Early Life, Education, and Teaching Career
Mark Udall was born in Tucson, Arizona, and is the son of Patricia J. (née Emery) and Morris "Mo" Udall, a former congressman from Arizona and candidate for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. He is a first cousin of Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico; a second cousin of Senator Mike Lee of Utah; and a double second cousin of former Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon. He is also the nephew of former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall.
Mark Udall graduated in 1968 from Canyon del Oro High School. He later graduated from Williams College in 1972 and moved to Colorado. He worked at the Colorado Outward Bound School for 20 years, including ten years as the school's executive director.
In January 2008, Udall acknowledged to the Rocky Mountain News that he had pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana in 1972, and served a year's probation.
In 1996, Mark Udall was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, vacated by incumbent Peggy Lamm.
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