Ken Donnelly

Kenneth J. Donnelly (July 15, 1950 – April 2, 2017) was a Massachusetts state senator for the Fourth Middlesex district, which included his hometown of Arlington and several other cities. He was a Democrat who served from 2009 to 2017.

Donnelly graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA in Labor Studies.

He was a retired lieutenant with the Lexington Fire Department in Lexington, Massachusetts.

On June 17, 2014, Donnelly endorsed fellow Democrat Don Berwick in the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2014.

Donnelly died on April 2, 2017, in Arlington, Massachusetts from complications of a brain tumor, aged 66.