Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania politician)
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George Joseph "Mike" Kelly Jr. (born May 10, 1948) is an American politician and businessman who has been a U.S. representative since 2011, currently representing Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district.[1] The district, numbered as the 3rd district from 2011 to 2019, is based in Erie and stretches from the northwest corner of the state to the outer northern suburbs of Pittsburgh.
Mike Kelly | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
Assumed office January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Kathy Dahlkemper |
Constituency | 3rd district (2011–2019) 16th district (2019–present) |
Personal details | |
Born | George Joseph Kelly Jr. (1948-05-10) May 10, 1948 (age 76) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Victoria Phillips (m. 1973) |
Children | 4 |
Education | University of Notre Dame (BA) |
Website | House website |
A member of the Republican Party, Kelly is known for his support of Donald Trump, characterizing the 2019 effort to impeach Trump as akin to Pearl Harbor and filing a lawsuit in state court to invalidate all mail-in ballots cast in Pennsylvania during the 2020 United States presidential election.
On October 22, 2021, it was reported that a congressional ethics watchdog had recommended subpoenaing Kelly for an ethics violation after it was revealed that his wife had purchased stock in an Ohio-based steel company in April 2020 after Kelly had received confidential information about the company.[2] In June 2022, Senator Ron Johnson revealed that Kelly was responsible for providing a slate of fake electors meant to overturn Pennsylvania's electoral votes in the 2020 election. Kelly's office has denied his role in this event.[3]