19 Facts About Mark Callahan

Mark Allen Callahan was born on May 11,1977 and is an American information technology consultant and perennial candidate.

Mark Callahan was the Republican nominee in the 2016 United States Senate election in Oregon.

Mark Callahan sought appointment to a seat in the Oregon Senate in 2009 as a Democrat.

Later in 2010, Mark Callahan ran for the Oregon House of Representatives, unsuccessfully seeking the nomination of the Independent Party of Oregon before receiving the nomination of the Pacific Green Party, in what he later said was an attempt to take away votes from the Democratic incumbent, Nancy Nathanson, in order to help the Republican nominee win.

In 2011, Mark Callahan unsuccessfully sought a school board seat in Eugene.

In 2012, Mark Callahan ran for President of the United States as a Republican.

Mark Callahan filed to run in both the New Hampshire and Arizona primaries.

Later in 2012, Mark Callahan won the Republican nomination without opposition for the same Oregon House of Representatives seat he had sought in 2010, losing again to Nancy Nathanson in the general election.

In 2015, Mark Callahan unsuccessfully sought a seat on the Mt.

Mark Callahan won the primary over businessman Sam Carpenter, Lane County Commissioner Faye Stewart, and business consultant Dan Laschober.

Mark Callahan lost the general election to the Democratic nominee, incumbent US Senator Ron Wyden.

In 2017, Mark Callahan unsuccessfully sought to become chair of the Oregon Republican Party.

Mark Callahan won the Republican nomination in May 2018, but was defeated by Democrat Kurt Schrader in the November general election.

Mark Callahan relocated to Montgomery, TX and ran in the GOP primary in May 2022 for GOP Precinct Chair, Precinct No 11.

Mark Callahan supports implementing term limits for members of Congress, and is opposed to illegal immigration.

Mark Callahan is opposed to both the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

In January 2017, The Register Guard reported that Mark Callahan received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits - known as "food stamps" - shortly after funding his 2014 US Senate campaign.

Mark Callahan "poured $9,090 of his own money into his candidacy and loaned his campaign another $6,500, according to federal campaign finance records" making him the top contributor to his campaign.

In 2016 while running for US Senate and volunteering in Oregon for Senator Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, Mark Callahan contributed $2,700 directly and loaned his personal campaign $6,100.