Mark Matthiesen is an American politician from the state of

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, he was elected in November 2016 from the 70th district of the

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, served from January 2017 to January 2019, then was elected in November 2022 from the 103rd district. The 70th district included parts of Saint Charles and Saint Louis counties, spanning between

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and Florissant. In 2018, Matthiesen lost re-election to Democratic candidate Paula Brown by less than a one percent margin and only 111 votes, with nearly 200 votes going to a third-party candidate. In 2022, he was elected from another St. Charles county district, that includes much of the city of O'Fallon. Matthiesen previously worked in the

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for 20 years.

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