Keating, William
person
CompareBiography
William Richard Keating (born September 6, 1952) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he first entered Congress in 2011, representing Massachusetts's 10th congressional district until redistricting. Keating's district includes Cape Cod and most of the South Coast. He raised his profile advocating for criminal justice issues in both houses of the Massachusetts General Court from 1977 to 1999 before becoming district attorney of Norfolk County, where he served three terms before being elected to Congress. Raised in Sharon, Massachusetts, Keating "took a traditional route to politics", attending Boston College and Suffolk University Law School. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1976 at age 24 and went on to serve in the Massachusetts Senate from 1985 to 1999. He authored numerous bills signed into law concerning taxation, drug crime, and sentencing reform. His attempted overthrow of Senate President William M. Bulger in 1994 was a failure but boosted his local name recognition, which contributed to his success in the 1998 election for DA. Keating followed the path of former Norfolk County District Attorney Bill Delahunt to the U.S. House of Representatives, winning election in 2010 to represent the 10th congressional district. In 2012, after redistricting drew his home in Quincy into the district of fellow incumbent Stephen Lynch, Keating chose to run in the redrawn 9th district, which combined the eastern portion of his old district with new territory on the South Coast taken from the 4th district long represented by Barney Frank. Keating has been reelected five times from this district. In the 119th Congress, he sits on the House Armed Services Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee. Much of his work has focused on domestic issues central to his district, such as the fishing industry and nuclear safety.
Biography source Licensed (CC BY-SA)
Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Keating, William
- First name
- William
- Last name
- Keating
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Massachusetts 9th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Massachusetts 9th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Massachusetts 9th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $681,883.89
- Total disbursements
- $877,343.05
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $681,883.89 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $332,908.89;Share: 48.8%;Denominator: $681,883.89 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $347,975.00;Share: 51%;Denominator: $681,883.89 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $1,000.00;Share: 0.1%;Denominator: $681,883.89 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $681,883.89 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $681,883.89 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $681,883.89 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $277,766.00
- Itemized
- $277,766.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 630 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $277,766.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $2,350.00;Transactions: 4;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $590.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $8,890.00;Transactions: 19;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $6,240.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $16,640.00;Transactions: 30;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $7,010.00;Transactions: 21;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $12,215.00;Transactions: 16;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $22,065.00;Transactions: 49;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $25,093.00;Transactions: 43;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $1,225.00;Transactions: 9;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $13,900.00;Transactions: 34;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $2,875.00;Transactions: 14;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $300.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $6,355.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $6,610.00;Transactions: 30;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $14,500.00;Transactions: 29;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $19,500.00;Transactions: 44;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $33,550.00;Transactions: 49;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $18,644.00;Transactions: 46;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $23,910.00;Transactions: 49;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $25,433.00;Transactions: 53;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $8,536.00;Transactions: 34;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $335.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $1,000.00;Transactions: 2;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $277,766.00 across 630 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $18,782.00;Transactions: 290 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $30,960.00;Transactions: 117 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $56,570.00;Transactions: 110 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $90,704.00;Transactions: 83 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $80,750.00;Transactions: 30 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 47% in district
- District share basis
- $124,580.00 in district and $139,526.00 out of district; $13,660.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $13,660.00 with 20 reported transactions; visible denominator is $277,766.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $124,580.00;Transactions: 400;Denominator: $277,766.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $74,255.00;Transactions: 144;Denominator: $277,766.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $65,271.00;Transactions: 66;Denominator: $277,766.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $13,660.00;Transactions: 20;Denominator: $277,766.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| BARNES, BEN FRANK | $8,600.00 | 5 transactions |
| MCCARTNEY, CHRISTINE B. | $7,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| GREEN, LAWRENCE ALAN | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| LEITER, DAVID J. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| MORAN, PAUL | $6,250.00 | 3 transactions |
| MCCANN, WILLIAM J. | $6,200.00 | 2 transactions |
| MAHONEY, TED | $5,500.00 | 9 transactions |
| MCCLENNEN, JAMES C. | $5,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| JOHNSTON, PHILIP W. | $3,500.00 | 6 transactions |
| GERVAIS, CHARLES S. | $3,300.00 | 6 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $85,904.00 | 350 transactions |
| PLURUS STRATEGIES LLC | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| RENTALS UNLIMITED | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | $6,250.00 | 3 transactions |
| STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS | $6,200.00 | 2 transactions |
| WINDJAMMER CONSTRUCTION | $6,000.00 | 10 transactions |
| KECHES LAW GROUP | $5,800.00 | 8 transactions |
| WEQUASSETT RESORT AND GOLF CLUB | $5,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| KECHES | $3,800.00 | 2 transactions |
| CHARTWELL STRATEGY GROUP | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $49,550.00 | 32 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $49,550.00 and 32 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H0MA10082
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H0MA10082
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H0MA10082
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:K000375
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0MA10082:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0MA10082:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0MA10082:2022
View source record
Review source records before publication.
Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- K000375
- fec_candidate_id
- H0MA10082
- fec_candidate_ids
- H0MA10082
- govtrack_id
- 412435
- wikidata_id
- Q775412