Mark Lynch is a Greenville-area businessman and appliance store owner who previously ran unsuccessfully for South Carolina State Senate in 2020, losing by about 6 percentage points. He is the owner of Jeff Lynch Appliance and TV Center, a family business started by his father more than 70 years ago that Lynch himself took over at age 25 through a buy-sell agreement. Under his leadership, Lynch has grown the single-store retail operation into a multi-million dollar business employing over 110 people. Beyond his business, Lynch has served as an addiction counselor, is an avid marksman, and plays guitar in a band called Concealed Damage. He is a deacon at Burnsview Baptist Church in Greer. Lynch is a father of two and grandfather of four. He is a co-founder of the United Patriots Alliance, a Greenville-based organization with ties to the John Birch Society.
Mark Lynch was born and raised in the Greenville-Spartanburg area of South Carolina. He is a lifelong resident of Spartanburg County and has lived there his entire adult life with his wife of 32 years, raising their son and daughter in the Upstate. He attended Wade Hampton High School and the University of South Carolina. After college, he went straight to work at Jeff Lynch Appliances, the family retail business started by his father more than 70 years before. At age 25, Lynch negotiated a buy-sell agreement to purchase the business from his father, then spent 36+ years growing it from a single store with a few employees into a multi-million-dollar operation with over 110 employees. The company has successfully competed against major national chains. Beyond his business, Lynch served as an addiction counselor, is known for his work ethic (described as someone willing to 'walk hundreds of miles over a campaign'), and founded the United Patriots Alliance, a conservative organization. He is a grandfather of four and active in his local Baptist church.