Mark Kirk

American politician · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1959 · age 67

Mark Steven Kirk is an American retired politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017, and as the United States representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district from 2001 to 2010.

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Kirk during the 107th Congress

Kirk with President George W. Bush on Air Force One in 2002

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Mark Kirk

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Hillary Clinton was for the Iran agreement. And I can't support someone who is for the Iran agreement. ... In my case, I'll be writing in General Colin Powell.
10 August 2016 · In an interview on ., Own words
I have spent my life building bridges and tearing down barriers - not building walls.
7 June 2016 · As quoted in Sen. Mark Kirk withdraws support for Trump by Lynn Sweet, 7 June 2016, ., Own words
We can't have the president of the United States acting like the drug dealer in chief, giving clean packs of money to a ... state sponsor of terror.
Responding to reports that the Obama administration paid $400 million in cash of an agreed settlement to a 35-year case in international, Own words

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A member of the Republican Party, Kirk describes himself as socially liberal and fiscally conservative. As of 2026, he is the last Republican to represent Illinois in the U.S. Senate.

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