Donna M. Soucy (born September 7, 1967) is an American attorney and Democratic member of the
New Hampshire Senate
The New Hampshire Senate has been meeting since 1784. It is the upper house of the New Hampshire General Court, alongside the lower New Hampshire House of Representatives. It consists of 24 members representing Senate districts based on populatio ...
, first elected in 2012 in the
18th district. She is previously served as the
President of the New Hampshire Senate
The position of President of the New Hampshire Senate
The New Hampshire Senate has been meeting since 1784. It is the upper house of the New Hampshire General Court, alongside the lower New Hampshire House of Representatives. It consists of 24 m ...
, from December 5, 2018 until December 2, 2020. Soucy serves on the Senate Commerce, and Rules and Enrolled Bills committees, in addition to the Joint Fiscal Committee
Soucy has also previously served in the
New Hampshire House of Representatives and as a
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
alderman.
Early life and education
Soucy's mother was
Lillian Soucy, a New Hampshire state representative who died in 1990, the year after she graduated from
Saint Anselm College in
Goffstown, New Hampshire
Goffstown is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 18,577 at the 2020 census. The compact center of town, where 3,366 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Goffst ...
. Her father, C. Arthur Soucy, also served as a Manchester city
alderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members t ...
and as a city official in other capacities, and as a member of the federal
Electoral College.
Soucy attended the Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the
University of New Hampshire School of Law
The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law is a public law school in Concord, New Hampshire, associated with the University of New Hampshire. It is the only law school in the state and was founded in 1973 by Robert H. Rines ...
) and received a ''
Juris Doctor'' degree.
Senate career
First elected in 2012, Soucy became the minority leader in August 2018, after the incumbent
Jeff Woodburn
Jeffrey R. Woodburn (born June 1965) from Dalton, New Hampshire is a former Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate for the 1st district, elected in 2012. He was the minority leader of the Senate Democratic caucus. Woodburn served on the ...
stepped down from his leadership post because he had been arrested on domestic violence charges. Soucy was re-elected to her Senate seat that November, but Woodburn was not, as Democrats won the majority of Senate seats statewide. The 14 Democratic senators-elect chose Soucy as their leader at a caucus shortly after the 2018 mid-term election; she was later unanimously elected Senate President on December 5, 2018.
References
External links
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Senator Donna Soucygovernment website
Donna Soucy for Senatecampaign website
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1967 births
2020 United States presidential electors
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Living people
Democratic Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Democratic Party New Hampshire state senators
Politicians from Manchester, New Hampshire
Saint Anselm College alumni
University of New Hampshire School of Law alumni
Women state legislators in New Hampshire
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