Fred Keller (politician)

Fred Keller
Fred Keller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Pennsylvania's 12th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 21, 2019
Preceded by	Tom Marino
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; from the 85th district
	In office; January 4, 2011 – May 22, 2019
Preceded by	Russ Fairchild
Succeeded by	David H. Rowe
Personal details
Born	October 23, 1965; Page, Arizona, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Kay Keller
Children	2
Website	House website

Frederick B. Keller (born October 23, 1965) is an American politician from Pennsylvania, who is the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district.[1] He was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 85th district from 2011 until his resignation in May 2019 following election to the U.S. House.[2][3]

Early life and career

Keller was born in Page, Arizona, to parents who were native Pennsylvanians that had moved west for work.[4] After graduating from Shikellamy High School in 1984,[3] Keller got a job at Conestoga Wood Specialties, a factory that makes cabinets and other wooden kitchen products, in Beavertown, Pennsylvania. He was ultimately promoted to become the plant operations manager.[5][6] In 1990, Keller began a real estate property business, and attended Don Paul Shearer Real Estate school in 1995.[2][4]

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

In 2010, Keller ran as a Republican for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 85th district, seeking to succeed Republican Russ Fairchild, who was retiring.[6] He was elected to the Pennsylvania House, and was reelected every two years through 2018.[7] He was appointed to the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System in 2019.[8]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2019 special election

Following Tom Marino's resignation from the United States House of Representatives in January 2019, Keller declared his candidacy in the 2019 Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election.[9]

He won the Republican nomination at a conference meeting on March 2.[10] Keller won the general election on May 21, defeating previous 2018 Democratic nominee Marc Friedenberg, and resigned from his state House seat on May 22.[11][12] He was sworn in on June 3.[13]

Tenure

Committee assignments

Committee on Education and Labor[14]

Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education[15]

Committee on Oversight and Reform[14]

Caucus memberships

Electoral history

Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district special election, 2019[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Fred Keller	90,000	68.08%	+2.04%
	Democratic	Marc Friedenberg	42,195	31.92%	-2.04%
Total votes			'*132,195'*	'*100.0%'*	N/A
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania's 85th house district election, 2018[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Fred Keller (incumbent)	14,714	67.70%	-32.3%
	Democratic	Jennifer Rager-Kay	7,012	32.30%	N/A
Total votes			'*21,726'*	'*100.0%'*	N/A
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania's 85th house district election, 2016[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Fred Keller (incumbent)	21,304	100.00%	+30.8%
Total votes			'*21,304'*	'*100.0%'*	N/A
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania's 85th house district election, 2014[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Fred Keller (incumbent)	10,895	69.20%	-11.9%
	Democratic	Michael Sundberg	4,857	30.80%	N/A
Total votes			'*15,752'*	'*100.0%'*	N/A
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania's 85th house district election, 2012[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Fred Keller (incumbent)	16,900	81.1%	15.08%
	Libertarian	Erik Viker	3,935	18.9%	9.9%
Total votes			'*20,835'*	'*100.0%'*	N/A
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania's 85th house district election, 2010[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Fred Keller	11,412	66.02%	-4.43%
	Democratic	Trey Casimir	4,323	25.0%	-4.55%
	Libertarian	Erik Viker	1,551	9.0%	N/A
Total votes			'*17,286'*	'*100.0%'*	N/A
	Republican hold

Pennsylvania's 85th house district Republican primary election, 2010[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Fred Keller	3,237	44.86%	N/A
	Republican	Maurice Brubaker	2,092	29.0%	N/A
	Republican	Betsy M. Snook	1,886	26.14%	N/A
Total votes			'*7,215'*	'*100.0%'*	N/A

Personal life

Keller has three siblings. Soon after he began working, Keller married his wife Kay and they have two grown children, one of whom survived after being hospitalized on life support and being told there was no chance for recovery. They also have two grandchildren.[4]

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References

"Keller, Frederick B." (PDF). Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
"Representative Fred Keller's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
"Fred Keller". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
Stout, Larry (April 17, 2019). "Congressional Candidate Fred Keller". Webb Weekly. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
Bowman, Bridget (May 21, 2019). "Republican Fred Keller wins Pennsylvania special election". Roll Call. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
Marcia MooreThe Daily Item (October 5, 2010). "Keller: I'm no political insider | News". dailyitem.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
Moore, Marcia (November 6, 2018). "Keller wins fifth consecutive term in 85th state House | News". dailyitem.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
Moore, Marcia (January 16, 2019). "State Rep. Keller appointed to school retirement board of trustees | News". dailyitem.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
Krawczeniuk, Borys. "List grows for those seeking Marino seat". citizensvoice.com. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
Moore, Marcia (March 2, 2019). "Fred Keller wins GOP nod to replace Marino | News". dailyitem.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
Almukhtar, Sarah; Lee, Jasmine C. (May 21, 2019). "Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 12th House District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
Moore, Marcia (May 22, 2019). "Deadlines may keep Keller out of Washington office until June". Daily Item. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
"Keller to take the oath of office on June 3". Daily Item. May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
"Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives - Official Alphabetical List". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"House Committee on Education and Labor". edlabor.house.gov. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"2019 Special Election 12th Congressional District". Pennsylvania Department of State. May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
"Fred Keller". Ballotpedia. Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

External links

Congressman Fred Keller official US House website
Fred Keller for Congress

Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Profile at Vote Smart

Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission

Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
State Representative Fred Keller, official caucus site
Fred Keller (R), official PA House site (archived May 2019)
Appearances on C-SPAN

Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Preceded by Russ Fairchild	Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 85th district 2011–2019	Succeeded by David Rowe
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Tom Marino	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 2019–present	Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Ron Wright	Current United States Representatives by seniority 426th	Succeeded by Dan Bishop

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[1] "Keller, Frederick B." (PDF). Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Retrieved May 23, 2019.

[vs-2] "Representative Fred Keller's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved November 22, 2012.

[PAHbio-3] "Fred Keller". Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved November 22, 2012.

[webb-4] Stout, Larry (April 17, 2019). "Congressional Candidate Fred Keller". Webb Weekly. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

[5] Bowman, Bridget (May 21, 2019). "Republican Fred Keller wins Pennsylvania special election". Roll Call. Retrieved May 23, 2019.

[noin-6] Marcia MooreThe Daily Item (October 5, 2010). "Keller: I'm no political insider | News". dailyitem.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.

[7] Moore, Marcia (November 6, 2018). "Keller wins fifth consecutive term in 85th state House | News". dailyitem.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.

[8] Moore, Marcia (January 16, 2019). "State Rep. Keller appointed to school retirement board of trustees | News". dailyitem.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.

[9] Krawczeniuk, Borys. "List grows for those seeking Marino seat". citizensvoice.com. Retrieved January 25, 2019.

[10] Moore, Marcia (March 2, 2019). "Fred Keller wins GOP nod to replace Marino | News". dailyitem.com. Retrieved March 2, 2019.

[11] Almukhtar, Sarah; Lee, Jasmine C. (May 21, 2019). "Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 12th House District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

[12] Moore, Marcia (May 22, 2019). "Deadlines may keep Keller out of Washington office until June". Daily Item. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

[13] "Keller to take the oath of office on June 3". Daily Item. May 24, 2019. Retrieved May 26, 2019.

[:0-14] "Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives - Official Alphabetical List". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved November 7, 2019.

[15] "House Committee on Education and Labor". edlabor.house.gov. Retrieved November 7, 2019.

[16] "2019 Special Election 12th Congressional District". Pennsylvania Department of State. May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.

[Fred_Keller-17] "Fred Keller". Ballotpedia. Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved September 2, 2019.

Pennsylvania's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators	Bob Casey Jr. (D) Pat Toomey (R)
Representatives (ordered by district)	Brian Fitzpatrick (R) Brendan Boyle (D) Dwight Evans (D) Madeleine Dean (D) Mary Gay Scanlon (D) Chrissy Houlahan (D) Susan Wild (D) Matt Cartwright (D) Dan Meuser (R) Scott Perry (R) Lloyd Smucker (R) Fred Keller (R) John Joyce (R) Guy Reschenthaler (R) Glenn Thompson (R) Mike Kelly (R) Conor Lamb (D) Mike Doyle (D)