Daniel Donahue (Massachusetts)

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Daniel M. Donahue
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Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District
Tenure

2013 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

11

Compensation

Base salary

$73,655.01/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

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Daniel M. Donahue (Democratic Party) is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 16th Worcester District. He assumed office on September 25, 2013. His current term ends on January 1, 2025.

Donahue (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 16th Worcester District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Donahue was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Donahue was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Donahue was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Massachusetts committee assignments, 2017
Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
Redistricting, Vice chair
Health Care Financing Joint
Transportation Joint

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Donahue served on the following committees:

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: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District

Incumbent Daniel M. Donahue won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Daniel M. Donahue
Daniel M. Donahue (D)
 
95.9
 
10,157
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.1
 
433

Total votes: 10,590
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District

Incumbent Daniel M. Donahue advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District on September 3, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Daniel M. Donahue
Daniel M. Donahue
 
100.0
 
1,594

Total votes: 1,594
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District

Incumbent Daniel M. Donahue won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Daniel M. Donahue
Daniel M. Donahue (D)
 
95.7
 
6,111
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.3
 
274

Total votes: 6,385
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District

Incumbent Daniel M. Donahue advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District on September 6, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Daniel M. Donahue
Daniel M. Donahue
 
99.4
 
1,953
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
11

Total votes: 1,964
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2020

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District

Incumbent Daniel M. Donahue won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Daniel M. Donahue
Daniel M. Donahue (D)
 
96.9
 
10,648
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.1
 
338

Total votes: 10,986
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District

Incumbent Daniel M. Donahue advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District on September 1, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Daniel M. Donahue
Daniel M. Donahue
 
98.9
 
3,854
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
42

Total votes: 3,896
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2018

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District

Incumbent Daniel M. Donahue won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Daniel M. Donahue
Daniel M. Donahue (D)
 
98.0
 
7,372
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.0
 
152

Total votes: 7,524
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District

Incumbent Daniel M. Donahue advanced from the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District on September 4, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Daniel M. Donahue
Daniel M. Donahue
 
100.0
 
1,371

Total votes: 1,371
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2016

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 8, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.

Incumbent Daniel Donahue defeated John Fresolo in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Sixteenth Worcester District general election.[1][2]

Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sixteenth Worcester District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Donahue Incumbent 67.17% 7,783
     United Independent John Fresolo 32.83% 3,804
Total Votes 11,587
Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth


Incumbent Daniel Donahue ran unopposed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Sixteenth Worcester District Democratic Primary.[3][4]

Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sixteenth Worcester District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Daniel Donahue Incumbent (unopposed)



2014

See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Massachusetts House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on September 9, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Daniel Donahue defeated Joshua Perro in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.[5]

Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sixteenth Worcester District Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Donahue Incumbent 53.3% 1,679
Joshua Perro 46.7% 1,474
Total Votes 3,153

2013

See also: Massachusetts state legislative special elections, 2013

Donahue won election in a special election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester District. The seat was vacant following John Fresolo's (D) resignation due to an ethics investigation.Donahue defeated Khrystian E. King, Daniele F. Nanni, James M. O’Brien and Joshua Perro in the August 13 Democratic primary on August 13 and defeated Carol E. Claros (R) in the special election, which took place on September 10.[6][7][8][9][10]

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 16th Worcester District, Special Election, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Donahue 63.9% 1,614
     Republican Carol E. Claros 36.1% 912
Total Votes 2,526

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Daniel M. Donahue campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester DistrictWon general$18,650 $0
2022Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester DistrictWon general$21,895 $0
2020Massachusetts House of Representatives 16th Worcester DistrictWon general$24,760 N/A**
2016Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Sixteenth WorcesterWon $68,130 N/A**
2014Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sixteenth WorcesterWon $48,054 N/A**
2013Massachusetts House of Representatives, Sixteenth Worcester, special electionWon $46,322 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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