Senator Connie Mack was sworn into office for his second term in January 1995, after becoming the first Republican in Florida history to be re-elected to the Senate with more than 70 percent of the vote. He previously rye for six years as a congressman from southwest Florida, and was named by U.S. New and World Report as one of the nation’s new rising political stars. In 1994, he was named one of the 20 most popular elected officials in America by Campaigns and Elections magazine.

Senator Mack and his wife, Priscilla, both cancer survivors, have been honored for promoting the benefits of early cancer detection. Mack is co-founder of the Senate Cancer Coalition, and vice-chair of the national American Cancer Society Foundation.

In the Senate, Mack chairs a joint committee and two subcommittees dealing with economics and appropriations, banking, housing and urban affairs, and is a member of the Senate Republican Task Force on Health Care. In 1995, he accompanied President Clinton on his visit to Ireland.

Senator Mack is a descendant of Connie Mack the legendary baseball manager.