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Mark Hollo
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 45th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2025
Preceded byDean Proctor
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2015
Preceded byRay Warren
Succeeded byLee Zachary
Constituency88th District (2011–2013)
73rd District (2013–2015)
In office
January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2007
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byRay Warren
Constituency88th District
Personal details
BornMark Walter Hollo
(1958-07-24) July 24, 1958 (age 66)
Litchfield, Illinois
Political partyRepublican
SpouseBarbara
Children2
ResidenceConover, North Carolina
Alma materSouthern Illinois University (BS)

Mark Hollo is a Republican member of the North Carolina Senate. He represents the 45th district, including constituents in Catawba and Caldwell counties. Hollo previously servedas a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who represented the state's 73rd district (including all of Alexander and Yadkin counties as well as part of Wilkes County) district from 2013 until 2015. Prior to redistricting, Hollo represented the 88th district (including all of Alexander County and part of Catawba County) from 2011 until 2013 and also from 2005 until 2007. Hollo was candidate for the 42nd district of the North Carolina Senate (which includes all of Alexander and Catawba Counties) in both 2018 and 2020, losing the Republican nomination to Andy Wells and Dean Proctor, respectively.

Career

Ahead of the 2004 elections, the North Carolina General Assembly drew new districts to be used for elections to itself for the elections up until 2012. The legislature created a new 88th district that included all of Alexander County and part of Catawba County which had no incumbent. Hollo was elected to the seat in 2004, defeating Democratic nominee Joel Harbinson. In 2006 he ran for re-election, but he was defeated by Ray Warren, a former Alexander County Sheriff who had unsuccessfully run for the NC House in 2002. Hollo lost again in a rematch in 2008, but easily gained back his former seat in 2010 when Warren didn't seek re-election. In 2012, legislative redistricting renumbered his district as the 73rd and it traded its Catawba County portion for all of Yadkin County and a small portion of southeast Wilkes County. Hollo faced another incumbent, Darrell McCormick in the 2012 primary, but easily defeated him and won the general election in a landslide against Democratic nominee William Stinson. Hollo didn't seek re-election in 2014. Hollo unsuccessfully ran for the North Carolina Senate in the 42nd district in both 2018 and 2020, losing the Republican nomination both times. In both elections, Hollo had a strong lead amongst Alexander County voters but lost to his opponents Wells and Proctor in the more populous Catawba County portion of the district.

Committee assignments

2013-2014 session

  • Appropriations (Vice Chair)
  • Health and Human Services (Chair)
  • Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
  • Public Utilities
  • State Personnel

2011-2012 session

  • Appropriations
  • Health and Human Services - Chair
  • Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs
  • Public Utilities

Electoral history

2024

North Carolina Senate 45th district Republican primary election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Hollo 16,390 60.40%
Republican Nancy Meek 10,746 39.60%
Total votes 27,136 100%
North Carolina Senate 45th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Hollo 80,033 70.28%
Democratic Kim Bost 33,840 29.72%
Total votes 113,873 100%
Republican hold

2020

North Carolina Senate 42nd district Republican Primary election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dean Proctor 12,993 52.29%
Republican Mark Hollo 11,857 47.71%
Total votes 24,850 100%

2018

North Carolina Senate 42nd district Republican Primary election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andy Wells (incumbent) 9,018 47.46%
Republican Mark Hollo 6,506 34.24%
Republican Ryan Huffman 2,236 11.77%
Republican Dustin Long 1,241 6.53%
Total votes 19,001 100%

2012

North Carolina House of Representatives 73rd district Republican Primary election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Hollo (incumbent) 9,070 67.60%
Republican Darrell McCormick (incumbent) 4,347 32.40%
Total votes 13,417 100%
North Carolina House of Representatives 73rd district general election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Hollo (incumbent) 24,076 71.37%
Democratic William Stinson 9,659 28.63%
Total votes 33,735 100%
Republican hold

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives 88th district general election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Hollo 13,587 64.36%
Democratic David Munday 7,525 35.64%
Total votes 21,112 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

2008

North Carolina House of Representatives 88th district general election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray Warren (incumbent) 15,729 50.33%
Republican Mark Hollo 15,520 49.67%
Total votes 31,249 100%
Democratic hold

2006

North Carolina House of Representatives 88th district general election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ray Warren 9,650 52.61%
Republican Mark Hollo (incumbent) 8,693 47.39%
Total votes 18,343 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

2004

North Carolina House of Representatives 88th district Republican Primary election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Hollo 2,264 42.63%
Republican Grimes Byerly 1,935 36.43%
Republican Jill Griffin 819 15.42%
Republican William "Ray" Henderson 293 5.52%
Total votes 5,311 100%
North Carolina House of Representatives 88th district general election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Hollo 15,587 56.31%
Democratic Joel Harbinson 12,096 43.69%
Total votes 27,683 100%
Republican win (new seat)

References

  1. "Mark Hollo". Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  2. "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded byMark Hilton Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 88th district
2005–2007 		Succeeded byRay Warren
Preceded byRay Warren Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 88th district
2011–2013 		Succeeded byRob Bryan
Preceded byJoyce Krawiec Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 73rd district
2013–2015 		Succeeded byLee Zachary
North Carolina Senate
Preceded byDean Proctor Member-elect of the North Carolina Senate
from the 45th district
2025–Present 		Incumbent
Members of the North Carolina State Senate
157th General Assembly (2025–2026)
President of the Senate
Rachel Hunt (D)
President pro tempore
Phil Berger (R)
Majority Leader
Paul Newton (R)
Minority Leader
Sydney Batch (D)
  1. ▌Bobby Hanig (R)
  2. ▌Norman Sanderson (R)
  3. ▌Bob Brinson (R)
  4. ▌Buck Newton (R)
  5. ▌Kandie Smith (D)
  6. ▌Michael Lazzara (R)
  7. ▌Michael Lee (R)
  8. ▌Bill Rabon (R)
  9. ▌Brent Jackson (R)
  10. ▌Benton Sawrey (R)
  11. ▌Lisa Stone Barnes (R)
  12. ▌Jim Burgin (R)
  13. ▌Lisa Grafstein (D)
  14. ▌Dan Blue (D)
  15. ▌Jay Chaudhuri (D)
  16. ▌Gale Adcock (D)
  17. ▌Sydney Batch (D)
  18. ▌Terence Everitt (D)
  19. ▌Val Applewhite (D)
  20. ▌Natalie Murdock (D)
  21. ▌Tom McInnis (R)
  22. ▌Sophia Chitlik (D)
  23. ▌Graig Meyer (D)
  24. ▌Danny Britt (R)
  25. ▌Amy Galey (R)
  26. ▌Phil Berger (R)
  27. ▌Michael Garrett (D)
  28. ▌Gladys Robinson (D)
  29. ▌Dave Craven (R)
  30. ▌Steve Jarvis (R)
  31. ▌Dana Caudill Jones (R)
  32. ▌Paul Lowe Jr. (D)
  33. ▌Carl Ford (R)
  34. ▌Paul Newton (R)
  35. ▌Todd Johnson (R)
  36. ▌Eddie Settle (R)
  37. ▌Vickie Sawyer (R)
  38. ▌Mujtaba Mohammed (D)
  39. ▌DeAndrea Salvador (D)
  40. ▌Joyce Waddell (D)
  41. ▌Caleb Theodros (D)
  42. ▌Woodson Bradley (D)
  43. ▌Brad Overcash (R)
  44. ▌Ted Alexander (R)
  45. ▌Mark Hollo (R)
  46. ▌Warren Daniel (R)
  47. ▌Ralph Hise (R)
  48. ▌Tim Moffitt (R)
  49. ▌Julie Mayfield (D)
  50. ▌Kevin Corbin (R)
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