Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Treasurer uye mutungamiri we58th Ward Republican Executive Committee, Kenney akasarudzwa kuPennsylvania House of Representatives muna 1984, uye ipapo akasarudzwazve kune mamwe gumi nerimwe anotevedzana mazwi. Akagadzwa kuPennsylvania Commission yeCrime uye Delinquency (1997-2002), haana kumira kuti asarudzwe zvakare kuImba muna 2008, asi akasarudzwa gore iroro semumwe mumiriri we2008 Republican National Convention
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