Mark C. Johns
(born October 29, 1952)
is an American politician who represents District 8 in the
Monroe County Legislature. He formerly represented District 135 in the
New York State Assembly
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, which includes the towns and villages of
East Rochester,
Penfield and
Webster
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, and
Fairport, in the eastern suburbs of
Rochester. He is a member of the
Republican Party
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Johns is a lifetime resident of Webster, where he attended Catholic and public schools. He became an
Eagle Scout
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at the age of 14. He graduated from
St. John Fisher College
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in 1975, with a
B.S. degree in
biology.
He joined the
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Health Department in 1979, where worked as an environmental health specialist until he retired in 2012.
His first foray into politics was a run against congresswoman
Louise Slaughter for
New York's 28th congressional district
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in 2000. He was elected to the Webster Town Board in 2007, where he served a four-year term before being elected to the state Assembly. Johns also served on the Webster Conservation Board.
Johns also ran unsuccessfully against state assemblyman
David Koon in 2004 and 2006 before winning the assembly seat in 2010 by a slim margin.
Johns was narrowly defeated by Democrat Jen Lunsford in the 2020 elections.
On April 13, 2022, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the 8th District of the Monroe County Legislature after the resignation of Matthew Terp.
References
External links
New York State Assembly websiteCampaign website
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1952 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
People from Webster, New York
St. John Fisher University alumni
21st-century American politicians