Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 6th district
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989
Preceded by
Bill Young
Succeeded by
Cliff Stearns
Member of the Florida Senate from the 6th district
In office November 5, 1974 – November 4, 1980
Preceded by
Jim Williams
Succeeded by
George G. Kirkpatrick Jr.
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
In office November 5, 1968 – November 5, 1974
Preceded by
Bill Chappell
Succeeded by
Wayne C. McCall
Constituency
30th district (1968–1972) 32nd district (1972–1974)
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Hood MacKay Jr.
(1933-03-22) March 22, 1933 (age 91) Ocala, Florida, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Anne Selph
(m. 1960)
Children
4
Education
University of Florida (BS, BA, LLB)
Military service
Branch/service
United States Air Force
Years of service
1955–1958
Rank
Captain
Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay Jr. (born March 22, 1933) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 42nd governor of Florida from December 12, 1998, to January 5, 1999, upon the death of Lawton Chiles. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 14th lieutenant governor of Florida from 1991 to 1998. During his career, he also served as a state legislator and as a United States representative and special envoy. Following the death of Bob Graham in 2024, MacKay is the only living former Democratic governor of Florida.
Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay Jr. (born March 22, 1933) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 42nd governor of Florida from December...
1998 and defeated lieutenant governor BuddyMacKay with 55 percent of the vote. He ended up succeeding MacKay after Chiles died in office 23 days shy...
incumbent Lieutenant Governor Kenneth Hood "Buddy" MacKay was the Democratic nominee. Bush defeated MacKay by nearly 11% of the vote, and won his first...
leaving Lieutenant Governor BuddyMacKay to serve the remaining 24 days of Chiles' unexpired term. Jeb Bush succeeded MacKay. As of to date, Chiles's reelection...
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Graham (center), with former Florida Governor BuddyMacKay (right) at the dedication ceremony for Pugh Hall, home of the Graham Center for Public Service...
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Rich received endorsements from both the Florida NOW and NOW as well as BuddyMacKay, the most recent Democratic governor of Florida. President Bill Clinton...
S. Senate bid in 1988, narrowly losing the Democratic nomination to BuddyMacKay, who went on to lose the general election to Connie Mack III. Gunter...
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for governor again, however; he defeated Chiles' lieutenant governor BuddyMacKay in 1998 and easily won re-election in 2002. Bush eventually did run for...
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Martin Kiar, Broward County commissioner and former state representative BuddyMacKay, former Governor of Florida Rick Stark, state representative Organizations...
engineering. 1988–2004 In 1988, incumbent Democratic U.S. Congressman BuddyMacKay of Florida's 6th congressional district decided to run for the U.S. Senate...
governors (both Republican and Democrat): Bob Martinez, Lawton Chiles, BuddyMacKay, and Jeb Bush. He was first elected in 1986 and reelected in 1990, 1994...
Order of precedence of the United States Within Florida Succeeded by BuddyMacKay as Former Governor Preceded by Rick Snyder as Former Governor Order of...
push for NASA funding. In September 2011 Nelson, together with Republican Kay Hutchison, led the push to continue the development of Constellation's Ares...
to win re-election; he served under three governors, Lawton Chiles, BuddyMacKay, and Jeb Bush. Robert B. Crawford Rich Faircloth "Our Campaigns - FL...
office January 5, 1999 – March 3, 2003 Governor Jeb Bush Preceded by BuddyMacKay Succeeded by Toni Jennings 17th Education Commissioner of Florida In...
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