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Joseph D. Kenney (born July 12, 1960) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who represents District 1 of the Executive Council of New Hampshire. 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.〔http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/open-senate-seat-attracts-candidates〕 However, Kenney was unable to run because he had been called up for active service with the United States Marine Corps.〔http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090306/GJNEWS_01/703069866/-1/FOSNEWS0409〕 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. 〔http://www.wmur.com/politics/cryans-concedes-executive-council-race-to-kenney/24935630〕 〔http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/9399586-95/special-election-set-for-ray-burtons-district-1-seat-on-nh-executive-council〕 ==Early life, education, and career== Kenney grew up in a small business family in Wakefield and continues to live in Wakefield, NH with his wife and two children. At a young age Kenney worked as an auction runner at his family's auction barn in Rochester, NH and picked blueberries during the summer at Daily's Blueberry Mountain Farm in Brookfield to help pay for his grammar school clothes. He went on to become a pot-washer, cook and head cook at Pierce Camp Birchmont in Wolfeboro, NH where he worked for nine summers throughout high school and college. He attended Spaulding High School in Rochester and hitch-hiked 20 miles to basketball practice to play on the varsity team during the winter. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire, majoring in History and minoring in Small Business Management. He traveled as a college junior with a program called Semester at Sea, a college accredited program which allowed him to take international college courses aboard the SS Universe while traveling around the world. He was a Division I NCAA soccer player. 〔https://www.nh.gov/council/district1/biography.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Kenney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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