Kate Kelly (politician)

Kate Kelly was the Democratic Idaho State Senator from the Ada County-based District 18 from 2004 to 2010.

Kate Kelly
Member of the Idaho Senate
from District 18
In office
December 1, 2004 – December 1, 2010
Preceded bySheila Sorensen
Succeeded byMitch Toryanski
Idaho Senate Minority Leader
In office
2009–2010
Preceded byClint Stennett
Succeeded byEdgar J. Malepeai
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceBoise, Idaho
Alma materGeorge Mason University,
University of Idaho College of Mines,
University of Utah College of Law,
Boise State University,
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
ProfessionLawyer

Career

In January 2009 she succeeded Senator Clint Stennett of Ketchum as Idaho Senate minority leader after Stennett's announcement that he would miss all of the 2009 legislative session while battling brain cancer.[1] She did not seek re-election in 2010 and cited financial restrictions as her reasoning for her retirement from public office.[2]

Kelly has stated that she raised approximately $80,000 in funding each time she campaigned for election and re-election.[2]

Kelly was previously the assistant minority leader in the Idaho Senate, Deputy Attorney General for the State of Idaho, and a senior manager at the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

In December, 2010 she became the Director of the Office of Ecosystems, Tribal & Public Affairs[3] at the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 10 office in Seattle.

References
  1. "Boise Democrat elected Senate minority leader". KTVB. August 15, 2009. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  2. "Kate Kelly". Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  3. "Idaho Senate's former Democratic leader joins EPA". KTVB. November 18, 2010. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2012.


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