Personal Life and Views
On August 23, 1975, McLaughlin married Ann Dore, his former campaign manager. She served as Secretary of Labor under Ronald Reagan from 1987 until 1989. The couple divorced in 1992.
On June 22, 1997, McLaughlin married Cristina Clara Vidal McLaughlin. They said at the time they met in a bookstore in 1990. The marriage ended in divorce in 2010.
McLaughlin is a longtime Republican. However, leading up to the 2004 presidential election, McLaughlin announced that he would be voting for Democratic Party candidate John Kerry. His political views in general are diversified and often differ from Republican Party positions depending on the issue in question.
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