Connie Mack IV | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 14th district |
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In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Porter Goss |
Succeeded by | Kathy Castor |
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 91st district |
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In office January 3, 2001 – October 9, 2003 |
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Preceded by | Debby Sanderson |
Succeeded by | Ellyn Bogdanoff |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV August 12, 1967 Fort Myers, Florida, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Ann Galuzzo (1992–2006) Mary Bono (2007–2013) |
Children | Addison Connie |
Residence |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida (c. 1992-2004) Fort Myers, Florida (2004-present) |
Alma mater |
Santa Fe College University of Florida |
Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV (born August 12, 1967), popularly known as Connie Mack, is the former U.S. Representative for Florida's 14th congressional district, serving from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he was the Republican nominee for Senate in 2012, but lost to Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson. He subsequently became a partner at five lobbying firms and currently represents Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Mack, born in Fort Myers, Florida, is the son of former Republican U.S. Senator Connie Mack III.
Mack was born in Fort Myers, Florida, the son of cancer prevention advocate Ludie Priscilla (née Hobbs) and former U.S. Senator Connie Mack III. His father represented the district from 1983 to 1989 (when it was numbered as the 13th District), before serving two terms in the U.S. Senate.
Through his father, Mack is the great-grandson of Connie Mack, the manager and owner of baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame; the great-grandson of Morris Sheppard, U.S. Senator and Representative from Texas; and the great-great-grandson of John Levi Sheppard, a U.S. Representative from Texas.
In June 1988, Mack earned his Associate of Arts from Santa Fe Community College and In 1993, Mack earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida. After college, Mack became a marketing executive, working as a consultant to promote the restaurant chain Hooters.