Mike Stack

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Mike Stack (2015)
Mike Stack during a speech in the Pennsylvania Senate (2011)

Michael Joseph "Mike" Stack III (born June 5, 1963 in Washington, DC ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . He was Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2019 ; previously, Stack had served on the Pennsylvania Senate since 2001 .

Life

Mike Stack studied law and was a long time member of the Pennsylvania National Guard . After graduating in 1992, Governor Robert P. Casey appointed him director of a state organization responsible for a civil protection fund. In November 2000, Stack successfully ran for the Pennsylvania State Senate as a member of the Democratic Party . He was then able to take up this mandate in January 2001 and has been re-elected for four years each since 2004, 2008 and 2012. In the Senate, where he represented the fifth electoral district, he was a member of the committees for technology, justice and relations with local government units .

In May 2014, Stack successfully ran in the internal Democratic primary election for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. On May 20, he was able to prevail with 46 percent of the vote against four other applicants. He was thus nominated as his party's candidate for this office. Although the internal party primaries for the post of governor and his deputy are held separately in Pennsylvania, both are on the ballot as a duo on the actual election day. In the gubernatorial election on November 4, 2014 , Stack therefore ran together with Tom Wolf , the Democratic candidate for governorship. His direct opponent was incumbent Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley of the Republicans , who ran for a second term alongside Governor Tom Corbett . On election day, Wolf and Stack won with 54.9 percent of the vote. Like Wolf, Stack was introduced to his new position on January 20, 2015. On the same day he resigned and his seat in the state Senate, where he has since as vice governor of his office as President presided. However, he was only entitled to vote in the event of a stalemate. Over the course of Stack's tenure, personal and political differences arose with Governor Wolf. Stack was also criticized for his behavior towards employees, which led the governor to cut his deputy budget. In the run-up to the 2018 gubernatorial election, four other applicants applied for the democratic nomination as vice governor. A number of leading Democrats, including Wolf, had previously spoken out in favor of replacing Stacks in the next election. In the primary election on May 15, 2018, which took place separately from the governor's office, the mayor of the parish of Braddock John Fetterman from the left wing of the party clearly prevailed. He received 38% of the vote, while Stack only came fourth with 16%. Wolf and Fetterman were the new running mate in the actual election in November 2018, both of which were able to win. Mike Stack was the first lieutenant governor in state history not nominated for re-election by his own party. Stack's term of office expired on January 15, 2019 with the handover to John Fetterman.

Mike Stack is married and lives in northeast Philadelphia with his wife Tonya Stack . The couple is childless. His grandfather Michael J. Stack (1888-1960) was a member of the US House of Representatives from 1935 to 1939 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography on Mike Stack's website ( Memento of the original from May 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.senatorstack.com
  2. ↑ a b c About Mike Stack ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography on Tom Wolf's website @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wolfforpa.com
  3. ↑ CBS: Stack Wins 5-Way Race For Dem Nod For Pa. Lt. Governor (English)
  4. ↑ Mayor John Fetterman wins Pa. Democratic primary for lieutenant governor , Philly.com, May 16, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Stack, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stack, Michael J. III (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC