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Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly

Republican · PA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

16 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2011

  • role Twice represented the Division of Eden-Monaro in the Parliament of Australia (2007–2013 and 2016–2020)
  • role Member of the Australian Labor Party
  • role Served as Minister for Defence Materiel in 2013
  • background Retired from the Australian Army in 2007 as a colonel and Director of Army Legal Services, with service in Somalia, East Timor, Bosnia, and Iraq
  • background Born in Adelaide; studied law at Macquarie University

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 98.1%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 633 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 34
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 269 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 34 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 98%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 437 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 2%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 3
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 9
    Disclosed stock trades →

    0 tickers · 4 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 2
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Mike Kelly. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

98.1%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (633 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 633 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (14)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House PA-16 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,168,433 raised
  • $881,774 spent
  • $1,329,347 cash on hand
$1.17M
$1.16M
$290.11K
Itemized (≥ $200)$287.83K
Unitemized (< $200)$2.28K
Other committees (PACs)$874.67K
Offsets to expenditures$3.66K
Other receipts$0.04
$881.77K
Operating expenditures$773.48K
Contribution refunds$583.65
Other disbursements$107.71K
Cash on hand$1.33M
Debts owed by committee$90.00K

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Mike Kelly campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2010$1,335,430$1,306,960$28,470
2012$1,146,862$1,139,318$36,264
2014$1,648,321$1,546,195$138,391
2016$1,823,036$1,219,325$742,102
2018$2,590,297$3,294,021$38,377
2020$2,300,601$1,380,453$958,525
2022$1,320,812$1,380,130$899,206
2024$1,670,916$1,527,434$1,042,688
2026$1,168,433$881,774$1,329,347

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $92,975 ·

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $2,594,735. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • NATIONAL FUEL GAS COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $32,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS, INC. PAC $26,000 · Finance
  • MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP. EMPLOYEES PAC $26,000 · Energy
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $25,000
  • NMHC PAC $25,000
  • NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL FEDERAL PAC $25,000
  • COMCAST CORPORATION & NBC PAC $25,000 · Telecom
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOC. PAC $25,000
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $22,900
  • TRALAPAC (TRUCK RENTING AND LEASING ASSOCIATION PAC) $22,500

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $43,700
  • THE PARKER FOUNDATION $13,200
  • LINDY PAVING INC. $8,800
  • GREATER PITTSBURGH AUTO DEALERS ASSOCI $8,300
  • ANDERSON COACH & TRAVEL $8,300
  • O'BRIEN AUTOMOTIVE TEAM $6,600
  • PENNECO $6,600
  • ELLWOOD FORGE $6,600
  • JIM NORTON TOYOTA $6,600
  • BRUCE & MERRILEES ELECTRIC $5,000

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2024 cycle $2,125 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HRES 1601Recognizing September as "Childhood Cancer Awareness Month".cosponsoredSep 30, 2026
  • HR 10521MA STARS ActsponsoredSep 20, 2026
  • HRES 1564Recognizing September 17, 2026, as National Teach Ag Day.cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • HRES 1552Supporting the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2026, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".cosponsoredSep 15, 2026
  • HR 10370Ailani Myers Accelerating Innovation in Medicine to Cure Kids with Cancer ActcosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • HR 10357Digital Asset Tax Certainty ActcosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • HR 10356Empowering Moms ActcosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • HCONRES 116Denouncing Sharia law in the United States.cosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HRES 1509Recognizing the extraordinary resilience and courage of children and families fighting neuroblastoma and supports the incredible effort of clinicians and researchers working to address this disease and expressing support for September 3, 2026, to be designated as "Neuroblastoma Awareness Day".cosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HRES 1511Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, honoring the memory of the victims, recognizing the courage and sacrifice of the heroes who answered the call to serve, acknowledging the charitable organizations that continue to support survivors and victims' families, and reaffirming the enduring commitment of the United States to never forget.cosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 10224To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, as the "PFC Edward Kuhn Memorial Post Office".cosponsoredSep 1, 2026
  • HR 10121To obtain and direct the placement in the Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds of a statue to honor American humanitarian and star athlete Roberto Clemente of Puerto Rico.cosponsoredAug 19, 2026
  • HR 9921American Shipyard Investment Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9911Shipbuilding Investment and Workforce ActsponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HRES 1426Remembering the life of Corey Comperatore who passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2024.sponsoredJul 12, 2026
  • HR 9632Accelerating Innovation (AI) for Kids with Cancer ActcosponsoredJul 8, 2026
  • HR 9535Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HRES 1397Expressing support for the designation of June 28, 2026, as "Community is Stronger than Cancer Day".cosponsoredJun 28, 2026
  • HR 9468STAR ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9473Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9353To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt qualified religious institutions from the excise tax on investment income.sponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9305Juice for Healthy Families Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9304Juice Access Improvement ActcosponsoredJun 10, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9237Take Care of America’s Veterans ActcosponsoredJun 9, 2026
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills

Committee assignments (3)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Kelly most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Kelly, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & campaign money — finance coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means, which oversees the finance sector, and received 62 PAC contributions from finance-sector political action committees totaling $237,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Ways and Means — Health, which oversee the health sector, and received 61 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $204,500 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Kelly connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Congressional testimony

  • Member DaySmall Business CommitteeMay 6, 2025Member of Congress