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Mark Robert Gordon
U.S. Representative AZ-01 (2026 D primary — voting-rights attorney; open Schweikert seat; primary July 21 2026)
Democrat
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✝ God First
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🇺🇸 America First
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National Rank
#8,571 of 8,966 · bottom 4.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
July 21, 2026
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Official Profile
Religion: Jewish (parents 'first-generation Jewish-Americans'; pro-bono work for 'Jewish agencies'; co-produced Off-Broadway play '2 1/2 Jews')
Background: Attorney — election protection / voting rights / civil rights / entertainment law; 30+ years. Bar admissions: US Supreme Court, US District Court (NJ), DC, NJ, NY. Operates MRG Law Office (Washington DC). Founder/Chair Emeritus Voting Rights Fund PAC. 30-yr SAG-AFTRA member (professional actor/director/writer/producer). Princeton (BA) → Columbia Law (JD) → Harvard Kennedy School. Phoenix native (Osborn Elementary, Phoenix Union HS). Father = disabled WWII veteran; mother = public school teacher. AZ DNC Committeeman; DNC Small Business Council Chair; DNC Labor/Disability/LGBTQ+/Veterans councils. Prior run: AZ Secretary of State 2018 (lost D primary). FEC C00911404.
AZ-01 OPEN-SEAT D PRIMARY CANDIDATE — voting-rights attorney w/ thin issue platform (no campaign Issues page). Cited FALSEs (HARD): election_integrity q1 (30+ yr voting-rights attorney, Founder/Chair Emeritus Voting Rights Fund PAC, MCDP Voting Rights Director — career posture is anti voter-ID/citizenship-verification restrictions); election q3 (career posture = pro mail-in / pro voting-access expansion); foreign_policy q1 (3 personal humanitarian missions to Ukraine + Ukraine Focus Advisory Committee — actively supports continued US engagement in Ukraine, opposes withdrawal/AUMF-repeal restraint posture). NULL on 17 issues incl. abortion, marriage/Equality-Act (DNC LGBTQ+ Caucus + AFL-CIO Pride Month profile = SOFT signal only, no explicit Equality Act statement), gun rights, religious liberty, parental rights, immigration, Israel (notable absence given Jewish heritage + DNC LGBTQ+ role — has NOT publicly aligned ceasefire-now/Hamas-sympathetic OR AIPAC), China, Iran, debt, energy, climate, police, foreign aid, tariffs, healthcare specifics (M4A/public-option silent — defends ACA/Medicare/Soc-Sec generically), tax specifics, regulation, industry capture. NO cross-party deviations found. Religion: Jewish.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Running as a progressive Democratic candidate in AZ-01 on a platform that includes defending reproductive rights. His party affiliation and DNC leadership role place him firmly in support of federal abortion-access legislation, rejecting life-at-conception personhood.
- BallotpediaCenter
- electmarkrobertgordon.comUnclassified
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
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Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
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Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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A member of the DNC's LGBTQ+ caucus and a 30-year advocate for same-sex civil rights. His DNC biography lists service on the LGBTQ+ caucus and as AFL-CIO Pride Month honoree — indicating strong support for same-sex marriage and rejection of the one-man-one-woman definition.
- azdnc.orgUnclassified
- aflcio.orgUnclassified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
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Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
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Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
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Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
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Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
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Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
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Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
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Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
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Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
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Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
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Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
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Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
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Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
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Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
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1 claim
A career voting-rights attorney and founder of the Voting Rights Fund whose entire professional identity is built on expanding ballot access — maximizing voter registration, opposing strict voter-ID laws, and resisting measures to limit mail-in voting, contrary to the rubric's election integrity standards (voter-ID, paper ballots, anti-mass-mail-in).
- BallotpediaCenter
- electmarkrobertgordon.comUnclassified
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
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Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
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Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
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Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
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Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
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Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
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Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
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Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
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Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
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Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
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Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
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Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
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Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
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Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
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Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
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Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
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Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
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Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
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Sources & Evidence
2 Center1 Official7 Other
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
www.electmarkrobertgordon.com/Unclassified
www.electmarkrobertgordon.com/meet-markUnclassified
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
votingrightsfund.org/aboutUnclassified
ukrainefocus.org/advisory-committee/Unclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]30+ year voting-rights attorney; Founder/Chair Emeritus Voting Rights Fund PAC; MCDP Voting Rights Director — professional career = opposition to voter-ID + citizenship-verification restrictions Unclassified
30+ year voting-rights attorney; Founder/Chair Emeritus Voting Rights Fund PAC; MCDP Voting Rights Director — professional career = opposition to voter-ID + citizenship-verification restrictions
- [2]30+ year voting-rights attorney; Founder/Chair Emeritus Voting Rights Fund PAC; MCDP Voting Rights Director — professional career = opposition to voter-ID + citizenship-verification restrictions Unclassified
30+ year voting-rights attorney; Founder/Chair Emeritus Voting Rights Fund PAC; MCDP Voting Rights Director — professional career = opposition to voter-ID + citizenship-verification restrictions
- [3]3 personal humanitarian aid missions to Ukraine + Ukraine Focus Advisory Committee member — actively supports continued US engagement in Ukraine, opposes restraint/AUMF-repeal posture Unclassified
3 personal humanitarian aid missions to Ukraine + Ukraine Focus Advisory Committee member — actively supports continued US engagement in Ukraine, opposes restraint/AUMF-repeal posture
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