Tim Shaughnessy

Timothy Thomas Shaughnessy (born August 22, 1957) is an American politician and six term Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate, where he represented the 19th district.

Tim Shaughnessy
Member of the Kentucky Senate from the 19th district
In office January 1, 1989 – June 29, 2012
Preceded by	Harold Haering
Succeeded by	Morgan McGarvey
Personal details
Born	(1957-08-22) August 22, 1957 (age 67)
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Louisville (BA) Bellarmine College (MBA)

Early life and education

Shaughnessy attended Jefferson Community College. He went on to earn his B.S. from the University of Louisville. He then received his MBA from Bellarmine College. Shaughnessy was the recipient of Kentucky Jaycees' "outstanding Young Kentuckian" award in 1978.^[1]

Career

Early career

Shaughnessy began his career as legislative aid to Jefferson County Commissioner Jim Malone. In 1982, Shaughnessy was appointed as a member to the newly created charter commission to study a possible local government reorganization. In 1983, the commission voted 17–4 in favor of a city-county merger for Louisville and Jefferson County. Shaughnessy ran as a Democrat for the 30th district of the Kentucky State Legislature, in which he ultimately was defeated by the incumbent and Jefferson Democratic Party Chairman, Tom Burch.

Kentucky Senate

In 1988, Shaughnessy successfully ran against incumbent Kentucky State Senator Harold Haering. After 6 successful elections to the Kentucky Senate, Shaughnessy's political career would come to in end in 2012 when he mysteriously resigned prior to the end of his term without explanation.^[2]

Electoral history

Kentucky State Representative, District 30 Democratic Primary Election, 1981^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J Burch (incumbent)	1,280	57.71
	Democratic	Tim Shaughnessy	938	42.29
Total votes			2,218	100.0

Kentucky State Senate, District 19 General Election, 1988^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold Haering (incumbent)	20,139	49.02
	Democratic	Tim Shaughnessy	20,938	50.98
Total votes			41,077	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Kentucky State Senate, District 19 General Election, 1992^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent)	28,460	66.50
	Republican	William Redmon	14,340	33.50
Total votes			42,800	100.0
	Democratic hold

Kentucky State Senate, District 19 General Election, 1996^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent)	24,198	59.27
	Republican	Barbara "Bobbie" Holsclaw	16,632	40.73
Total votes			40,830	100.0
	Democratic hold

Kentucky State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2000^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent)	26,872	61.0
	Republican	Paul Schmidt	16,132	36.60
	Libertarian	Nick Karem	1,029	2.3
Total votes			44,033	100.0
	Democratic hold

Kentucky State Senate, District 19 Democratic Primary, 2004^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent)	9,597	79.7
	Democratic	Ched Jennings	2,441	20.3
Total votes			12,038	100.0

Kentucky State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2004^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent)	36,749	61.5
	Republican	Christopher M. Smrt	22,964	38.5
Total votes			59,713	100.0
	Democratic hold

Kentucky State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2008^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Shaughnessy (incumbent)	36,199	59.5
	Republican	Bob Heleringer	24,615	40.5
Total votes			60,814	100.0
	Democratic hold