Mark Gilstrap

{{short description|American politician}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2011}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|image = |

|name=Mark Gilstrap

|state_senate=Kansas

|state=Kansas

|district=5th

|term_start= January 13, 1997

|term_end= January 12, 2009

|preceded = Alfred Ramirez

|successor=Kelly Kultala

|party=Republican

|birth_date={{birth-date and age|September 6, 1952}}

|birth_place=Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.

|death_date=

|death_place=

|spouse = Jo Anne

|children = 3

|occupation=Deputy Revenue Director

|alma_mater= Rockhurst University
Bishop Ward High School

|residence= Kansas City

}}

Mark Gilstrap (September 6, 1952) is an American politician and a former member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 5th district from 1997–2009. With the backing of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Gilstrap ran for that same seat in 2012, but lost in the primary to Steve Fitzgerald. A former Democrat, Gilstrap is a fiscal and social conservative, and is one of the state's most ardently anti-abortion politicians.