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
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. 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. 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.