State Representative Ed DeLaney is a retired lawyer. He has both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Shortly after college, DeLaney married Ann McGovern in 1967. He began his service as a junior officer in the U.S. Navy. He graduated from Harvard Law School with honors in 1973 and began work in Indianapolis at the firm now named Barnes and Thornburg. Rep. DeLaney currently serves as a member of the Education Committee as well as the Ways and Means Committee. He is also an alternate member of the Budget Committee as well as serving as the Assistant Democratic Caucus Chair.