Leanne Krueger is an American politician from

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

currently serving as a Democratic member for the Pennsylvania House of Representative, District 161 since 2015.

Early life and education

Krueger received her

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from

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

and a

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from Eastern University. She served as the executive director of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia between 2004 and 2013, where she worked with local businesses to promote their growth and environmentally conscious business practices. Krueger went on to work as the senior director for strategy and development for the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) in 2013.

Political career

Krueger ran for the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

seat in the 161st district in the 2014 elections, losing to

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Joe Hackett of the

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. Hackett resigned in 2015 and Krueger won the

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to fill the remainder of his term in August 2015. She was sworn in on August 25. She was reelected in 2016 and in 2018. Krueger currently sits on the Appropriations, Environmental Resources & Energy, and Labor & Industry committees.

Personal life

Krueger is divorced. She lives in

Wallingford, Pennsylvania Wallingford is an unincorporated community in Nether Providence Township, Delaware County in Pennsylvanias. Founded in 1687, it is named for Wallingford, England. In 2007, Wallingford was named by ''Money Magazine'' as the 9th best place to li ...

, with her son, Wendell.

References

External links

Official Website
Living people Politicians from Delaware County, Pennsylvania Rutgers University alumni Eastern University (United States) alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 21st-century American women politicians Women state legislators in Pennsylvania 21st-century American politicians {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub