Tim Shaughnessy | |
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Member of the Kentucky Senate from the 19th district | |
In office January 1, 1989 –June 29, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Harold Haering |
Succeeded by | Morgan McGarvey |
Personal details | |
Born | August 22,1957 |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Louisville (BA) Bellarmine College (MBA) |
Tim Shaughnessy (born August 22,1957) is an American politician and six term Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate,where he represented the 19th district.
Shaughnessy attended Jefferson Community College. He went on to earn his B.S. from the University of Louisville. He then received his MBA from Bellarmine College. Shaughnessy was the recipient of Kentucky Jaycees' "outstanding Young Kentuckian" award in 1978. [1]
Shaughnessy began his career as legislative aid to Jefferson County Commissioner Jim Malone. In 1982,Shaughnessy was appointed as a member to the newly created charter commission to study a possible local government reorganization. In 1983,the commission voted 17–4 in favor of a city-county merger for Louisville and Jefferson County. Shaughnessy ran as a Democrat for the 30th district of the Kentucky State Legislature,in which he ultimately was defeated by the incumbent and Jefferson Democratic Party Chairman,Tom Burch.
In 1988,Shaughnessy successfully ran against incumbent Kentucky State Senator Harold Haering. After 6 successful elections to the Kentucky Senate,Shaughnessy's political career would come to in end in 2012 when he mysteriously resigned prior to the end of his term without explanation. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Thomas J Burch (incumbent) | 1,280 | 57.71 | |
Democratic | Tim Shaughnessy | 938 | 42.29 | |
Total votes | 2,218 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Harold Haering (incumbent) | 20,139 | 49.02 | |||
Democratic | Tim Shaughnessy | 20,938 | 50.98 | |||
Total votes | 41,077 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent) | 28,460 | 66.50 | |
Republican | William Redmon | 14,340 | 33.50 | |
Total votes | 42,800 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent) | 24,198 | 59.27 | |
Republican | Barbara "Bobbie" Holsclaw | 16,632 | 40.73 | |
Total votes | 40,830 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent) | 26,872 | 61.0 | |
Republican | Paul Schmidt | 16,132 | 36.60 | |
Libertarian | Nick Karem | 1,029 | 2.3 | |
Total votes | 44,033 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent) | 9,597 | 79.7 | |
Democratic | Ched Jennings | 2,441 | 20.3 | |
Total votes | 12,038 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent) | 36,749 | 61.5 | |
Republican | Christopher M. Smrt | 22,964 | 38.5 | |
Total votes | 59,713 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent) | 36,199 | 59.5 | |
Republican | Bob Heleringer | 24,615 | 40.5 | |
Total votes | 60,814 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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