Mark Alford | |
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Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 4th district | |
Assuming office January 3, 2023 | |
Succeeding | Vicky Hartzler |
Personal details | |
Born | Baytown, Texas, U.S. | October 4, 1963
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Leslie Adkins (m. 1989) |
Children | 3 |
Education | University of Texas, Austin (BA) |
Mark Allen Alford (born October 4, 1963) is an American politician and former television news journalist. After working at Kansas City television station WDAF-TV for 23 years, he stepped down from his anchor role to run for the United States House of Representatives in Missouri's 4th congressional district as a Republican in the 2022 elections.
Born in Baytown, Texas,[1][2] Alford worked for KPRC-TV in Houston as a reporter and weekend anchor for News 2 Houston from 1995 and 1998. Prior to KPRC-TV, Alford was anchor for KDFW-TV in Dallas and a reporter with WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach; KWTX-TV in Waco and for KXAN-TV in Austin.[3] In 1998, he went to WDAF-TV in Kansas City as an anchor for Fox 4 News and stayed there for 23 years. He announced his resignation on October 8, 2021.[4] He announced his campaign for the United States House of Representatives in Missouri's 4th congressional district as a Republican in the 2022 elections on October 27.[5][6] He won the Republican nomination in the primary election on August 2[7] and the general election on November 8.[8]