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  Hennigan, Maura
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameMaura Hennigan
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Boston, Massachusetts , United States
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Born 00, 1952 (72 years)
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Sep 12, 2020 01:24pm
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InfoBoston City Councilor Maura Hennigan has proudly served on the Boston City Council for almost 24 years.

After graduating from Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Brighton, Maura attended Salve Regina College and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. For seven years, Maura taught in the Boston Public School system, at the elementary, middle and high school levels.

As a Boston City Councilor, Maura has become a leader on the City’s key issues, earning her posts on the Council’s most important committees. Maura became the first woman to head the powerful Ways and Means Committee, which she chaired for 7 years.

Maura’s current priorities are ...

* Education
* Housing
* Public Safety/Public Health
* Basic City Services

A strong supporter of public schools, Maura initiated and led efforts to create the Patrick Lyndon Pilot School in West Roxbury. As the first woman to serve as chair of the Ways and Means Committee, she secured funding for Boston’s first citywide mammography van, which brought badly-needed mammography services to women citywide. She also is a strong advocate for helping Bostonians become more financially literate and independent through financial literacy programs and Individual Development Accounts (IDAs).

Maura’s City Council Leadership Experience ...

* Chair of Education
* Chair of Environment & Historic Preservation
* Chair of Flooding and Storm Damage
* Chair of Government Operations
* Chair of Housing
* Chair of Hunger & Homelessness
* Chair of Planning & Economic Development
* Chair of Special Committee on Equity
* Chair of Veterans and Veterans Service Organization
* Chair of Ways and Means Committee

Maura in action...

In October of 2003, she launched www.boston.potholeweb.com to identify and track potholes and sidewalk hazards in the city of Boston. She then released a sidewalk and street hazard (pothole) petition that urged Mayor Menino to instruct his Commissioner of Public Works to release the over $22 million dollars that she discovered was intended for the permanent repair of all street and sidewalk hazards (potholes), but was not being used as intended.

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FAMILY
Father James W. Hennigan, Jr. 1927-2020
Grandfather James W. Hennigan 1890-1969
Brother James W. Hennigan, III 0000-

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/08/2005 Boston Mayor Lost 32.14% (-35.38%)
  11/04/2003 Boston City Councillor - At-Large Won 16.93% (-0.55%)
  09/16/2003 Boston City Councillor - At-Large - Primary Won 14.27% (-1.51%)
  11/06/2001 Boston City Councillor - At-Large Won 17.42% (-1.05%)
  11/02/1999 Boston City Councillor - District 6 Won 54.52% (+9.04%)
  09/21/1999 Boston City Councillor - District 6 - Primary Won 43.81% (+11.97%)
  12/09/1997 MA State Senate - Suffolk & Norfolk - Special D Primary Lost 15.21% (-23.53%)
  11/04/1997 Boston City Councillor - District 6 Won 82.38% (+64.76%)
  11/07/1995 Boston City Councillor - District 6 Won 57.45% (+14.91%)
  11/02/1993 Boston City Councillor - District 6 Won 64.68% (+29.37%)
  09/15/1992 MA State Senate - First Suffolk & Norfolk - D Primary Lost 33.89% (-20.28%)
  11/05/1991 Boston City Councillor - District 6 Won 76.76% (+53.52%)
  11/07/1989 Boston City Councillor - District 6 Won 57.73% (+15.46%)
  11/03/1987 Boston City Councillor - District 6 Won 99.99% (+99.98%)
  09/16/1986 MA Auditor - D Primary Lost 34.66% (-19.37%)
  11/05/1985 Boston City Councillor - District 6 Won 86.19% (+72.39%)
  11/15/1983 Boston City Councillor - District 6 Won 60.22% (+20.44%)
  11/03/1981 Boston City Councillor Won 5.68% (-2.33%)
  09/22/1981 Boston City Councillor - Primary Won 3.48% (-4.27%)
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  01/06/2003 Boston City Councillor - At-Large - Succession Won 0.00% (-100.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
MA State House - Nineteenth Suffolk - Special D Primary - Mar 02, 2021 D Valentino Capobianco