Christy Mihos

Christy Peter Mihos (June 13, 1949 – March 25, 2017) was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. He was an Independent candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2006. He ran for the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, but did not receive enough votes at the Republican Convention to qualify for the primary ballot. Early life Mihos was born and raised in Brockton, Massachusetts. During his youth, Mihos worked in his family's supermarket. He graduated from Brockton High School and Stonehill College. While attending college, Mihos was the part of a Greek wedding band playing the bouzouki, clarinet, and saxophone. He was also part of a rock band playing the bass guitar. In 1974, Mihos and his wife Andrea married. During the 1980s he was president of the board of stewards at the Panagia Greek Orthodox Church in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He was credited with leading the church through one of its most successful financial periods. During his tenure, the church's interior was refurbished and a parish house was purchased. Business career Mihos owned the convenience store chain Christy's Markets on Cape Cod. The original store, which was in Brockton, Massachusetts, was opened by his Greek immigrant grandfather, Christy Mihos, in 1934. During the 1960s, Mihos father and uncle, Peter and James C. Mihos, expanded the business from a single supermarket into a chain of convenience stores.