Michael Peter Skelly is a Principal at Clean Line Energy Partners and was the Democratic candidate for Texas’s 7th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives.  The district takes in large portions of western Houston and surrounding Harris County.

Skelly moved from Ireland to the United States with his family when he was just two years old. His parents settled in Roanoke, Virginia where Skelly attended public schools.  A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Harvard Business School, Skelly has worked in the Peace Corps, in ecotourism, and in energy firms.  He most recently served as the chief development officer for Horizon Wind Energy, the third largest wind company in the United States.

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