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Mark Lepak

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ63431863
Source-derived summary

Mark Paul Lepak (born August 1, 1956) is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 9th district since 2014.

Biography

Mark Lepak has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 9th district since 2014. He was re-elected by default in 2020.

He was one of twenty early Oklahoma lawmakers who endorsed Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential election. In December 2023, Senator Julie Daniels and Lepak filed a "resolution to affirm support of Israel and to condemn Hamas". Lepak called Hamas a terrorist organization. The Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City representatives expressed gratitude for the filing of the resolution.

His son, Benjamin Lepak, was appointed as the Oklahoma Secretary of State in 2025.

Editorial summary

“Mark Lepak” enters the record as american politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mark, Lepak and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956, 2014, 2020, 2024—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1956-08-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mark, Lepak and American.
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Why this record matters

“Mark Lepak” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mark, Lepak and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q63431863. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1956, 2014, 2020 and 2024.

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This entry incorporates text from Mark Lepak” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.