Robert W. Kenny

CA Blue Book (2000)

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-1938	Democratic	SD-38	765624	Win
11-03-1942	Democratic	Attorney General	1060645	Win
11-05-1946	Write-in	Governor	1636	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Born: August 21, 1901 in Los Angeles, CA
Married: Sara B. McCann (in 1922)
Died: July 20, 1976

Previous: Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles County
1931-1932: Justice, Los Angeles County Municipal Court
1932-1938: Justice, Los Angeles County Superior Court
1939: Administration Floor Leader, California State Senate

• Kenny was the only State Senator who voted against AB4x1 (1940), which removed the ballot qualification of the Communist Party in California and essentially killed the party.

Source: California Blue Book (1946)