Robin Kelly

Robin Kelly: Biography in Details

Who is Robin Kelly?

Robin Kelly is a Politician. Robin Kelly is renowned as the U.S. Representative from Illinois’s 2nd congressional district.

Currently, she is serving as the US Representative of the district since 2013.

How old is Robin Kelly?

Robin Kelly was born as Robin Lynne Kelly on 30th April 1956 in New York City, U.S. She is of Irish ethnicity.

Till the date, she has not shared any details on her family background including her father, mother, and siblings. However, her parents were small business owners and postal workers by profession.

Talking about her educational background, she is an alumna of Bradley University in Peoria. In 1978, she graduated from the university with Honors in Arts major in Psychology. At the university, she used to be a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.

From the same university, she earned a master’s degree with Honors in Arts major in counseling. Later, in 2004, she earned a Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University in Political Science.

Robin Kelly- Early Career and Professional Career

During University days, Robin Kelly used to works in a hospital in the city. At the time, she directed the campaign, Crisis Nursery for the hospital. Later, in 1992, she became the director of Community Affair of Matteson.

In 2002, she ran the election for Illinois state representative. In the election, she defeated the Republican Kitty Watson with a vote difference of 62%.

Two years later, Robin Kelly re-elected for the post defeating Republican Jack Mclnerney with a vote difference of 66%. In 2006, she got re-elected without any opposition. The following year, she became the chief of staff to Illinois Treasurer, Alexia Giannoulias.

In 2010, she became Illinois Treasurer defeating Justin Oberman. Moving forward, in 2013, she ran for the 2013 Illinois’s 2nd congressional district special election. In the election, she won with vote of 53.27%.

The same year, she stood up in the general election for the district. She won the election with 70.72%. After that, she continuously won the election for the district with vote 78.49%, 79.81%, and 82.05% in 2014, 2016, and 2018 respectively.

Currently, she is serving as a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Also, she serves on the Health, Energy, and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee.

Robin Kelly- Net Worth, Salary

To date as of 2022, she has not shared any details on her net worth. Her earnings as a district representative are in the range of $39k to $90k.

What are the body stats of Robin Kelly?

Robin Kelly has black eyes with light hair. She has a decent height and weight. As of now, details on her body stats are not available.

Controversy and Rumors

Till now, Robin Kelly has managed to maintain her profile as a politician. As of now, she has not been involved in any kind of controversy and scandals that created a buzz in the media.

Also, she has managed to maintain distance from any type of rumors too.

Social Media Profile

Robin Kelly has over 4.1k followers on Instagram, over 6.2k followers on Twitter, and over 20.6k followers on Facebook.

On Instagram, she is following the personalities like Nicole Williams, Jared Polis, and Lori Lightfoot.

She has a self-titled YouTube channel with around 274 subscribers.

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