Introduction
Michael Joseph 'Mike' Stack III (born June 5, 1963) is an American politician who is the 33rd and current Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. A Democrat, he was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 5th District, from 2001 to 2015.
Political career
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.
Personal life
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.
Electoral history
| Pennsylvania State Senate 5th District Election, 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Michael Stack, III | 46,980 | 52.55 |
| Republican | Hank Salvatore | 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 |