| 词条 | Mark Pocan |
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|name = Mark Pocan |image = Mark Pocan official photo.jpg |office = Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus |term_start = May 23, 2017 |term_end = |predecessor = Keith Ellison |successor = |state1 = Wisconsin |district1 = {{ushr|WI|2|2nd}} |term_start1 = January 3, 2013 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = Tammy Baldwin |successor1 = |state_assembly2 = Wisconsin |district2 = 78th |term_start2 = January 3, 1999 |term_end2 = January 3, 2013 |predecessor2 = Tammy Baldwin |successor2 = Brett Hulsey |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|14}} |birth_place = Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = {{marriage|Philip Frank|2006}} |education = University of Wisconsin–Madison (BA) |website = {{url|pocan.house.gov|House website}} }} Mark William Pocan ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|oʊ|k|æ|n}}; born August 14, 1964) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district since 2013. The district is based in the state capital, Madison. A member of the Democratic Party, he currently serves as Co-Chair of both the Congressional Progressive Caucus, as well as the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. Early life, education, and early careerPocan was born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He graduated from Harvey Elementary School, Washington Junior High School, and Mary D. Bradford High School in 1982. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, earning a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1986. Shortly after graduating, Pocan opened up his own small business, a printing company named Budget Signs & Specialties, which he continues to own and run as of 2012. He is a member of the AFL-CIO, which he joined as a small business owner.[1] His active years at UW-Madison in College Democrats led to his election in 1991 to the Dane County Board of Supervisors where he served Madison’s downtown community for three terms, leaving the board in 1996. Pocan later served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1999 to 2013, representing the 78th district.[2] In November 2012, Pocan won the general election to replace Tammy Baldwin, who declined to run for reelection to instead run for the U.S. Senate. He had also succeeded Baldwin in the State Assembly.[3] Wisconsin AssemblyElectionsIn 1998, Pocan's longtime friend and ally, Tammy Baldwin, gave up her seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly to make a successful run for Congress. Pocan ran to succeed her in the state legislature and won a three-way Democratic primary with 54% of the vote. He faced no Republican opponent in the general election and won with 93% of the vote against an independent. He won reelection in 2000 with 81%—the only time he faced a Republican challenger. He was unopposed for reelection from 2002 to 2010.[4] TenureDuring his time as a state legislator, Pocan earned a reputation for moving the Wisconsin political debate to the left. One of the most outspoken progressive members of the state assembly, Pocan focused on difficult issues including corrections reform, the state budget, education funding, and fighting privatization schemes.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}} For six years Pocan sat on the Joint Finance Committee, including a term as co-chair. He also took on a leading role among Assembly Democrats, running caucus campaign efforts in 2008 when Democrats went from five seats down to retaking the majority for the first time in 14 years. Committee assignments
U.S. House of RepresentativesElections
In 2012, Baldwin gave up her congressional seat in order to run for the U.S. Senate and Pocan decided to run in the open 2nd congressional district. He won a four-candidate Democratic primary with 72% of the vote. He won all 7 counties in the district, including the heavily populated Dane County with 74% of the vote.[5] The 2nd is so heavily Democratic that Pocan's victory in the primary was widely regarded as tantamount to election.[6] On November 6, 2012, Pocan won the general election, defeating Republican Chad Lee 68%-32%.[7][8] Committee assignments
Caucuses
Political activismPocan identifies as a progressive Democrat, and is a member of organizations including Wisconsin Citizens Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, Fair Wisconsin[12] and Midwest Progressive Elected Officials Network. He is also one of the few progressive Democrats to have joined the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative-leaning organization that produces model legislative proposals. Pocan used his membership to investigate the organization's agenda and sponsors and wrote a series of articles on his experiences with ALEC for the Madison-based magazine The Progressive.[13]{{When|date=August 2008}} On the edition of September 29, 2012 of Moyers and Company, Pocan said "ALEC is a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests that eventually the relationship culminates with some special interest legislation and hopefully that lives happily ever after as the ALEC model. Unfortunately what’s excluded from that equation is the public."[14] In September 2018, Pocan supported legislation invoking the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to stop U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, saying, "The world’s worst humanitarian crisis has been triggered by our secretive, illegal war in Yemen waged alongside the Saudi regime. As the Saudis use famine as a weapon of war, starving millions of innocent Yemenis to near death, the United States fuels, coordinates and provides bombs for Saudi airstrikes, and secretly deploys the military to participate in on-the-ground operations with Saudi troops.”[15] Personal lifePocan is openly gay. He credits his political activism in part to an incident soon after he graduated from college and opened his printing business, when two men followed him after he left a gay bar and beat him with a baseball bat while they called him "faggot" and other slurs. This gaybashing incident spurred him to become active in the Madison LGBT community.[16] Pocan was the only openly gay member of the state Assembly after Tammy Baldwin's election to Congress, and one of three LGBT members of the 100th Wisconsin Legislature,[1] alongside Sen. Tim Carpenter (D–Milwaukee) and bisexual Rep. JoCasta Zamarripa (D–Milwaukee). On November 24, 2006, Pocan and his long-term partner, Philip Frank, were legally married in Toronto, Ontario.[17] Pocan's brother William Pocan serves as a circuit court judge in Milwaukee County.[18] Awards and honorsPocan has received the following recognitions while in office:
See also
References1. ^1 {{citation |title=UW Student Challenges Rep. Pocan |periodical=The Capital Times |url=http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2004/10/28/0410280382.php |date=October 28, 2004 |first=Anita |last=Weier |accessdate=March 12, 2008 }} 2. ^Wisconsin Blue Book 2011-2012. p. 71. 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/news/article/Mark-Pocan-wins-Madison-area-US-House-race-4015462.php|title=Mark Pocan wins Madison-area US House race, keeping Baldwin's vacated seat with Democrats|work=chron.com|accessdate=November 9, 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=44761|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Mark Pocan|publisher=|accessdate=July 28, 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=725620|title=Our Campaigns - WI - District 02 - D Primary Race - Aug 14, 2012|publisher=|accessdate=July 28, 2016}} 6. ^[https://archive.is/20130209205448/http://www.wisconsingazette.com/breaking-news/pocan-wins-democratic-primary-on-track-to-become-next-out-member-of-congress.html Weisberg, Louis. "Pocan wins Democratic Primary, on track to become next out member of Congress" Wisconsin Gazette August 14, 2012] 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=701309|title=Our Campaigns - WI - District 02 Race - Nov 06, 2012|publisher=|accessdate=July 28, 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|last=Zinck|first=Shaun|title=Pocan inherits Baldwin's seat|url=http://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/pocan-inherits-baldwin-s-seat/article_614f8560-28f3-11e2-8b87-001a4bcf887a.html|work=beloitdailynews.com|publisher=Beloit Daily News|accessdate=November 9, 2012}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Caucus Members|author=|url=https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=71§iontree=2,71|format=|publisher=Congressional Progressive Caucus|date=|accessdate=January 30, 2018}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Members of the Veterinary Medicine Caucus|author=|url=https://schrader.house.gov/committees/veterinary-medicine-caucus.htm|format=| publisher=Veterinary Medicine Caucus |date=|accessdate=October 12, 2018}} 11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://blumenauer.house.gov/congressional-animal-protection-caucus/congressional-animal-protection-caucus-members|title=Congressional Animal Protection Caucus - Members|date=September 13, 2016|work=Congressman Earl Blumenauer|access-date=October 17, 2018|language=en}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fairwisconsin.com|title=Fair Wisconsin – Advancing, achieving and protecting equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Wisconsinites.|publisher=|accessdate=July 28, 2016}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.progressive.org/pocan0308.html|title="Inside ALEC" - The Progressive|publisher=|accessdate=July 28, 2016}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-united-states-of-alec/|title=United States of ALEC - Moyers & Company - BillMoyers.com|publisher=|accessdate=July 28, 2016}} 15. ^{{cite news |title=House lawmakers pursue end to US military role in Yemen |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/house-lawmakers-pursue-end-to-us-military-role-in-yemen-1.549262 |work=Stars and Stripes |date=September 26, 2018}} 16. ^Pocan, Mark. "A Seat at the Table" Our Lives March/April 2012; p. 23 17. ^{{citation |title=Gay Legislator's Marriage Is About Being A Couple |periodical=Wisconsin State Journal |url=http://host.madison.com/news/gay-legislator-s-marriage-is-about-being-a-couple/article_512c34e0-a0c7-5901-9e87-c95532269f24.html |date=December 13, 2006 |first=Melanie |last=Conklin |accessdate=March 12, 2008 }} 18. ^'Wisconsin Blue Book 2011-2012,' Wisconsin Circuit Court Judges, pg. 573 19. ^{{cite web|url=http://pffw.org/fm/cffm.cfm?action=download&subdir=PFFW%20Magazine%2F2008&downloadFilename=pffw%5Fsummer08%5Fweb%5F2.pdf |title=Professional Fire Fighters |publisher=Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin, Inc. |date=Summer 2008 |volume=3 |number=3 |format=PDF |access-date=June 2, 2017 |page=14}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wcasa.org/pages/Events-VOCAwards.php |title=Events: Voices of Courage Awards - WCASA |website=Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault |access-date=June 2, 2017}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.conservationvoters.org/PublicFiles/Custom/2008-Scorecard-Press-Release-statewide.pdf |title=Conservation Scorecard Reports Historic Conservation Wins |website=Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters |date=July 16, 2008 |access-date=June 2, 2017 |format=PDF}} 22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lgbtoutreach.org/?q=node/121 |title=Past OutReach Awards Recipients |website=OutReach |access-date=June 2, 2017}} External links{{Commons category}}
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