Leland Cheung
Leland Cheung was a 2016 Democratic candidate for the Second Middlesex District of the Massachusetts State Senate.
Cheung was also a Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in the 2014 elections.[1]
Biography
Cheung is a member of the Cambridge City Council. He was first elected in 2009. Prior to this role, Cheung worked at a Cambridge-based venture capital firm.[2]
Education
- Harvard Kennedy School of Government
- MIT Sloan School[2]
Campaign themes
2016
Cheung's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
| “ |
Green Line Extension
Addressing Our Housing Crisis
Local Economy and Jobs with Justice
Environmental Sustainability
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
|
” |
| —Leland Cheung, [4] | ||
Elections
2016
Elections for the Massachusetts State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 8, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 7, 2016.
Incumbent Patricia Jehlen ran unopposed in the Massachusetts State Senate Second Middlesex District general election.[5][6]
| Massachusetts State Senate, Second Middlesex District General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Patricia Jehlen Incumbent (unopposed) | |
| Source: Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth | ||
Incumbent Patricia Jehlen defeated Leland Cheung in the Massachusetts State Senate Second Middlesex District Democratic Primary.[7][8]
| Massachusetts State Senate, Second Middlesex District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Patricia Jehlen Incumbent |
79.73% | 15,189 | |
| Democratic | Leland Cheung | 20.27% | 3,861 | |
| Total Votes | 19,050 | |||
2014
Cheung was running for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. Cheung lost the Democratic nomination in the primary on September 9, 2014.[1]
Results
Primary
| Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, Democratic Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Steve Kerrigan |
50.7% | 222,562 | ||
| Leland Cheung | 29.3% | 128,645 | ||
| Michael Edward Lake | 19.6% | 86,006 | ||
| Write-in votes | 0.3% | 1,435 | ||
| Total Votes | 438,648 | |||
| Election results via Massachusetts Secretary of State. | ||||
Endorsements
Cheung earned the endorsement of The Boston Globe prior to the primary.[9]
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Cheung lives in Cambridge with his wife and daughter.[2]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Leland + Cheung + Massachusetts + Senate"
See also
- Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Lieutenant Gubernatorial election, 2014
- Massachusetts State Senate
- Massachusetts state legislative districts
- Massachusetts State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lowell Sun, Statewide candidates got their fill at Lowell St. Patrick's breakfast, March 18, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kristen Mathews, "Email communication with Brian Allyn of The Committee to Elect Leland Cheung for Lieutenant Governor," June 4, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Leland Cheung, "Priorities," accessed September 2, 2016
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 State election candidates," accessed October 3, 2016
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, "Election data lookup," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ Massachusetts Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates (Democratic)," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ Secretary of the Commonweath of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts Election Statistics," accessed October 14, 2016
- ↑ The Boston Globe, "Leland Cheung for lieutenant governor," September 4, 2014
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