Tim Kelly
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the 94th district
In office
January 1, 2013 – January 1, 2019
Preceded byKen Horn
Succeeded byRodney Wakeman
Personal details
Born (1956-12-21) December 21, 1956
Indiana, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDeenie
EducationUniversity of Denver (BA)
WebsiteCampaign website

Tim Kelly (born December 21, 1956) is an American politician. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, first elected in 2012. His district consists of part of Saginaw County.[1]

Prior to his election to the House, Kelly was a member of the Saginaw County Board of Commissioners and chairman of the Saginaw County Republican Party.

He was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve a top position in the Department of Education (Assistant Secretary of Education for Career and Technical Education);[2] however, the administration withdrew the nomination in light of Kelly's statements about women, Muslims, and impoverished parents.[3]

In 2020, Kelly announced that he is running of the United States House of Representatives seat representing Michigan's 5th congressional district.[4] On August 4, 2020, Kelly defeated Earl Lackie in the Republican primary for the congressional seat.[5] On November 3, 2020, Kelly was defeated by incumbent, Dan Kildee.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 2013-2014 Michigan Manual: State Representative Tim Kelly
  2. ↑ Klein, Alyson (2 October 2017). "Trump Taps Michigan Lawmaker to Head up Career and Technical Education". Education Week.
  3. ↑ McVicar, Brian (November 9, 2017). "Rep. Tim Kelly withdrawn from Trump administration position over offensive blog posts". MLive.com. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Former Republican state lawmaker plans to run for 5th congressional district nomination". Michigan Radio. 7 January 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Michigan Primary Election Results for US House District 5 on Aug. 4, 2020". WDIV-TV. 28 July 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Tim Kelly (Michigan state representative)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 10, 2021.


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