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

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

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 686,637
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,693
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