Michael Huffington
(1947 - living) U.S.A.
Businessman, politician
Michael Huffington (also known as Mike Huffington) was born in Dallas, Texas. He was a member of the US Congress for one term, 1992 - 1994. Huffington was formerly married to Arianna Huffington, the Greek-born columnist and progressive activist, with whom he has two daughters.
Once a staunch Republican, Huffington "came out of the closet" making his intimate life public, by declaring to Esquire magazine (January 1998) that he is homosexual.
Huffington received a BS degree in engineering and a BA degree in economics concurrently from Stanford University in 1970. Following Stanford, he received an MBA in finance from Harvard University. From 1976 to 1990, Huffington served as vice chairman of his family-owned energy business, Huffco. (Huffington's father is Roy M. Huffington, a highly successful Texas oilman.)
In 1986, President Reagan appointed Huffington as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiations Policy with responsibility for conventional arms control negotiations.
In 1992, Huffington was elected to the US House of Representatives from California's 22nd District (Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties).
In 1994, after his single term in the House, Huffington used US$30 million of his personal fortune in a bid for a seat in the US Senate. At the time, Huffington's campaign was the most expensive non-presidential election in American history. It was bitterly contested race, lavishly covered by the media, in a year in which the Republicans seized control of both houses of Congress. Huffington lost by less than 1.6% of the vote.
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