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John Clark

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Mayor (Kingsport, TN) - At-Large (? - Present)

Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • Bachelor's, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1980

Professional Experience

  • Bachelor's, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1980
  • Former Employee, Agfa Healthcare
  • Former Employee, DuPont Company

Political Experience

  • Bachelor's, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1980
  • Former Employee, Agfa Healthcare
  • Former Employee, DuPont Company
  • Mayor, City of Kingsport, Tennessee, 2015-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee, District 1, 2020
  • Alderman, City of Kingsport, Tennessee, 2013-2015

Current Legislative Committees

No committee memberships found.

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • Bachelor's, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1980
  • Former Employee, Agfa Healthcare
  • Former Employee, DuPont Company
  • Mayor, City of Kingsport, Tennessee, 2015-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Tennessee, District 1, 2020
  • Alderman, City of Kingsport, Tennessee, 2013-2015
  • Former Member, Labor and Workforce Development Board
  • Former Member, Tennessee Municipal League Board
  • Attendee, Leadership TN, Class VI, 2018-2019
Policy Positions

2020

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes