Connie Mack IV
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Connie Mack
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| Assumed office January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Porter Goss |
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| Born | August 12, 1967 Fort Myers, Florida |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mary Bono Mack |
| Children | Addison Mack Connie Mack V |
| Residence | Fort Myers, Florida |
| Alma mater | University of Florida |
| Occupation | marketing executive |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV (born August 12, 1967, in Fort Myers, Florida), popularly known as Connie Mack IV, is a Republican politician from Florida, elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004, representing Florida's 14th congressional district. He succeeded Porter Goss, who resigned to take the helm of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Mack, who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2003 representing the 91st district in Fort Lauderdale moved to Fort Myers and assumed the role his father, Connie Mack III, once filled, representing much of the same solidly conservative parts of Florida's west coast. Mack's father was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989 and of the United States Senate from 1989 to 2001.
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[edit] Family history
Mack is a great-grandson of Connie Mack, the manager and owner of baseball's Philadelphia Athletics, and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He is also a great-grandson of Morris Sheppard, U.S. Senator and Representative from Texas, and a step-great-grandson of Tom Connally, who was the Texas Junior Senator to Sheppard for 12 years (Sheppard's widow married Connally the year after Sheppard died).[1] Mack's great-great-grandfather was John Levi Sheppard who was also a U.S. Representative from Texas. Mack is married to California Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack.
[edit] U.S. House of Representatives
A staunch economic conservative, Mack is a vocal supporter of less federal spending and lower taxes. He is an original co-sponsor of a constitutional amendment to require a balanced federal budget and has been one of the most outspoken opponents of federal bailouts and other examples of excessive government interference in the marketplace.
Mack also has been a prominent advocate for greater congressional oversight of government activities and has promoted reducing government intervention to increase individual freedom. Mack has taken high-profile stances on various national security issues, such as the USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization in 2005, President George W. Bush's domestic eavesdropping program in 2006 and FISA Reform in 2007.
Mack serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee, where he is the Ranking Republican on the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee. In particular, Mack is an outspoken critic of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez[2], and was one of the most vocal critics of the creation of the pan-Latin American TV network teleSUR.[3] He is also a member of the Congressional Cuba Democracy Caucus. Mack has focused on advancing issues important to his congressional district in Southwest Florida.[citation needed] As a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Mack helped secure over $81 million to expand Interstate 75 in Southwest Florida, a project of significant concern to the region. He has also championed a variety of regional environmental issues, including fighting for continued Everglades restoration projects, more peer-reviewed scientific research of Red Tide, and other initiatives to protect the sensitive shorelines of his coastal congressional district.[citation needed]
[edit] Election results
| Year | Republican | Votes | Pct | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Write-in votes | Pct | |||
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| 2004 | Connie Mack | 226,622 | 67.6% | Robert M. Neeld | 108,672 | 32.4% | |||||
| 2006 | Connie Mack (inc.) | 151,615 | 64.4% | Robert M. Neeld | 83,920 | 35.6% | 4 | 0.002% |
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[edit] References
- ^ http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Spouses.htm
- ^ RedState (http://www.crosstabs.org/stories/foreign_affairs/rep_mack_free_trade_is_key_to_combating_chavez)
- ^ Congressman works to counter socialist air time, on Connie Mack's HOR website (http://mack.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Articles.View&ContentRecord_id=108)
- ^ "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-10-27.
[edit] External links
- Congressman Connie Mack, U.S. House site
- Connie Mack for Congress, Campaign site
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
- Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Follow the Money — Connie Mack
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| Preceded by Porter Goss |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 14th congressional district January 1, 2005 – present |
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