Mark Walker (North Carolina politician)

Bradley Mark Walker (born May 20, 1969) is an American politician and pastor. He was the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district from 2015 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was vice chair of the House Republican Conference in 2019.

In December 2019, Walker said he would not reelection in 2020. Instead, he unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in the 2022 election.

He was also briefly a candidate for Governor of North Carolina in the 2024 gubernatorial election and for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives that same year before withdrawing from that race to join Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.

In April 2025, President Donald Trump announced his plan to nominate Walker to be the U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, a position within the State Department.

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