The Democrat from Winthrop has been speaker for 12 years after being elected to the House of Representatives in 1990. DeLeo went to college at Northeastern before getting his law degree at Suffolk University Law School. DeLeo said he asked his personal legal counsel to contact the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission to "ensure compliance" with laws designed to protect against conflict of interests. In a statement, DeLeo said the disclosure was "not currently required" but said he chose to make it "out of an abundance of caution." Gov. Charlie Baker said he spoke with DeLeo Friday when the speaker called to let him know he was filing the ethics report. Baker didn't ask DeLeo to stay on, the governor said.