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GOP Reps. Mary Bono, Connie Mack will wed

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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

GOP Reps. Mary Bono of California and Connie Mack of Florida announced their engagement Friday after dating for two years.

Mack proposed a week ago on a camping trip in Arches National Park in Utah, said Frank Cullen Jr., Bono’s chief of staff.

Bono, 45, was married to singer-turned-politician Sonny Bono, who died in a 1998 skiing accident, and replaced him in Congress after a special election. She represents Palm Springs and parts of the Inland Empire.

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Mack, 40, is divorced. He is the son of the Florida senator of the same name and great-grandson of the Hall of Fame baseball manager.

No wedding date has been set.

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