Eileen Daily

{{Short description|American politician (1943–2015)}}

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Eileen Meade Daily (March 3, 1943 – July 30, 2015) was an American politician who served in the Connecticut Senate from 1993 to 2013.

Daily was born in Boston on March 3, 1943.{{cite news |title=Eileen Meade Daily |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=eileen-meade-daily&pid=175412640&fhid=4191 |accessdate=December 28, 2018 |work=Hartford Courant |publisher=Legacy.com |date=August 1, 2015}} She was raised in Dorchester, and moved to Westbrook, Connecticut, in 1974. From 1983 to 1989, Daily was a member of the Westbrook Board of Education. She subsequently served on the board of selectmen until 1991, when she was elected first selectwomen of Westbrook.{{cite news |title=Former Connecticut Sen. Eileen Daily dies at 72 |url=https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Former-Connecticut-Sen-Eileen-Daily-dies-at-72-11340947.php |accessdate=December 28, 2018 |work=New Haven Register |date=July 30, 2015}} Daily was first elected to the Connecticut Senate from district 33 in 1992.{{cite news |last1=Altimari |first1=Daniela |title=Former State Sen. Eileen Daily Dies at 72 |url=https://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-lawmakers-mourn-former-state-sen-eileen-daily-who-died-wednesday-after-a-long-illness-20150730-story.html |accessdate=December 28, 2018 |work=Hartford Courant |date=July 30, 2015}}{{cite news |title=Death of Former State Senator Eileen Daily Announced |url=https://valleynewsnow.com/2015/07/death-of-former-state-senator-eileen-daily-announced/ |accessdate=December 28, 2018 |work=Valley News Now |date=July 30, 2015}} Following her lung cancer diagnosis,{{cite news |title=Former Sen. Eileen Daily, long a force in state finance, dies at 72 |url=https://ctmirror.org/2015/07/30/former-sen-eileen-daily-long-a-force-in-state-finance-dies-at-72/ |accessdate=December 28, 2018 |work=Connecticut Mirror |date=July 30, 2015}}{{cite news |title=Former state Sen. Eileen Daily, 72, dies |url=http://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20150730/NEWS/150739962 |accessdate=December 28, 2018 |work=Norwich Bulletin |agency=Associated Press |date=July 30, 2015}} Daily announced in May 2012 that she would not stand for reelection later that year.{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Christine |title=Longtime Connecticut Sen. Eileen Daily won't seek reelection |url=https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Longtime-Connecticut-Sen-Eileen-Daily-won-t-seek-12050218.php |accessdate=December 28, 2018 |work=The Register Citizen |date=May 15, 2012}}

Daily died of lung cancer at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford on July 30, 2015. Westbrook station was rededicated in March 2017 in Daily's honor.{{cite news |last1=Gamble |first1=Ann |title=Westbrook train station dedicated to late state Sen. Eileen Daily |url=http://www.shorelinetimes.com/news/westbrook-train-station-dedicated-to-late-state-sen-eileen-daily/article_d7983fdf-17a1-5eb0-b112-cb9b0dab396f.html |accessdate=December 28, 2018 |work=Shoreline Times |date=March 7, 2017}}