13th congressional district special election, 2014.[1] [2] He was the Republican candidate for the 2016 election in Florida's 13th congressional district.[3]

Bircher is a graduate of the Naval Academy and the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN). He became a fighter pilot and flew the A-4 Skyhawk and F/A-18 Hornet. He was awarded the Bronze Star.[4] He flew with the Blue Angels for three years. In 2003 he deployed to Iraq. In 2009 he retired from the Marine Corps Reserve as a Brigadier General.[1]

Bircher ran as a conservative candidate in the Republican primary in the 2014 special election for Florida's 13th congressional district. Bircher finished third with 24% of the vote, behind State Representative Kathleen Peters (29%) and lobbyist David Jolly (45%) who went on to defeat Alex Sink in the March 11, 2014 special election.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Blue Angels pilot runs for Congress. https://archive.today/20140102012535/http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/article/349020/8/Former-Blue-Angels-pilot-runs-for-Congress. dead. 2 January 2014. WTSP 10 News. 16 December 2013. blueangelcongress.
  2. https://archive.today/20140102012512/http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/pinellas-congressional-candidate-mark-bircher-accomplished-but-unlikely/2159150 Pinellas congressional candidate Mark Bircher: Accomplished but unlikely
  3. Web site: Official Campaign Website 2016 . 2020-03-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817094343/https://markbircher.com/ . 2016-08-17 . dead .
  4. https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/47611 Mark William Bircher
  5. Web site: Special Primary Election January 14, 2014 Official Results. Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections. 1 December 2015. pinellas-soe.
  6. Web site: BGen Mark Bircher. Combat Veterans For Congress. 1 December 2015. combatveterans.
  7. Web site: If you want to fight Obamacare, send in a Marine: BGen Mark Bircher. Allen B. West. 1 December 2015. allenwest.
  8. Web site: Republican Liberty Caucus Endorses Mark Bircher for Congress in Florida. Republican Liberty Caucus of Tampa Bay. 1 December 2015. rlc.

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