Herb Connolly
| Herb Connolly | |
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| Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council for the 3rd District | |
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In office 1975–1989 |
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| Preceded by | George F. Cronin, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Robert B. Kennedy |
| Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council for the 2nd District | |
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In office 1969–1975 |
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| Preceded by | John J. Craven, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | George F. Cronin, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 28, 1922 Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 8, 1995 (aged 75) Framingham, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Newton Cemetery Newton, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
| Occupation | Auto dealer Governor's Councilor |
Herbert L. Connolly (1922–1995) was an American auto dealer and politician who was a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council from 1969 to 1989.
Connolly was born on February 28, 1922 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He attended Boston Public Schools and graduated from Boston University. After graduation, Connolly worked as an instructor at the Wentworth Institute. During World War II he served in the United States Army in the European theater.
After the war, Connolly joined his family's auto business in Brighton, then called Herb Connolly Buick. In 1974, the business moved to Framingham. He also established Herb Connolly Acura in Framingham.
In 1962, Connolly was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. He lost to Francis X. Belotti 57% to 43% in the Democratic primary. After the loss, Connolly served as a secretary to Governor Endicott Peabody. He ran for Lieutenant Governor a second time in 1966, but once again lost the in primary, this time to Joseph E. McGuire 55% to 45%.
In 1968, Connolly was elected to the Massachusetts Governor's Council. In 1988 he lost the Democratic primary to Lowell City Councilor Robert B. Kennedy by one vote - 14,716 to 14,715. At the time of his defeat, Connolly's residency was being challenged by Republican candidate Jody Dow. The address Connolly used on the ballot was a Newton home that he had sold in May 1981. He insisted that he had kept an apartment at the Newton home and used it as his voting address. He and his family moved to a smaller house in Framingham in the early 1980s when car sales dipped. Framingham was not in Connolly's district. Connolly would later admit that he had not voted for himself because he was busy campaigning and did not get to the polls until after they had closed.
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