Tim is from Terre Haute, Indiana. He attended the University of Denver. He has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the University of Denver. He lives with his wife, Deenie, and their children, Sean and Stone, in Michigan. He attends a Catholic church.

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Tim Kelly is originally from Terre Haute, Indiana. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the University of Denver. He lives with his wife and their two children in Saginaw Township, Michigan. He attends a Catholic church.

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Tim previously served as Education Policy Advisor in the Office of Governor John Engler and as Special Advisor to the Director of the Michigan Department of Career Development. Earlier in his career, he served as executive director of the Indiana Human Resource Investment Council, as executive director of the Indiana Council on Vocational Education, and as a business development specialist with the Indiana Department of Commerce. 


Tim Kelly is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 93. He was elected in 2024 and has served four terms.

Meet the New Member: Representative Tim Kelly

Tim Kelly is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 93. He was elected in 2024 and is serving his first term. Tim previously served three terms as State Representative for Michigan House District 94, having been first elected 2013. He also previously served as a Saginaw County Commissioner, where he was elected in 2010 and served one term. 

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Supports efforts to reduce everyday living costs.

- Supports efforts to reduce everyday living costs.

Economy

As of May 4, 2026, Tim Kelly’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Opposes abortion and believes that human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection until natural death.

Healthcare

Opposes "inappropriate sexual content" in classrooms.

Supports expanded school choice and opposes what he describes as teacher union obstruction of access to better education for Michigan students and families.

- Opposes "inappropriate sexual content" in classrooms.
- Supports expanded school choice and opposes what he describes as teacher union obstruction of access to better education for Michigan students and families.

Education

Supports restoring local control over energy production.

- Supports restoring local control over energy production.

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Supports "simple and common sense measures" for voting, such as photo identification and citizenship requirements.

Supports photo identification and citizenship requirements for voting.

- Supports photo identification and citizenship requirements for voting.

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- A state representative is an elected member of the Michigan House of Representatives, which is the lower chamber of the Michigan Legislature.
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- State representatives are elected to serve two-year terms and are limited to a combined total of 12 years in the Michigan Legislature under current term limit rules.
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