Mike Stack | |
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33rd Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania | |
Assumed office January 20, 2015 |
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Governor | Tom Wolf |
Preceded by | Jim Cawley |
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 5th district |
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In office January 2, 2001 – January 20, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Frank Salvatore |
Succeeded by | John Sabatina, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born |
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
June 5, 1963
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 |
Michael Joseph 'Mike' 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.
He was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in the 2014 election, running alongside Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tom Wolf. 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.
Stack is Ward Leader of the 58th Ward Democratic Executive Committee.
His grandfather, the first Michael J. Stack, was a United States Congressman from 1935 to 1939. In 2002, Senator Stack was named to the PoliticsPA list of Best Dressed Legislators. Michael is a graduate of La Salle College High School in the suburbs of Philadelphia. He is a graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia.