Mike Stack

Mike Stack
33rd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
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
Personal details
Born (1963-06-05) June 5, 1963
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Tonya Stack
Education La Salle University (BA)
Villanova University (JD)
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 2008–present
Unit Judge Advocate General's Corps[1]

Michael Joseph Stack III (born June 5, 1963) is an American politician serving as the 33rd and current Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 5th district, from 2001 to 2015.

Political career

State senator Mike Stack, 2009

He was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in the 2014 election, running with 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]

On May 15th, Stack lost the State Democratic Primary for Lieutenant Governor to Braddock Mayor John Fetterman[6].

Controversy

While serving as lieutenant governor, Stack had a high-profile falling out with governor Tom Wolf, owing in part to Stack's alleged mistreatment of staff and a difference in management styles with Wolf.[7]

Lieutenant Governor Stack ended up finishing fourth in the primary, losing the nomination to John Fetterman.[8]

Personal life

Stack's grandfather, the first Michael J. Stack, was a U.S congressman, from 1935 to 1939.

In 2002, he was named to the PoliticsPA list of best dressed legislators.[9]

Electoral history

Pennsylvania State Senate 5th District Election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Stack, III 46,980 52.55
Republican Frank Salvatore (Incumbent) 42,416 47.45
Pennsylvania State Senate 5th District Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Stack, III (inc.) 66,844 65.74
Republican Sam Mirarchi 34,829 34.26
Pennsylvania State Senate 5th District Election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Stack, III (inc.) 71,141 71.97
Republican John Farley 27,702 28.03
Pennsylvania State Senate 5th District Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Stack, III (inc.) 65,587 71.65
Republican Michael Tomlinson 25,954 28.35
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Democratic Primary Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael Stack, III 351,627 46.79
Democratic Mark Critz 119,334 15.88
Democratic Mark Smith, Jr. 109,519 14.57
Democratic Brad Koplinski 89,524 11.91
Democratic Brandon Neuman 81,438 10.84
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Fetterman 284,089 37.5
Democratic Nina Ahmad 179,920 23.7
Democratic Kathi Cozzone 141,027 18.6
Democratic Michael Stack, III (inc.) 125,687 16.6
Democratic Ray Sosa 26,923 3.6

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  6. ↑ Almukhtar, Sarah (2018-05-15). "Pennsylvania Primary Election Results". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  7. ↑ "Your guide to who's running for Pa. lieutenant governor — and why you should care". The York Daily Record. 2018. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ McGoldrick, Gillian. "John Fetterman takes historic win over incumbent lieutenant governor Mike Stack". themorningcall.com. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  9. ↑ "Sy Snyder's Best Dressed Legislators". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
Pennsylvania State Senate
Preceded by
Frank Salvatore		 Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 5th district
2001-2015		 Succeeded by
John Sabatina
Party political offices
Preceded by
Scott Conklin		 Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
2014		 Succeeded by
John Fetterman
Political offices
Preceded by
Jim Cawley		 Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
2015–present		 Incumbent
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