Connie Mack IV

Connie Mack IV ( born August 12, 1967 in Fort Myers, Florida; actually: Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV) is an American politician. 2005 to 2013 he represented the state of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, he ran against Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson and defeated.

Career

Connie Mack is a member of a famous political family. His father, Connie Mack III ( born 1940 ) sat for the State of Florida 1983-2000 in both chambers of Congress. His great-grandfather Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) was of 1901-1941 the State of Texas also in both chambers of Congress and his great-great grandfather John Levi Sheppard ( 1852-1902 ) was from 1899 to 1902 Congressman for Texas. Like his father, Mack carries not his real name, but a nickname. This goes back to his great-grandfather, Connie Mack, one of the greatest figures in American baseball sport that never officially changed his birth name, was under this but practically unknown.

Mack studied until 1993 at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He then worked as a businessman in marketing. He also began a political career as a member of the Republican Party. Between 2000 and 2003, Mack was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Florida. In the congressional elections of 2004 he was in the 14th electoral district of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Porter Goss on January 3, 2005. Mack was a member of the Budget Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

After three elections ( most recently in 2010 ) ended his seat in Congress on January 3, 2013, because he no longer took in the 2012 election for this seat. Instead, he ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate. In the Senate election in November 2012 Connie Mack was defeated by incumbent Bill Nelson clearly.

Connie Mack has two children from his first marriage. Since 2007, he is married to the (now former ) California Congressman Mary Bono Mack, the widow of Sonny Bono.