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Michael J. Stack III

Mike Stack
Liet. Gov. Michael Stack.jpg
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, Jr.
Personal details
Born (1963-06-05) June 5, 1963 (age 53)
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

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.


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