Mary Bono

Mary Bono
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)
Personal details
Born	Mary Whitaker (1961-10-24) October 24, 1961 (age 62) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Sonny Bono ​ ​ (m. 1986; died 1998)​ Glenn Baxley ​ ​ (m. 2001; div. 2005)​ Connie Mack IV ​ ​ (m. 2007; div. 2013)​ Stephen S. Oswald ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2
Education	University of Southern California (BA)

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.

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.