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Mary Bono Mack: Both candidate and candidate's wife
File: Mary Bono (R-CA) holds a pocket-sized XM Radio receiver while questioning witnesses on Capitol Hill May 3, 2006 in Washington, DC.
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Mary Bono Mack: Both candidate and candidate's wife
Mary Bono Mack: Both candidate and candidate's wife
Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently swept through Florida, campaigning for the state's Jan. 31 primary. Romney was also there to boost the U.S. Senate campaign of now-Congressman Connie Mack. Missing from the stage? Mrs. Mack, otherwise known as GOP Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack.
If you’re ever in the U.S. House gallery watching Congress vote, look over on the Republican side. You’ll see Mary Bono Mack of Palm Springs sitting next to her husband, Congressman Connie Mack of Florida.
But it’s an election year: Connie Mack is in Florida, a late entry in that state's U.S. Senate race; Bono Mack is in her California district, running for her ninth term in the House.
She says, "I feel like I’m by his side because I’m constantly... you know, we email, we Skype, we do all sorts of things, and we keep in touch very regularly. And I think I’m still... although I’m not in Florida, I think that I’m still right by his side campaigning and trying to be as helpful and as supportive as I can — and who knows, perhaps it’s good because I can’t intrude on his campaign by being 3,000 miles away."
If Connie Mack successfully unseats Democratic Senator Bill Nelson, this married political pair will have more than geography to juggle: the Senate and the House keep different calendars. Their days in D.C. may not coincide.
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