Donna Soucy | |
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Minority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate | |
Assumed office December 2, 2020 | |
Deputy | Cindy Rosenwald |
Preceded by | Chuck Morse |
In office August 6,2018 –December 5,2018 Acting | |
Preceded by | Jeff Woodburn |
Succeeded by | Chuck Morse |
President of the New Hampshire Senate | |
In office December 5,2018 –December 2,2020 | |
Preceded by | Chuck Morse |
Succeeded by | Chuck Morse |
Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 18th district | |
Assumed office December 5,2012 | |
Preceded by | Tom DeBlois |
Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives from the 42nd Hillsborough district | |
In office December 2,1992 –December 4,1996 | |
Preceded by | Jacquelyn Domaingue |
Succeeded by | Robert Murphy |
Member of the New HampshireHouseofRepresentatives from the 39th Hillsborough district | |
In office December 5,1990 –December 2,1992 | |
Preceded by | Lillian Soucy |
Succeeded by | Joanne O'Rourke |
Personal details | |
Born | Manchester,New Hampshire,U.S. | September 7,1967
Political party | Democratic |
Education | St. Anselm College (BA) University of New Hampshire,Concord (JD) |
Website | Campaign website |
Donna M. Soucy (born September 7,1967) is an American attorney and Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate,first elected in 2012 in the 18th district. She is previously served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate,from December 5,2018 until December 2,2020. Soucy serves on the Senate Commerce,and Rules and Enrolled Bills committees,in addition to the Joint Fiscal Committee [1] Soucy has also previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as a Manchester alderman. [2] [3]
Soucy's mother was Lillian Soucy,a New Hampshire state representative who died in 1990,the year after she graduated from Saint Anselm College in Goffstown,New Hampshire. Her father,C. Arthur Soucy,also served as a Manchester city alderman and as a city official in other capacities,and as a member of the federal Electoral College. [3]
Soucy attended the Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire School of Law) and received a Juris Doctor degree. [3]
First elected in 2012,Soucy became the minority leader in August 2018,after the incumbent Jeff Woodburn stepped down from his leadership post because he had been arrested on domestic violence charges.[ citation needed ] Soucy was re-elected to her Senate seat that November,but Woodburn was not,as Democrats won the majority of Senate seats statewide. The 14 Democratic senators-elect chose Soucy as their leader at a caucus shortly after the 2018 mid-term election;she was later unanimously elected Senate President on December 5,2018. [3]
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