18 Facts About Dan McKee

Daniel J McKee was born on June 16,1951 and is an American politician and businessman serving as the 76th governor of Rhode Island since 2021.

Dan McKee served on the Cumberland town council from 1992 to 1998 and as mayor of Cumberland twice, from 2000 to 2004 and from 2006 until 2014.

Dan McKee was elected lieutenant governor in 2014 and reelected in 2018.

When Governor Gina Raimondo resigned upon being confirmed as United States Secretary of Commerce in 2021, Dan McKee ascended to the governorship.

Dan McKee earned a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School in 2005.

Dan McKee was an officer of Dan McKee Brothers, a heating, air conditioning, and home heating oil delivery business his grandfather founded.

Dan McKee ran a health and fitness business for more than 30 years.

Dan McKee has been a member of the board of directors of the Boys and Girls Club of Cumberland-Lincoln for over 25 years, serving as past president of the executive board and chair of the endowment committee.

In 2013, Dan McKee announced his candidacy for Rhode island lieutenant governor, defeating Secretary of State of Rhode Island Ralph Mollis and State Representative Frank Ferri in the Democratic primary.

Since Dan McKee was next in line of succession, he became governor once Raimondo was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 2,2021.

In February 2021, Dan McKee began to form a COVID-19 advisory board.

Dan McKee had criticized the Raimondo administration over a slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Dan McKee was sworn in as the 76th governor of Rhode Island on March 2,2021.

On February 22,2022, Dan McKee announced that he was running for reelection to a full four-year term.

Dan McKee defeated Republican nominee Ashley Kalus in the general election.

In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island, Dan McKee said his main priority was to advance COVID-19 vaccine rollout and contain the outbreak.

On February 8,2022, Dan McKee announced that Rhode Island would lift mask mandates as the infection rate fell.

In September 2021, Dan McKee signed legislation that reclassified simple possession of 10 grams or less of certain controlled substances as a misdemeanor rather than a felony in Rhode Island.