Mark Hunt (politician)

This article is about the West Virginia state legislator. For the New Zealand MMA fighter, see Mark Hunt. For the English footballer, see Mark Hunt (footballer).
Mark Hunt
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
from the 36th district
In office
December 1, 2012  December 1, 2014
Preceded by Joe Talbott
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
from the 30th district
In office
January 2009  January 2013
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
from the 30th district
In office
January 2005  January 2007
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
from the 31st district
In office
January 1995  January 2001
Personal details
Born (1960-01-23) January 23, 1960
Charleston, West Virginia
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Residence Charleston, West Virginia
Alma mater University of Charleston
Marshall University
Columbia University
Profession Attorney
Website markahunt.net

Mark Allen Hunt[1] (born January 23, 1960 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 36 since January 12, 2013. Hunt served consecutively from January 2009 until January 2013, and non-consecutively from January 1995 until January 2001 and from January 2005 until January 2007 in District 30 and District 31 seats. Hunt was a candidate for West Virginia Senate in 2000 and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district in 2006.

Education

Hunt earned his BA from the University of Charleston, his MA from Marshall University, and attended Columbia University.

Elections

Involvement with Clonaid

In 2001, the FDA discovered that the equipment in Raelian-founded Clonaid's human cloning lab in Nitro, West Virginia[8] had been bought by Hunt, who wanted to clone his deceased 10-month-old son, Andrew. Hunt had spent $500,000 on efforts to clone his son. He enlisted Brigitte Boisselier, a French chemist and Raëlian religious leader, to run a secret cloning research lab in Nitro, West Virginia.[9][10] Following an investigation, Hunt made an agreement with the FDA-OCI to not clone his son within the United States.[11]

References

  1. "Danny Wells' Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  2. "Statewide Results Primary Election May 8, 2012 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  3. "Statewide Results General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  4. "Statewide Results Primary Election May 13, 2008 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  5. "Statewide Results General Election November 4, 2008 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  6. "Statewide Results Primary Election May 11, 2010 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  7. "Statewide Results General Election November 2, 2010 Official Results". Charleston, West Virginia: Secretary of State of West Virginia. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  8. Kolata, Gina, and Chang Kenneth, For Clonaid, a Trail of Unproven Claims, New York Times. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  9. "Racing for the Human Clone". ABC News. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  10. "Cloning effort hidden in West Virginia town". Washington Times. August 14, 2001. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  11. For Clonaid, a Trail of Unproven Claims, New York Times. Retrieved 11 October 2007.

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