Kenneth Donnelly

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Kenneth Donnelly
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Prior offices
Massachusetts State Senate 4th Middlesex District

Education

Bachelor's

University of Massachusetts

Contact

Kenneth J. Donnelly was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts State Senate, representing the Fourth Middlesex district from 2008 to 2017. He died on April 2, 2017, following an eight-month battle with a brain tumor.[1]

Donnelly served as Majority Whip in the 2016 legislative session and as Assistant Majority Whip in 2015.

Biography

Donnelly graduated from the Trade Union Program at Harvard University and earned his bachelor's degree in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts.[2]

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Massachusetts committee assignments, 2017
Bills in the Third Reading
Ways and Means
Labor and Workforce Development Joint
Mental Health, Substance Abuse, and Recovery Joint
Public Safety and Homeland Security Joint, Vice chair
State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Joint
Ways and Means Joint

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Donnelly served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Donnelly served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Donnelly served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Donnelly served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2016

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Massachusetts State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 8, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

Incumbent Kenneth Donnelly ran unopposed in the Massachusetts State Senate Fourth Middlesex District general election.[3][4]

Massachusetts State Senate, Fourth Middlesex District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kenneth Donnelly Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth


Incumbent Kenneth Donnelly ran unopposed in the Massachusetts State Senate Fourth Middlesex District Democratic Primary.[5][6]

Massachusetts State Senate, Fourth Middlesex District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kenneth Donnelly Incumbent (unopposed)



2014

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Massachusetts State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election was held on September 9, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Kenneth Donnelly was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.[7]

2012

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2012

Donnelly won re-election in the 2012 election for Massachusetts State Senate Fourth Middlesex District. Donnelly was unopposed in the September 6 Democratic primary and defeated Gerry Dembrowski (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9]

Massachusetts State Senate, Fourth Middlesex District, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKenneth Donnelly Incumbent 68.2% 56,100
     Republican Gerry Dembrowski 31.8% 26,210
Total Votes 82,310

2010

See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2010

Donnelly won re-election to the Fourth Middlesex District seat in 2010. He had no opposition. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.

Massachusetts State Senate - Fourth Middlesex District
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kenneth Donnelly (D) 45,583
All Others 835
Blanks 21,040

2008

On November 4, 2008, Donnelly won election in the Senate election for the Massachusetts Senate for the Fourth Middlesex district.[10] In this election he raised $195,451; of that total $173,760 (88.9%) was from in state contributions and $21,691 (11.1%) was from out of state contributions.[11]

Massachusetts State Senate - Fourth Middlesex district
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kenneth Donnelly (D) 52,690
Brion Cangiamila (R) 26,416
All Others 109
Blanks 7,672

Campaign finance summary


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Kenneth Donnelly campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016Massachusetts State Senate, District Fourth MiddlesexWon $97,586 N/A**
2014Massachusetts State Senate, Fourth MiddlesexWon $13,051 N/A**
2012Massachusetts State Senate, Fourth MiddlesexWon $108,927 N/A**
2010Massachusetts State Senate, Fourth MiddlesexWon $81,450 N/A**
2008Massachusetts State Senate, Fourth MiddlesexWon $195,451 N/A**
Grand total$496,465 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2017

In 2017, the Massachusetts General Court was in session from January 4 through November 15. The legislature held an informal session from November 16 to January 2.

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2016


2015


2014


2013


2012


2011

Personal

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Donnelly and his wife, Judy, have three children.[12]

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Massachusetts State Senate Fourth Middlesex
2009–2017
Succeeded by
Cindy Friedman (D)


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