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John Edward Walsh (April 14, 1958 – November 20, 2023) was an American political consultant and campaign manager who managed Deval Patrick's successful 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial run and Ed Markey's successful 2020 United States Senate reelection campaign.
In 1930, Walsh was appointed chairman of the General Council of the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary. [9] On January 23, 1934, the Boston Bar Association filed a petition for Walsh's disbarment in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, alleging that he collected money for a client and failed to account for all of it. [10]
Since 1984, the council has consisted of 13 members; four members elected at-large and nine members elected by district. All 13 seats are contested every two years.
Walsh was born on April 10, 1967, in Dorchester, Boston, to John Walsh, an Irish American originally from Callowfeenish, a townland near Carna, County Galway, and Mary (née O'Malley), from Rosmuc, Co. Galway. [2] Walsh's parents emigrated separately but married in the United States in 1959. [3]
Marty Walsh, mayor of Boston, 2014–2021; Walter E. Webber, 1969, Masonic leader; Kevin White, 1955, former mayor of Boston; longest serving [58] Diane Wilkerson, J.D. 1981, first African-American Massachusetts state senator [citation needed] Barbara Wright, B.S., member of the New Jersey General Assembly [59]
Before 1914, and the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment, the state's U.S. senators were chosen by the Massachusetts General Court, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. The current senators are Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. Ted Kennedy was Massachusetts's longest-serving senator, serving from 1962 until his death in 2009.
Boston City Councilor from District 5 (2002-2014) April 4, 2013 [14] Charlotte Golar Richie: Former Massachusetts state representative from the 5th Suffolk district (1995–1999) May 1, 2013 [15] Michael P. Ross: Boston City Councilor from District 8 (2000-2013) Former President of the Boston City Council (2009–2010) April 11, 2013 [16] Bill ...
Incumbent Republican Senator John W. Weeks ran for a second term in office but was defeated by Democratic former Governor David I. Walsh. Primaries were held September 24. Both Walsh and Weeks were unopposed after their respective opponents, former Boston mayor John F. Fitzgerald and Governor Samuel W. McCall, withdrew from the race.