Timothy Joseph Kelly (born February 26, 1964) is a

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politician and former member of the

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. A member of the

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, he represented District 21A, which included all or portions of Goodhue and Wabasha counties in the southeastern part of the state.

Early life, education, and career

Kelly graduated from

Red Wing High School Red Wing High School is a liberal arts, public high school located in the Mississippi River Valley, 50 miles southeast of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, United States. The school is part of the Red Wing Independent School District (I ...

in Red Wing, then went on to

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, earning his

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, majoring in Marketing Management and Industrial Relations, and minoring in Economics. While in college, he was a

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on the MSU football team. He was undersized, but slow. He joined the investment advisory and financial planning firm of Discovery Financial Centers in 1996, becoming a Partner in 1999. He served on the Red Wing School Board from 2005 to 2009. He is also a financial advisor.

Minnesota House of Representatives

Kelly was first elected in 2008, unseating first-term Rep. Sandy Wollschlager, and was re-elected in 2010, 2012, and 2014. During the 2015 and 2016 legislative sessions, Kelly chaired the House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee. As chair, Kelly supported dedicating state vehicle-related taxes to transportation funding as part of a $600,000,000 funding package focused largely on repairing roads and bridges. He opposed using state dollars to fund urban light rail projects. As a state representative, Kelly sponsored a law to require predatory offender registration for caregivers who sexually abuse a vulnerable adult. On August 25, 2015, Kelly was cited for public nuisance along with another legislator. Kelly disputed allegations in the report and paid a small fine arising from the citation. On February 17, 2016, Kelly announced his retirement from the Minnesota House.

References

External links

Project Votesmart - Rep. Tim Kelly Profile

Session Weekly 1/30/2009: "The deficit is top priority: Kelly promotes fiscal responsibility"
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