Helene Keeley

Helene Keeley
Speaker pro tempore of the Delaware House of Representatives
In office
January 2015 – November 12, 2018
Preceded byGerald Brady
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives
from the 3rd district
In office
November 6, 2002 – November 12, 2018
Preceded byArthur Scott
Succeeded bySherry Dorsey Walker
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives
from the 5th district
In office
November 6, 1996 – November 6, 2002
Preceded byCasimir Jonkiert
Succeeded byMelanie George Smith
Personal details
Born (1965-05-15) May 15, 1965 (age 59)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationColumbia University (BA)

Helene M. Keeley (born May 15, 1965) is an American politician. She was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 1997 to 2019.[1][2] Initially planning to run for reelection in 2018, she retired to accept a position as deputy director at the Delaware Lottery Office with an annual salary of $95,000.[3] She had previously been appointed a community relations community for the Department of Labor in 2004 with an annual salary of $46,344 in addition to her salary as a legislator, and was one of several former Democrats to receive a high-paying state job after leaving legislative office.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Former Representative Helene M. Keeley (D)". Dover, Delaware: Delaware General Assembly. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Helene Keeley's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Goss, Scott (October 23, 2018). "Retiring state Rep. Helene Keeley appointed to No. 2 job at Delaware Lottery Office". The News Journal.
  4. ^ Irizarry, Joe (October 25, 2018). "Retiring state Rep. Helene Keeley gets new job with Delaware State Lottery". WDEL 1150 AM.