Michael J. Stack III

Mike Stack
33rd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2015
Governor	Tom Wolf
Preceded by	Jim Cawley
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 5th district
In office January 2, 2001 – January 20, 2015
Preceded by	Frank Salvatore
Succeeded by	John Sabatina, Jr.
Personal details
Born	June 5, 1963 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Tonya Stack
Alma mater	La Salle University Villanova University
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	2008–present
Unit	Judge Advocate General's Corps[1]

Michael Joseph 'Mike' Stack III (born June 5, 1963) is an American politician who is the 33rd and current Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. A Democrat, he was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 5th District from 2001 to 2015.

Political career

He was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2014 election, running alongside Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tom Wolf.^[2] The Wolf/Stack ticket defeated the Republican Tom Corbett/Jim Cawley ticket in the 2014 gubernatorial election. Stack took the oath of office January 20, 2015.^[3][4]

Stack is Ward Leader of the 58th Ward Democratic Executive Committee.^[5]

Personal life

His grandfather, the first Michael J. Stack, was a United States Congressman from 1935 to 1939. In 2002, he was named to the PoliticsPA list of Best Dressed Legislators.^[6]

References

1. "Training Ground" (PDF). The Philadelphia Lawyer. Summer 2008.
2. Foster, Brittany (20 May 2014). "Lt. Gov.: Stack Wins Big". PoliticsPA. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
3. Lavender, Paige (4 November 2014). "Pennsylvania Governor Election Results: Tom Wolf Defeats Incumbent Tom Corbett". Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
4. "NBC News Projects: PA's Corbett Ousted by Democrat Tom Wolf". NBC News. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
5. Committee of Seventy (2009-12-21). "2009 Citizen's Guide" (PDF). 2009 Citizen's Guide. The Committee of Seventy, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
6. "Sy Snyder's Best Dressed Legislators". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-08-30.

External links

• Stack for PA - official website
• Project Vote Smart - Senator Michael J. 'Mike' Stack III (PA) profile
• Follow the Money - Mike Stack
  • 2006 2004 2002 2000 campaign contributions