1. Mark Allen Pody was born on April 23,1956 and is an American politician, elected as a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate from the 17th district, encompassing Cannon County, Clay County, Dekalb County, Macon County, Smith County and Wilson County.
Mark Allen Pody was born on April 23,1956, in Spokane, Washington.
Mark Pody is a member of the Tennessee Firearms Association, the Chambers of Commerce in Lebanon, the Trousdale County, Watertown, and Cannon County.
In 2012, Mark Pody ran unopposed in both the Republican primary and general election to win a second House term.
Mark Pody defeated Democrat Amelia Morrison Hipps, 19,785 to 6,589.
Mark Pody ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and he defeated Democrat Mary Alice Carfi in the special election, 5,995 to 5,688.
In 2012, Mark Pody endorsed Rick Santorum as the Republican presidential nominee.
Mark Pody co-sponsored a bill to nullify the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
In September 2015, Mark Pody proposed bill HB1412, known as the Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act, to ban same-sex marriage in Tennessee despite the Supreme Court's decision to legalize it.
Mark Pody drew a parallel with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
In 2017, Mark Pody filed a bill that would have restricted students to using a bathroom for the gender they were assigned at birth.
In 2021, Mark Pody supported a bill, which passed the legislature, that would allow guardians to keep their children from being exposed to school lessons on the LGBTQ community.
In November 2020, Mark Pody supported the "Stop the Steal" movement that endorsed Donald Trump's contesting of the 2020 election results.
Mark Pody signed on to a January 2021 letter sent from Republican state legislators asking Tennessee's US senators to object to Joe Biden's electoral victory.
Mark Pody paid for several Tennesseans to attend the January 6,2021 protest of Biden's victory, but he denounced the violence that took place at the US Capitol.
In July 2021, Mark Pody declined to sign a letter by Republican state senators that urged Tennesseans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Mark Pody is married to Barbara Lynne Mark Pody and has two children.