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Kevin Honan | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
Assumed office 1987 | |
Preceded by | Tom Gallagher |
Constituency | 18th Suffolk (1987–95) 17th Suffolk (1995–) |
Kevin G. Honan is an American state legislator who has represented the 17th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1987. He is the House's longest continuously serving legislator. He is a resident of the Brighton neighborhood of Boston and a member of the Democratic Party. [1]
Honan graduated from Boston College with a bachelor's degree in political science and government in 1981.[ citation needed ]
Since joining the legislature in 1987,he has received a master's degree in management sciences from Lesley College in 1991 and a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1999. [2] [3]
Honan was first elected in 1986,defeating Carol Wolfe,an administrator for the neighborhood Community District Advisory Council and proponent of school desegregation, [4] and Francis Xavier Griffin. [5]
Honan was unopposed in the general election and Democratic primary in every race from 1988 to 2018. [6]
He faced his only other challenge in the 2020 Democratic primary. He defeated activist attorney Jordan Meehan,a democratic socialist,with 54% of the vote. [7] He won the general election without an opponent.
As a legislator,Honan has served on various committees,including: [8]
As chairman of the Housing Committee for seventeen years,Honan oversaw significant legislation expanding affordable housing,including a $1.8 billion bond bill to increase housing production and preserve housing affordability in 2018. [9]
Honan co-sponsored the first eviction moratorium after the COVID-19 pandemic to be passed nationwide in April 2020. [10] The bill protected residents from being evicted from or foreclosed on their homes during the state's COVID-19 emergency declaration.
Representative Honan resides in Brighton with his wife Colleen and his daughter Molly. [11]
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2. https://www.repkevinhonan.org/about