Connie Bender is a former Polk High School student and enemy of Peggy Bundy. She is also the wife of Al's enemy, Jack.
She is played by actress Lisa Raggio.
Description[]
Connie is a woman in her late 30 or early 40s with red hair and an overly confident attitude.
As noted by Al and Peggy, Connie was rather promiscuous in high school and even slept with Al at one point. He later uses this to anger Jack, implying that he could satisfy her in bed unlike him.
Background[]
Connie first appear after Al was getting attention from another Polk High graduate, Vicky. She stared Peggy down from behind before deliberately coming up to her and acting like Peggy was a waitress there. She then pretends to be surprised to see her and says "Peggy... Peggy Wanker, don't bother to thank her!".
Peggy replies "Connie...Connie Bender, bring a friend, it won't offend her!". Connie then turns her attention to Al and compliments him, before asking if he remembers her. He says he does and asks what happened, saying that she looks better standing up (implying that he was intimate with her in high school). Peggy asks if Connie was married, and she reveals that her husband is Jack, their fellow classmate and Al's rival. The greeting go from friendly to cold as Al and Jack eventually come face to face. The two are about to go outside and settle their differences in a fight, but Peggy stops them. She tells them that there is no need to relive every single thing from their high school years, before pointing that if they did, "Connie would be in the coat room with the band!".
Connie changes the topic and tells Peggy that she will be the reunion queen, and offers Peg the role of "Hag in Waiting". Peggy tells her that she is wrong and that she will actually be the queen, not Connie. She reassures Connie that she is in the lead for votes, having called across the entire U.S. to their English speaking classmates. Connie then points out the flaw in Peggy's logic, as she was able to outdo Peggy by calling the foreign exchange students, the Yohiro sisters and flew them in from Tokyo to attend the reunion.
Late that night, Peggy desperately seeks out a few more votes. Unfortunately she is turned down by two men (after Peggy tells that she doesn't perform an unnamed sexual act anymore) and a table with four women, after they reveal that Peggy stole all their boyfriends (and one of their fathers as well) in high school. Connie stops by while a dejected Peggy looks at the crown for the queen and reminds her that while she'll only be queen for one night, Peggy has the rest of her life to be nothing.

Connie sharing the stage with Peggy and believing she will be the winner
As the final minutes before the nomination is called and feeling like Connie has won, Peggy finally gives Al permission to fight Jack, so at least one of them can have some happiness at the event. As the crowd rushes, Peggy takes this opportunity to cheat, with help from Bud and Kelly. The group finally makes their way back in, with a disheveled Jack coming up to Peggy and giving her a thumbs up, before collapsing as the crowd cheers "Bundy! Bundy!". Connie and two of Al and Jack's teammates pick him, but as soon as the nominees are called up, she lets go of Jack's head, letting him hit the table headfirst.
As the ladies wait for their names to be called, Connie and Peggy sarcastically wish each other good luck. Connie then steps forward before the name is called, believing she had won. Unfortunately for her, Peggy is called and she is last seen breaking down on stage as Peggy happily accepts her crown and slow dances with a badly injured Al.