Donna Soucy Explained

Donna Soucy
Office:Minority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate
Deputy:Cindy Rosenwald
Term Start:December 2, 2020
Predecessor:Chuck Morse
Term Start1:August 6, 2018
Term End1:December 5, 2018
Acting
Predecessor1:Jeff Woodburn
Successor1:Chuck Morse
Office2:President of the New Hampshire Senate
Term Start2:December 5, 2018
Term End2:December 2, 2020
Predecessor2:Chuck Morse
Successor2:Chuck Morse
State Senate4:New Hampshire
District4:18th
Term Start4:December 5, 2012
Predecessor4:Tom DeBlois
State House5:New Hampshire
District5:42nd Hillsborough
Term Start5:December 2, 1992
Term End5:December 4, 1996
Predecessor5:Jacquelyn Domaingue
Successor5:Robert Murphy
State House6:New Hampshire
District6:39th Hillsborough
Term Start6:December 5, 1990
Term End6:December 2, 1992
Predecessor6:Lillian Soucy
Successor6:Joanne O'Rourke
Birth Date:7 September 1967
Birth Place:Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Education:St. Anselm College (BA)
University of New Hampshire, Concord (JD)

Donna M. Soucy (born September 7, 1967) is an American attorney and Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, first elected in 2012 in the 18th district. She is previously served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate, 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[1] Soucy has also previously served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and as a Manchester alderman.[2] [3]

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. Her father, C. Arthur Soucy, also served as a Manchester city alderman and as a city official in other capacities, and as a member of the federal Electoral College.[3]

Soucy attended the Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire School of Law) 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 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.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senate District 18. www.gencourt.state.nh.us. 2018-05-08.
  2. Web site: Senator Donna Soucy. New Hampshire Senate Democratic Caucus. 30 October 2013.
  3. Senate President Donna Soucy '89 . Portraits Magazine . 21 . 1 . Saint Anselm College. 30 . 2019-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190706220437/http://blogs.anselm.edu/portraits/features/senate-president-donna-soucy-89/ . 2019-07-06.