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Mark Block is an American political strategist and consultant who was born on October 8, 1954 in the United States. He is best known for his work on the 2012 presidential campaign of Herman Cain.
Block attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he earned a degree in political science. He began his career in politics in the late 1970s, working on the campaigns of several Republican candidates. In the 1990s, he worked as a lobbyist for the tobacco industry.
In 2011, Block joined the presidential campaign of Herman Cain as its chief of staff. He was widely credited with helping to raise Cain's profile in the Republican primary race. After Cain's campaign ended, Block continued to work as a political consultant.
Block is married to his wife, Mary, and has two children. He is 66 years old.
As of 2021, Mark Block's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million. He has earned his wealth through his career as a political strategist and consultant.
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Mark Block Net Worth
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Timeline
On October 30, 2011, allegations surfaced that the Cain campaign might have been illegally funded by Block's Prosperity USA. As a tax-exempt charity, Prosperity USA is not allowed to donate money or services to a political campaign. The FEC voted on January 21, 2016 to dismiss the allegations.
Block met Herman Cain while working as Wisconsin state director for Americans for Prosperity, and both were traveling to meetings in launching branches in Ohio and Michigan. At a March 2010 dinner with Cain in Las Vegas, Block and campaign aide Linda Hansen pitched a plan for how Cain could become a legitimate contender for the 2012 Republican nomination for president. Block's rising profile in the Cain campaign gained additional attention on October 24–25, 2011, when a campaign ad showing Block smoking a cigarette caused widespread consternation and amusement.
By 2007, Block was serving as the Wisconsin director of the "pro-business" political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity. In 1997 Block was investigated by the State Elections Board of Wisconsin (now part of the Government Accountability Board) and agreed to a plea agreement and the payment of a $15,000 fine. In November 2012, the IRS was asked to investigate Block's Prosperity USA for spending over $40,000 of tax-exempt donations to pay for private jets, travel, and computers for Herman Cain's presidential bid. Tax-exempt charities are prohibited from intervening in the political campaign for any candidate for public office, no matter the post. CMD also asked that the IRS investigate a variety of other nonprofit groups associated with Block, including the Wisconsin Prosperity Network.
Block has run and consulted on numerous campaigns in Wisconsin since the 1980s. Among others, he ran Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson's re-election campaign in 1990. Following the 1997 campaign of Jon P. Wilcox for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, allegations were made by the Wisconsin Elections Board of election law violations. These were settled in 2001 when Block agreed to pay a $15,000 fine (though, without admitting any wrongdoing) and not to work on any campaigns until 2004.
In 1974, Block became the first 18-year-old ever elected to office in Wisconsin, when he won a position on the Winnebago County Board of Supervisors. In the late 1970s, he worked for Republican Congressman William A. Steiger until Steiger's death in 1978, and then took a job with NCR Corporation from 1979 to 1990.
Block grew up in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Weyauwega-Fremont High School in 1972. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (1977). He is married, with two children.
Mark Block (born October 8, 1954) is an American political strategist who served as chief of staff and campaign manager for Herman Cain during his unsuccessful 2012 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Block has previously worked for Americans for Prosperity.
