"Joe" Kenney (born July 12, 1960) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who represented District 1 of the Executive Council of New Hampshire from 2014 to 2019.
He previously served as a member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 3rd District from 2003 to 2009, and as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1995 until 2003.
Kenney ran for Governor of New Hampshire in 2008 and lost to incumbent Democratic Governor John Lynch in the general election.
His former State Senate seat re-opened in February 2009, when his successor William Denley resigned.
However, Kenney was unable to run because he had been called up for active service with the United States Marine Corps.Kenney defeated Democrat Mike Cryans in a special election held in March 2014 to fill the District 1 Executive Council seat vacated after long-time Republican incumbent Raymond S.
Burton died in November 2013.
Kennedy defeated Cryans again in 2014 and 2016, but lost re-election in their fourth run in 2018.