Mark P. Brown is a veteran of the Ohio National Guard, a former construction/civil engineer

Engineer

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 and former political candidate of the Democratic party. http://web.archive.org/web/20030314235429/www.markbrownforcongress.com/MarkBrownForCongress.pdf He was the party's 2002 and 2004 nominee to challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 Deborah Pryce

Deborah Pryce

Deborah D. Pryce is an American politician from Ohio and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 15th congressional district, which includes the western half of Columbus and the surrounding suburbs.She is divorced from Randy Walker and now lives in Upper...

. Pryce won both elections gaining 108,193 votes to Brown's 54,286 in 2002, and 189,024 votes to Brown's 117,324 in 2004.

2004 Democratic party primary election results:

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Mark P. Brown	18,696	50
Ignacio M. Garcia	9,767	26
Wilson Raymond Mills	8,713	23

See also:

• Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 15th District