Mark McKenney

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Mark McKenney
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Democratic Party

Rhode Island State Senate District 30
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Rhode Island State Senate District 30
Successor: Jeanine Calkin

Compensation

Base salary

$19,037/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Bishop Hendricken High School

Bachelor's

Boston College, 1978

Law

Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, 1981

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Official website

Campaign website

Campaign Facebook

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Personal website

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Mark McKenney (Democratic Party) is a member of the Rhode Island State Senate, representing District 30. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 5, 2027.

McKenney (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Rhode Island State Senate to represent District 30. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Mark McKenney graduated from Bishop Hendricken High School. McKenney earned a B.A. in political science from Boston College in 1978 and a J.D. from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, in 1981. He also studied at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. His career experience includes working as an attorney. McKenney served as chair of the State Library Board, president of the Providence Community Library, and president of Literacy Volunteers of Rhode Island.[1][2]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: [email protected]

2023-2024

McKenney was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

McKenney was assigned to the following committees:

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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

2024

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 30

Incumbent Mark McKenney won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 30 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark McKenney
Mark McKenney (D)
 
94.1
 
12,321
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.9
 
773

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 13,094
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30

Incumbent Mark McKenney advanced from the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30 on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark McKenney
Mark McKenney
 
100.0
 
1,470

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,470
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 30

Mark McKenney defeated Marjorie Tudino in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 30 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark McKenney
Mark McKenney (D)
 
57.2
 
7,338
Image of Marjorie Tudino
Marjorie Tudino (R) Candidate Connection
 
42.5
 
5,454
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
35

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,827
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30

Mark McKenney defeated incumbent Jeanine Calkin in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark McKenney
Mark McKenney
 
52.7
 
1,944
Image of Jeanine Calkin
Jeanine Calkin
 
47.3
 
1,747

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,691
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30

Marjorie Tudino advanced from the Republican primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30 on September 13, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Marjorie Tudino
Marjorie Tudino Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
736

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 736
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 30

Jeanine Calkin won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 30 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeanine Calkin
Jeanine Calkin (D)
 
92.4
 
10,612
 Other/Write-in votes
 
7.6
 
872

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 11,484
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30

Jeanine Calkin defeated incumbent Mark McKenney in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30 on September 8, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeanine Calkin
Jeanine Calkin
 
55.4
 
1,509
Image of Mark McKenney
Mark McKenney
 
44.6
 
1,217

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,726
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2018

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Rhode Island State Senate District 30

Mark McKenney won election in the general election for Rhode Island State Senate District 30 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark McKenney
Mark McKenney (D)
 
94.3
 
8,443
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.7
 
509

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 8,952
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30

Mark McKenney defeated incumbent Jeanine Calkin in the Democratic primary for Rhode Island State Senate District 30 on September 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark McKenney
Mark McKenney
 
54.3
 
1,857
Image of Jeanine Calkin
Jeanine Calkin
 
45.7
 
1,566

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,423
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2016

See also: Rhode Island State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Rhode Island State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 29, 2016.

Jeanine Calkin ran unopposed in the Rhode Island State Senate District 30 general election.[3][4]

Rhode Island State Senate, District 30 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jeanine Calkin  (unopposed)
Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections


Jeanine Calkin defeated incumbent William Walaska in the Rhode Island State Senate District 30 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Rhode Island State Senate, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Jeanine Calkin 51.78% 1,092
     Democratic William Walaska Incumbent 48.22% 1,017
Total Votes 2,109



Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Mark McKenney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Mark McKenney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Mark McKenney campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Rhode Island State Senate District 30Won general$56,031 $0
2022Rhode Island State Senate District 30Won general$80,315 $0
2020Rhode Island State Senate District 30Lost primary$39,595 N/A**
2018Rhode Island State Senate District 30Won general$60,473 N/A**
Grand total$236,414 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Rhode Island State Senate, "Senator Mark P. McKenney," accessed March 9, 2023
    2. ↑ LinkedIn, "Mark McKenney," accessed March 9, 2023
    3. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed October 5, 2016
    4. ↑ Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 general election results," accessed January 19, 2017
    5. ↑ Rhode Island Secretary of State, "2016 Candidate Search," accessed June 30, 2016
    6. ↑ Rhode Island Board of Elections, "2016 Statewide Primary," accessed October 14, 2016

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Jeanine Calkin (D)     		Rhode Island State Senate District 30
    2023-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -     		Rhode Island State Senate District 30
    2019-2021    		 Succeeded by
    Jeanine Calkin (D)


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