Full Biography

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Mike Kelly was born in Pittsburgh and raised in Butler, PA, where he has lived for the past 53 years. After graduating from Butler High School in 1966, Mike attended the University of Notre Dame on a football and academic scholarship. After college, Mike moved back to Butler to work at Kelly Chevrolet-Cadillac, Inc., a company founded by his father in the early 1950s. Mike took ownership of the dealership in the mid-1990s, expanding its operations to include Hyundai and KIA franchises.

Mike's auto dealerships currently employ more than 100 people from the region, and is a leader in the local and national automotive industry. Mike has served as Chairman of the Hyundai Eastern Region Dealer Council, Vice Chairman of the Hyundai National Dealer Council, and has served on the boards of the Chevrolet Dealers Advertising Association of Pittsburgh and the Cadillac Consultants of Western Pennsylvania. In addition, Mike was Secretary and Treasurer of the Hyundai initiative “Hope on Wheels,” which has donated over $58 million to childhood cancer research institutions nationwide.

Mike was a Butler City councilman, and has sat on the boards of several local and civic organizations, including the Housing Authority of Butler County, the Redevelopment Authority of Butler County, and the Moraine Trails Council of Boys Scouts of America. In recognition of Mike’s extensive volunteer and charitable work, Catholic Charities gave Mike the Mary DeMucci Award and the Mayor of Butler designated October 26, 2001 as “Mike Kelly Day” for his commitment to his hometown.

Dedicated to improving education, Mike founded the Butler Quarterback Club and The Golden Tornado Scholastic Foundation, which provides unique and innovative educational programs for students in the Butler Area School District. Mike and his wife, Victoria, a former elementary school teacher, also established the Mary McTighe Kelly Creative Teaching Grant for elementary educators and the Lighthouse Foundation’s One Warm Coat Program, which helped collect over 500 winter coats for students in need in the Butler community.

Mike and Victoria have four children: George III, Brendan, Charlotte, and Colin; and are the proud grandparents to ten beautiful grandchildren. Mike’s family and friends were with him on January 5, 2011, when Mike was sworn into office as the U.S. Representative of the Third Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Mike is constantly honored and humbled to represent the interests and concerns of the Third District, especially as they relate to Mike’s work on the House Committee on Ways and Means as well as the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Below are just some of the awards Representative Kelly has received while serving Pennsylvania’s Third District in Congress:

60 Plus Association: Guardian of Seniors' Rights Award

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Spirit of Enterprise Award

American International Automobile Dealers: Legislative Action Network Advocacy Award

National Federation of Independent Business: Guardian of Small Business Award

International Foodservice Distributers Association: Jefferson Award

American Farm Bureau Federation: Friend of Farm Bureau Award

American Conservative Union: ACU Conservative Award