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Joe Kenney | |
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| Member of the New Hampshire Executive Council from the 1st district | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Cryans |
| In office March 12, 2014 – January 2, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ray Burton |
| Succeeded by | Michael Cryans |
| Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 3rd district | |
| In office December 4, 2002 – December 3, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Johnson |
| Succeeded by | William Denley |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 6th Carroll district | |
| In office December 7, 1994 – December 4, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Gordon Wiggin |
| Succeeded by | Mark McConkey David Babson Harry Merrow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 12, 1960 Melrose, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of New Hampshire, Durham (BA) |
Joseph D. "Joe" Kenney (born July 12, 1960) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has represented District 1 of the Executive Council of New Hampshire since 2021, previously representing the same district from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as a member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 3rd District from 2003 to 2009, and as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1995 until 2003.
Kenney ran for Governor of New Hampshire in 2008 and lost to incumbent Democratic Governor John Lynch in the general election.
His former State Senate seat re-opened in February 2009, when his successor William Denley resigned.[1] However, Kenney was unable to run because he had been called up for active service with the United States Marine Corps.[2]
Kenney defeated Democrat Mike Cryans in a special election held in March 2014 to fill the District 1 Executive Council seat vacated after long-time Republican incumbent Raymond S. Burton died in November 2013.[3][4] Kenney defeated Cryans again in 2014 and 2016, lost re-election in their fourth rematch in 2018, but won back his seat in 2020.
- ^ "Open Senate seat attracts candidates | Concord Monitor". www.concordmonitor.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090306/GJNEWS_01/703069866/-1/FOSNEWS0409
- ^ "Cryans concedes Executive Council race to Kenney". 12 March 2014.
- ^ http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/9399586-95/special-election-set-for-ray-burtons-district-1-seat-on-nh-executive-council[permanent dead link]