Mark Gordon Net Worth, Family, wife, Education, Children, Age, Biography, Political Career

Mark Gordon Biography

Mark Gordon is an American politician serving as the 33rd governor of Wyoming. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as state treasurer; he was appointed to that position by then-Governor Matt Mead on October 26, 2012, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Joseph Meyer.

Mark Gordon Net Worth

Mark Gordon Net Worth is $ 1 to 5 Million in 2022.

Mark Gordon Family, Parents

Gordon was born in New York City, the son of Catherine and Crawford Gordon, both ranchers from Kaycee, Wyoming. His paternal grandmother was Louise Ayer Hatheway. He was raised on his familys ranch in Johnson County, Wyoming.

Mark Gordon Wife, Children

Gordon met his first wife, the former Sarah Hildreth Gilmore, at Middlebury College. They married on March 7, 1981, in the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield, Massachusetts, where her parents resided. In 1993, she died in an automobile accident. They had two daughters.

In 1998 Gordon met his current wife, the former Jennie Muir Young, and they married in 2000. Together they own the Merlin Ranch east of Buffalo in Johnson County, Wyoming.

Mark Gordon Career and Achievement

2008 Congressional Run

In 2008, Gordon was an unsuccessful candidate in the Republican primary for the United States House of Representatives for Wyomings at-large congressional district seat held by Barbara Cubin, who was retiring. His main opponent was Cynthia Lummis, also a former state treasurer and the wife of a Democratic former state representative, Alvin Wiederspahn. Former U.S. senator Alan K. Simpson of Cody, considered a moderate Republican, defended Gordons candidacy but stopped short of an outright endorsement because he was also friendly with Lummis. Former U.S. senator Malcolm Wallop endorsed Gordon, as did the late Joseph B. Meyer, who was serving as state treasurer at the time.

In the primary, Gordon garnered the endorsements of Wyomings two most prominent statewide newspapers, The Casper Star-Tribune and the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Though polls and the financial advantage rested with Gordon in the primary campaign, he lost the nomination to Lummis.

Treasurer of Wyoming

Gordon was Treasurer of Wyoming from 2012 to 2019. He was sworn in as treasurer on November 1, 2012, by Wyoming Supreme Court Justice William Hill, after being selected by Governor Matt Mead.

Gordon was elected to a full term as treasurer in 2014.

Governor of Wyoming

Election

Gordon declined to run for Cynthia Lummiss seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016, the one he ran for in 2008, and instead ran for governor of Wyoming in 2018. He won the Republican primary on August 21 and the general election on November 6, defeating Democratic state representative Mary Throne. Gordon was inaugurated on January 7, 2019.

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