Mack tabs new Chief of Staff

U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, is managing a changing of the guard atop his office's staff.

Francis Gibbs, Mack's chief of staff since June 2009, will step down, and Mack has named Hans Klingler as his replacement.

Klingler's last job was with the office of U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, as senior staffer during her bid for Texas' governorship. He also served previously as director of communications and political operations for the Republican Party of Texas.