district predecessor successor birth_name birth_place children party term_end birth_date term_start spouse image article_title state name alma_mater
california 45 45th california 44 44th dana rohrabacher sonny bono john campbell ken calvert mary whitaker cleveland , ohio , u.s. chesare with bono -rrb- elan -lrb- with bono -rrb- chianna maria -lrb- republican january 3 , 2013 january 3 , 2003 24 october 1961 january 3 , 2003 april 7 , 1998 sonny -lrb- 2001 -- 2005 -rrb- connie mack -lrb- 2007 -- bono 2013 -rrb- -lrb- 1986 -- 1998 -rrb- glenn baxley mary bono mack official.jpg mary bono
 california california mary bono university of southern california
mary bono

mary bono -lrb- née whitaker , born october 24 , 1961 -rrb- is a former u.s. representative for , and previously the 44th , serving from 1998 to 2013 .
she was known as mary bono mack during her marriage to former florida representative connie mack iv .
she was first elected to congress to replace her late husband , sonny bono , who had died months before .
she is a member of the republican party .
bono 's district was based in palm springs and included most of central and eastern riverside county .
she sat on the energy and commerce committee , and was chairwoman for the subcommittee on commerce , manufacturing and trade .
bono was defeated in her bid for reelection in 2012 by dr. raul ruiz .
she was , at the time , the sole female republican in california 's congressional delegation , and until congresswoman mimi walters was elected in november 2014 , no other female republican was part of the delegation .
on march 19 , 2013 , bono announced she was joining washington , d.c.-based federal affairs firm faegrebd consulting as a senior vice president .
she focuses her government advocacy and consulting practice there on legislative , regulatory and policy matters related to the entertainment , media and information technology sectors .
she also is a nationally recognized advocate for drug abuse prevention and treatment .
bono is dating former astronaut and retired navy rear admiral stephen scot oswald .
