Senate · Republican
Kelly A. Dooner
Data through FY2026; built October 19, 2026.
Residence
Taunton
First elected
Senate 2024
| Session | Chamber | District | Lines | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194th (2025–26) | Senate | Third Bristol and Plymouth | 2021 lines |
Posts and stipends
Kelly A. Dooner was paid $93,047 in leadership and committee stipends from 2025 to 2026 (2026 to date).
| Session | Posts | First year | Second year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 194th (2025–26) | Assistant Minority Leader; Ranking Minority Member on Senate Intergovernmental Affairs, Joint Health Care Financing and 6 other joint committees | $52,339 | $40,708 (to date) |
Posts: the Legislature’s leadership and roster records as compiled for this project; where those name no post, the member’s committee chair, vice-chair and ranking roles from the Legislature’s member profiles. Stipends: additional compensation in the Comptroller’s payroll data (CTHRU dataset 9ttk-7vz6), 2016–2026; 2026 is the year to date. Stipends for 2015 are not available. Base salary is not included.
The district
Third Bristol and Plymouth on its 2021 lines: 10 cities and towns, 181,988 residents (2020).
Taunton · Middleborough · Wareham · Seekonk · Raynham · Rehoboth · Carver · Dighton · Berkley · Marion
Percentages are each place’s share of the district’s 2020 residents; for a town split between districts, the share of the town inside this one follows.
Population-weighted Fairness Index of the district’s cities and towns: 48 for all state aid and 27 for discretionary money (50 is a fair share).
Local earmarks are counted three ways. District money uses the first, clauses that name a place in the district; the second table adds organizations located in the district (placed in the district) and state facilities located there (everything placed). Three ways to count a local earmark.
| Session | District | Dollars | In corrective clauses | Per resident per budget, rank | Without corrective clauses, rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194th (2025–26) | Third Bristol and Plymouth | $115,000 | $0 | $0.63 · 40th of 40 | $0.63 · 40th of 40 |
District money is where enacted earmarks land, by the place a clause names, mapped to districts by 2020 population; it is not attributed to the member and does not include leadership’s base-text money that names no place. Ranks are of district money per resident among the chamber’s districts, 1 = most. “In corrective clauses” is the part carried by a Ways and Means chair’s corrective amendments, which is leadership’s money; the last column gives the per-resident figure and rank without it. Sessions are labeled by the General Court that enacted each budget. Per-resident figures use the district as drawn for each session (2011 lines through the 192nd General Court, 2021 lines from the 193rd), so they will not equal a session’s dollars divided by the resident count above.
| Session | District | Placed in the district | Per resident per budget, rank | Everything placed | Per resident per budget, rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194th (2025–26) | Third Bristol and Plymouth | $590,000 | $3.24 · 39th of 40 | $590,000 | $3.24 · 39th of 40 |
Budget amendments
Kelly A. Dooner sponsored 44 budget amendments in FY2017–FY2026, asking for $1.3 million in all.
Amendments sponsored
44
FY2017–FY2026 budgets
Adopted, known outcomes
18%
8 of 44
Chamber rate, same ask sizes
36%
expected at the chamber’s rates
Of the 44 with a known outcome, eight were adopted (18%). At the chamber’s adoption rate for amendments of the same size, about 16 (36%) would have been.
| Year | Amount | Enacted budget text (excerpt) | Amendment |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | $15,000 | “the police department of the town of Seekonk for the purchase of body-worn cameras” | S3 #927 |
Strong matches: 1 enacted item, $15,000 (the member’s share where several amendments claim one clause).
Ask size is the larger of the earmark dollars and the line-item change an amendment requests; bands: no dollar amount, under $50,000, $50,000–$250,000, $250,000–$1 million, $1–5 million, $5 million or more. Leadership’s unattributed base-text and corrective-amendment money is never assigned to a member. The comparison describes outcomes; it is not a measure of merit.
Bills sponsored
Kelly A. Dooner filed 44 bills as lead sponsor in these sessions; five were enacted on their own. Only the 194th General Court, still in session, is covered, so no enacted rate is given.
Most bills die in every legislature, and many policies pass inside other bills; the chamber median for the same session is the fair comparison.
| Session | Chamber | Lead bills | Enacted | Folded into an enacted bill | Sent to study | Pending (session open) | Enacted rate | Chamber median | Cosponsored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194th (2025–26) | Senate | 44 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 11%* | 1% | 37 |
Enacted bills as lead sponsor
- S2560 (194th): An Act establishing a sick leave bank for Gregory Baker, an employee of the Suffolk County Sherriff's office · Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2025
- S2652 (194th): An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supplied to manufactured housing communities · Chapter 80 of the Acts of 2026
- S2735 (194th): An Act dissolving the North Carver water district · Chapter 152 of the Acts of 2026
- S2897 (194th): An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to increase the membership of the board of selectmen · Chapter 124 of the Acts of 2026
- S3018 (194th): An Act authorizing the town of Berkley to recall elected officials · Chapter 97 of the Acts of 2026
Outcomes are the furthest point each bill reached in the record. “Folded into an enacted bill” means the history names the enacted bill that absorbed it. “Passed both branches; no chapter recorded” means the bill was enacted by both branches and laid before the Governor, with no chapter or veto in the history; in the 194th General Court such bills are shown as laid before the Governor (pending). The 194th General Court is in session until January 2027, so its open bills are pending, not dead, and its rates (*) are not comparable with completed sessions. Chairs and leaders control the calendar, which raises their rates. Source: malegislature.gov bill histories.
Recorded votes on accountability measures
Kelly A. Dooner cast 20 yes-or-no votes on the 21 accountability roll calls in this file (18 yes, two no, one for a named candidate).
| Date | Measure | Vote | Chamber result |
|---|---|---|---|
| not available | Senate President election (contested meaning) | Voted for Bruce E. Tarr | not available |
| February 12, 2025 | Amendment 2.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Number of bills to be heard | Yes | Yeas 5, nays 33 |
| February 12, 2025 | Amendment 9.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Minority conference committee report | Yes | Yeas 6, nays 32 |
| February 12, 2025 | Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): 48 Hours for conference committee reports | Yes | Yeas 5, nays 33 |
| February 12, 2025 | Amendment 13.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Timeline for review of conference committee reports | Yes | Yeas 6, nays 32 |
| February 12, 2025 | Amendment 22.0 (John F. Keenan): Considering Conference Reports | Yes | Yeas 9, nays 29 |
| February 12, 2025 | Amendment 26.0 (John F. Keenan): Preventing Unjustified Financial Gain for Members and Their Familes | Yes | Yeas 38, nays 0 |
| February 12, 2025 | Amendment 29.0 (John F. Keenan): Limiting Joint Committee Extensions | Yes | Yeas 6, nays 32 |
| not available | Joint rules (S15), rules package: question on passing the bill to be engrossed (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 39, nays 0 |
| February 13, 2025 | In-person voting conditions (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 5, nays 32 |
| February 13, 2025 | Amendment 36.0 (John F. Keenan): Continuing Beyond Midnight | Yes | Yeas 6, nays 31 |
| February 13, 2025 | Shorten period in which a matter can be laid on the table (dilatory motions) (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 5, nays 33 |
| February 13, 2025 | Amendment 10.0 (Bruce E. Tarr): Going past 10PM | Yes | Yeas 6, nays 32 |
| February 13, 2025 | Amendment 19.0 (Ryan C. Fattman): Virtual vote designation | Yes | Yeas 6, nays 31 |
| February 13, 2025 | Legislative days for Rule 24 (dilatory motions) (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 6, nays 32 |
| February 13, 2025 | Senate rules (S19), rules package: question on acceptance of the report (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 39, nays 0 |
| June 26, 2025 | Joint rules (conference report) (S2545), rules package: question on acceptance of conference committee report (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 40, nays 0 |
| May 28, 2026 | S.3104 resolutions limiting the Senate's response to the Auditor to the SJC-defined 4 requests; no votes 5 Republicans + Montigny; contested (contested meaning) | No | Yeas 33, nays 6 |
| July 30, 2026 | Press shield amendment to S.3200; adopted 40-0; not about the Legislature's records (contested meaning) | Yes | Yeas 40, nays 0 |
| July 30, 2026 | Amd 18 (Tarr): apply the public records law to the General Court more fully | Yes | Yeas 6, nays 33 |
| July 30, 2026 | Senate passage of H.5469 34-6; no votes 5 Republicans + Montigny (too weak); contested (contested meaning) | No | Yeas 34, nays 6 |
Votes marked “contested meaning” are rules-package and public-records passage votes; reform advocates were on both sides of them. Descriptions are the project’s plain summaries of each question, or the question as recorded for rules-package roll calls; the official record is on malegislature.gov. Votes are facts; no score is computed.
Campaign money in
Kelly A. Dooner’s committee reported $31,000 in contributions of $250 or more in years the member served, 2025–2026.
| Year | Contributions |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $21,000 |
| 2026 | $10,000 |
| Kind | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals | $29,000 | 93% |
| Political committees and PACs | $2,150 | 7% |
| Employer reported | Share |
|---|---|
| A named employer | 31% |
| Self-employed | 34% |
| Retired | 23% |
| Not reported or withheld | 11% |
Not counted as contributions: $250 in other receipts of $250 or more in the same years (candidate loans and the candidate’s own money, transfers, refunds, bank interest and aggregated small receipts).
The same committee also reported $85,000 in years the member was not in the Legislature (2020, 2024), for example while running for another office. Those receipts are not in the totals above.
| Employer or organization | Kind | Total | Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| WES CONSTRUCTION | individuals, by employer | $1,500 | 2 |
| MA & NORTHERN NE LABORERS' DISTRICT COUNCIL POL ACTION COMM | committee or PAC | $1,000 | 2 |
| BGCB | individuals, by employer | $1,000 | 1 |
| M33 GROWTH | individuals, by employer | $1,000 | 1 |
| STILES AND HART BRICK | individuals, by employer | $1,000 | 2 |
| TOWN OF DENNIS | individuals, by employer | $1,000 | 2 |
| BROWNSTONE REALTY GROUP | individuals, by employer | $750 | 2 |
| AGT | individuals, by employer | $520 | 2 |
| REHOBOTH REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE | committee or PAC | $500 | 1 |
| BELCO FUEL | individuals, by employer | $500 | 2 |
Source: Office of Campaign and Political Finance, itemized receipts of $250 or more since 2015; OCPF filer record: Dooner Committee (CPF 17425). Individuals are grouped by the employer they reported; no individual contributor is named, and an employer field that is a person’s name is withheld. Massachusetts bars business contributions to candidates. Employer shows affiliation, not instruction.
Sources
Every figure traces to a public record.
- Massachusetts Legislature, members, districts and roll calls
- Budget amendments and enacted budgets, FY2017–FY2026
- CTHRU payroll, Office of the Comptroller (stipends)
- Office of Campaign and Political Finance
- District lines: Acts of 2011 and 2021; Census 2020 block populations
- Official profile (prior offices, occupation)
- Election statistics (first elected, residence)
Facts only: posts, stipends, sponsored amendments, enacted items, roll-call votes and district money. No score or grade is computed. Associations shown here are not evidence of cause. Method.