Mark Stodola

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mark Stodola

| image = Mark Stodola 2011.jpeg

| image_size = 190px

| order =

| office = 72nd Mayor of Little Rock

| term_start = January 3, 2007

| term_end =December 31, 2018

| predecessor = Jim Dailey

| successor = Frank Scott Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|5|18}}

| birth_place = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.

| residence = Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.

| alma_mater = University of Iowa
University of Arkansas

| profession = Attorney

| party = Democratic

| spouse = Jo Ellen Stodola

| children = 3

}}

Mark Stodola (born May 18, 1949) is an American politician and lawyer. First elected in 2006, he served as the mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, from January 2007 through December 2018. Stodola won re-election to a second, four-year term in November 2010 by a landslide 84.73 percent of the vote.{{cite news |first=David W. |last=Burns |title=Mayoral Elections Bring Mix of New Faces, Incumbents |url=http://www.usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/11_08_10/pg1_mayoral_elections.asp |work=United States Conference of Mayors |date=8 November 2012 |access-date=19 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204163442/http://www.usmayors.org/usmayornewspaper/documents/11_08_10/pg1_mayoral_elections.asp |archive-date=4 December 2010 |url-status=dead }} His re-election in 2014 was unopposed.{{cite news|last1=Brantley|first1=Max|title=Mayor Stodola ends campaign season with $100,000 kitty|url=http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/12/29/mayor-stodola-ends-campaign-season-with-100000-kitty|access-date=28 June 2015|work=Arkansas Blog|publisher=Arkansas Times|date=29 December 2014}} Stodola is currently president of the National League of Cities.