Leonard "Lenny" Mirra is an American former state legislator who was in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He is a Georgetown resident and a member of the Republican Party.Lenny Mirra. Massachusetts General Court.
Mirra represented the Second Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. For the majority of Mirra’s tenure, the Second Essex included the towns of Newbury, West Newbury, Groveland, Merrimac, Georgetown, precinct 2 and 3 of Boxford, Haverhill's ward 4 precinct 3, and Haverhill's ward 7 precinct 3.
2022 election aftermath In the 2022 midterm elections, Mirra initially won his election by 10 votes. After a recount it was concluded that he lost to challenger Kristen Kassner by 1 vote. After the loss, Mirra took legal action, but the Essex County Superior Court of Massachusetts dismissed the suit claiming that the court lacked jurisdiction on the matter. Mirra's suit was also dismissed on appeal.
On January 4, 2023 the Massachusetts House of Representatives formed a special committee to review the results of the 2022 Second Essex District’s Election. As a result, Mirra served as a "hold-over" Representative. On January 31, 2023, the special committee voted 2-1, recommending to the full House of Representatives that Kristin Kassner be sworn in as the winner of the election. Mirra left office on February 3, 2023, following the swearing-in of Kristin Kassner.
Electoral history
Second Essex - 2012 Republican PrimaryPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra1,33144.2RepublicanRobert H. Cronin1,17238.9RepublicanGary C. Fowler50116.7Write-insAll Others50.2 Second Essex - 2012 General ElectionPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra12,66352.2DemocraticBarry P. Fogel11,58347.7Write-insAll Others260.1 Second Essex - 2014 Republican Primary PartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)1,50978.5RepublicanEdward H. Watson41421.5 Second Essex - 2014 General ElectionPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)14,08399.2Write-insAll others1180.8 Second Essex - 2016 Republican Primary PartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)74598.9Write-insAll others80.1 Second Essex - 2016 General ElectionPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)19,36399.0Write-insAll others2041.0 Second Essex - 2018 Republican PrimaryPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)2,60797.9Write-insAll others572.1 Second Essex - 2018 General ElectionPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)11,58850.7DemocraticChristina Eckert11,26449.3Write-insAll others81.1 Second Essex - 2020 Republican PrimaryPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)3,00899.3Write-insAll others200.7 Second Essex - 2020 General ElectionPartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)15,02651.3DemocraticChristina Eckert14,27248.7Write-insAll others190.1
Second Essex - 2022 Republican Primary PartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)2,65699.4Write-insAll others150.6 Second Essex - 2022 General Election (initial)PartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)11,75450.02DemocraticKristin Kassner11,74449.98Write-insAll others110.0 Second Essex - 2022 General Election (amended)PartyCandidateVotes%RepublicanLenny Mirra (inc.)11,76249.99DemocraticKristin Kassner11,76350.01Write-insAll others50.0 . Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
See also 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
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