Dennis J. Kearney (born September 25, 1949 in

Chelsea, Massachusetts Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston. As of the 2020 census, Chelsea had a population of 40,787. With a total area of just 2.46 s ...

) is an American attorney and politician who served as a

Massachusetts state representative The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 countie ...

and Sheriff of Suffolk County. He finished sixth in the

1983 Boston mayoral election The Boston mayoral election of 1983 occurred on Tuesday, November 15, 1983, between City Councillor Raymond Flynn and former State Representative Mel King. Flynn was elected to his first term, and inaugurated on Monday, January 2, 1984. The nonp ...

with 7% of the vote. He is currently the President of the law firm Kearney, Donovan & McGee, P.C.

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1949 births Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Politicians from Boston Harvard Kennedy School alumni Sheriffs of Suffolk County, Massachusetts Living people Lawyers from Boston {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub