Mary Bono
American politician and lobbyist (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mary Bono Oswald (née Whitaker and formerly Mary Bono Mack, born October 24, 1961) is an American politician, businesswoman, and lobbyist who served Palm Springs and most of central and eastern Riverside County, California, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1998 to 2013.
Mary Bono | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California | |
| In office April 7, 1998 – January 3, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Sonny Bono |
| Succeeded by | Raul Ruiz |
| Constituency | 44th district (1998–2003) 45th district (2003–2013) |
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| Born | Mary Whitaker (1961-10-24) October 24, 1961 (age 62) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouses | Glenn Baxley
(m. 2001; div. 2005) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Southern California (BA) |
A member of the Republican Party, Bono was first elected to Congress in 1998 to replace her late husband, Sonny Bono, who had died in office months earlier. She sat on the Energy and Commerce Committee and was chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. In 1998, Bono served on the House Judiciary Committee that approved articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton. Bono served in Congress until losing her 2012 reelection bid.
In March 2013, Bono became a senior vice president at the Washington, D.C.-based federal affairs firm Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting. In 2018, she founded the political affairs consulting firm Integritas by Bono.