Mary Bono Mack

Mary Bono Mack (2011)

Mary Bono Mack (born October 24, 1961 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American politician . From 1998 to 2013 she represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Mary Whitaker, her maiden name, came to South Pasadena , California as a toddler in 1963 . Until 1984 she studied art history at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles . Then she worked as a restaurant manager and fitness trainer. She was also a member of the jury for the Palm Springs International Film Festival . In 1986 she married the musician and later Congressman Sonny Bono . Like her husband, she became a member of the Republican Party .

After the death of her husband, who died during his tenure, she was elected in the due by-election for the 44th seat of California as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where she moved on April 7, 1998. From 2003 she represented the 45th  constituency of her state there as the successor to Dana Rohrabacher . Mary Bono served on the Energy and Trade Committee and three subcommittees. She also sat in the International Conservation Caucus and was a member of the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership within the party . In 2012 she was defeated by her democratic competitor Raul Ruiz and left Congress on January 3, 2013.

She has two children from her first marriage to Sonny Bono. Between 2001 and 2005 she was married to businessman Glenn Baxley. That marriage ended in divorce in 2005. In December 2007, she married Congressman Connie Mack of Florida . So she was the daughter-in-law of the former US Senator Connie Mack III . That marriage ended in divorce in 2013. On September 27, 2015, she married the former astronaut Stephen Oswald .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Emily Heil: Former congresswoman Mary Bono weds former astronaut. Washington Post, September 29, 2015, accessed October 19, 2015 . 

Web links

Commons : Mary Bono Mack  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mary Bono Mack in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)