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Mike Stack
Mike Stack (Democratic Party) was the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. He assumed office on January 20, 2015. He left office in 2019.
Stack (Democratic Party) ran for election for an at-large seat of the Philadelphia City Council in Pennsylvania. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on May 21, 2019.
Stack was the 33rd lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. He served from 2015 to 2019. A Democrat, Stack began his first term in office on January 20, 2015, succeeding Jim Cawley (R), whom Stack unseated in the 2014 general election.[1][2][3] Stack ran for re-election in 2018, but he was defeated in the Democratic primary on May 15, 2018.
Before assuming his position, Stack was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 5 from 2001 to 2015. He resigned after he was sworn in as Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor.[4]
Biography
Stack earned his bachelor's degree from LaSalle University in 1987 and his J.D. from Villanova Law school in 1992. He worked in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Catastrophe Loss Fund as a claims representative from 1989 to 1992. He was promoted to executive director in 1992. At the time of his election as lieutenant governor, Stack was working as a practicing attorney at the Stack and Stack Law Firm.[5]
Political career
Lieutenant Governor (2015-2019)
Stack was the 33rd lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. He was first elected on a ticket with Tom Wolf (D) in 2014 and assumed office on January 20, 2015.[1] Stack ran for re-election in 2018. He was defeated in the Democratic primary on May 15, 2018.
Pennsylvania State Senate (2001-2015)
Stack was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 5 from 2001 to 2015. He resigned after he was sworn in as Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor.[4]
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Stack served on the following committees:
| Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Banking & Insurance, Minority Chair |
| • Aging & Youth |
| • Communications & Technology |
| • Judiciary |
| • Local Government |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Stack served on these committees:
| Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Banking & Insurance, Minority Chair |
| • Aging & Youth |
| • Judiciary |
| • Labor & Industry |
| • Local Government |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Stack served on these committees:
| Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Banking & Insurance, Democratic Ranking Member |
| • Appropriations, Assistant Democratic Ranking Member |
| • Aging & Youth |
| • Judiciary |
| • Labor & Industry |
| • State Government |
Elections
2019
See also: City council elections in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2019)
General election
General election for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Philadelphia City Council At-large on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Helen Gym (D) | 15.4 | 205,661 |
| ✔ |  | Isaiah Thomas (D) | 14.7 | 196,733 |
| ✔ |  | Derek Green (D) | 14.2 | 189,819 |
| ✔ |  | Katherine Richardson (D) | 14.2 | 189,813 |
| ✔ |  | Allan Domb (D)  | 13.9 | 186,665 |
| ✔ |  | Kendra Brooks (Working Families Party) | 4.5 | 60,256 |
| ✔ |  | David Oh (R) | 4.0 | 53,742 |
 | Al Taubenberger (R) | 3.6 | 47,547 | |
 | Nicolas O'Rourke (Working Families Party) | 3.5 | 46,560 | |
 | Daniel Tinney (R) | 3.5 | 46,270 | |
 | Bill Heeney (R) | 3.2 | 43,249 | |
 | Matt Wolfe (R) | 3.1 | 41,341 | |
 | Sherrie Cohen (A Better Council Party) | 0.7 | 9,116 | |
 | Joe Cox (Independent) | 0.7 | 8,880 | |
 | Maj Toure (L) | 0.5 | 6,179 | |
 | Steve Cherniavsky (Term Limits Philadelphia Party) | 0.3 | 3,480 | |
| Clarc King (Independent) | 0.2 | 2,959 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 745 | ||
| Total votes: 1,339,015 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 21, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Helen Gym | 15.6 | 107,153 |
| ✔ | | Allan Domb | 9.8 | 67,193 |
| ✔ | | Isaiah Thomas | 9.2 | 63,295 |
| ✔ | | Derek Green | 8.9 | 61,070 |
| ✔ | | Katherine Richardson | 6.6 | 45,470 |
| Justin DiBerardinis | 6.2 | 42,643 | ||
| Adrian Reyes | 5.2 | 35,565 | ||
| Eryn Santamoor | 5.1 | 35,026 | ||
| Erika Almiron | 5.0 | 34,329 | ||
 | Deja Alvarez | 3.9 | 26,617 | |
| Sandra Glenn | 2.6 | 18,105 | ||
 | Willie Singletary | 2.6 | 17,858 | |
| Ethelind Baylor | 2.1 | 14,259 | ||
 | Beth Finn | 2.0 | 14,015 | |
 | Ogbonna Hagins | 1.8 | 12,570 | |
| Fernando Trevino | 1.7 | 11,400 | ||
 | Fareed Abdullah | 1.6 | 10,676 | |
| Asa Khalif | 1.4 | 9,779 | ||
| Billy Thompson | 1.3 | 8,976 | ||
 | Latrice Bryant | 1.3 | 8,966 | |
| Joseph Diorio | 1.1 | 7,803 | ||
 | Hena Veit | 0.8 | 5,405 | |
| Edwin Santana | 0.8 | 5,154 | ||
| Wayne Allen | 0.7 | 4,941 | ||
| Vinny Blackwell | 0.7 | 4,516 | ||
| Mark Ross | 0.6 | 4,255 | ||
| Bobbie Curry | 0.6 | 3,920 | ||
 | Devon Cade | 0.4 | 2,854 | |
| Wayne Dorsey | 0.4 | 2,780 | ||
| Sherrie Cohen | 0.0 | 44 | |
| Total votes: 686,637 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Melissa Robbins (D)
- Mike Stack (D)
- Janice Tangradi (D)
- David Conroy (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large (7 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Philadelphia City Council At-large on May 21, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Tinney | 21.0 | 13,611 |
| ✔ | | Al Taubenberger | 19.4 | 12,542 |
| ✔ | | Matt Wolfe | 19.1 | 12,362 |
| ✔ | | Bill Heeney | 18.5 | 11,976 |
| ✔ | | David Oh | 10.0 | 6,477 |
 | Drew Murray | 6.1 | 3,935 | |
 | Irina Goldstein | 5.9 | 3,790 | |
| Total votes: 64,693 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
John Fetterman defeated Jeff Bartos, Kathleen Smith, and Jocolyn Bowser-Bostick in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Fetterman (D) | 58.7 | 2,895,652 |
 | Jeff Bartos (R) | 41.3 | 2,039,882 | |
 | Kathleen Smith (L) | 0.0 | 0 | |
 | Jocolyn Bowser-Bostick (G) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 4,935,534 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
John Fetterman defeated Nina Ahmad, Kathi Cozzone, incumbent Mike Stack, and Ray Sosa in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Fetterman | 37.5 | 290,719 |
 | Nina Ahmad | 23.8 | 184,429 | |
 | Kathi Cozzone | 18.5 | 143,849 | |
 | Mike Stack | 16.6 | 128,931 | |
 | Ray Sosa | 3.6 | 27,732 | |
| Total votes: 775,660 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Craig Lehman (D)
- Aryanna Berringer (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
Jeff Bartos defeated Kathleen Coder, Diana Irey Vaughan, and Marguerite Luksik in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Bartos | 46.8 | 319,811 |
 | Kathleen Coder | 21.8 | 148,863 | |
 | Diana Irey Vaughan | 17.6 | 120,482 | |
 | Marguerite Luksik | 13.8 | 94,451 | |
| Total votes: 683,607 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joe Gale (R)
2014
Stack ran for election to the office of Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor. Stack won the Democratic nomination in the primary on May 20. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Stack originally considered running for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2014, against Republican incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett.[6][7]
Results
General election
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Tom Wolf/Mike Stack |
54.9% | 1,920,355 | |
| Republican | Tom Corbett/Jim Cawley Incumbent | 45.1% | 1,575,511 | |
| Total Votes | 3,495,866 | |||
| Election results via Pennsylvania Department of State | ||||
Primary election
Stack overcame four other candidates to win the primary on May 20, 2014.
| Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, Democratic Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Mike Stack |
46.8% | 351,627 | ||
| Mark Critz | 15.9% | 119,334 | ||
| Mark Smith | 14.6% | 109,519 | ||
| Brad Koplinski | 11.9% | 89,524 | ||
| Brandon Neuman | 10.8% | 81,438 | ||
| Total Votes | 751,442 | |||
| Election results via Pennsylvania Department of State. | ||||
2012
Stack ran in the 2012 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 5. Stack ran unchallenged in the Democratic primary on April 24 and defeated Michael Tomlinson (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012. [8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Mike Stack Incumbent |
71.6% | 65,587 | |
| Republican | Michael Tomlinson | 28.4% | 25,954 | |
| Total Votes | 91,541 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Stack was re-elected to Pennsylvania State Senate District 5.[10] Stack raised $469,049 for this campaign.[11]
| Pennsylvania State Senate District 5 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| STACK, MIKE (D)
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71,141 | |||
| FARLEY, JOHN (R) | 27,702 | |||
Campaign themes
2019
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2014
In 2014, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from January 7 through November 12.
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- Liberty City LGBT Democratic Club: 2014 Legislative Scorecard
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- The American Conservative Union: 2014 Legislative scorecard
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2013
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In 2013, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from January 2 to December 31.
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2012
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In 2012, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from January 3 to November 30.
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2011
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In 2011, the Pennsylvania General Assembly was in session from January 4 through November 30.
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Personal
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As of Stack's service in the state Senate, he was married to Tonya Stack and resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[5]
See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Office of the Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor
- Profile from Open States
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Mike Stack on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Morning Call, "Democrat Tom Wolf sworn in as Pennsylvania's 47th governor," January 20, 2015
- ↑ CBS Philly, "Tom Wolf Sworn In As Newest Governor of Pennsylvania," January 20, 2015
- ↑ PoliticsPA, "State Sen. Stack Passes on Guv Run, Seeks LG Instead," accessed October 17, 2013
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Philly.com, "Stack to resign Senate seat on inauguration day," January 8, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Project Vote Smart, "Rep. Mike Stack," accessed March 11, 2014
- ↑ Philly.com, "Brady likes Stack for governor," accessed April 24, 2013
- ↑ Penn Live, "Philadelphia state senator mulls gubernatorial bid," accessed June 20, 2013
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 General Primary," accessed March 11, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2012 General Election," accessed March 11, 2014
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of State, "2008 General Election," accessed March 11, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "Report on 2008 campaign contributions," accessed March 11, 2014
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| Preceded by Jim Cawley (R) |
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor 2015–2019 |
Succeeded by John Fetterman (D) |
| Preceded by ' |
Pennsylvania State Senate District 5 2001–2015 |
Succeeded by John Sabatina, Jr. (D) |
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