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Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly

Republican · PA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

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

  • Representative PA-3 2011–present

Background

  • 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

Campaign finance

2010 cycle

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

  • $1,335,430 raised
  • $1,306,960 spent
  • $28,470 cash on hand
$1.34M
$882.78K
$600.98K
Itemized (≥ $200)$513.46K
Unitemized (< $200)$87.52K
Party committees$10.00K
Other committees (PACs)$271.80K
$451.50K
Made by candidate$451.50K
Offsets to expenditures$1.11K
Other receipts$40.43
$1.31M
Operating expenditures$1.23M
Loan repayments$71.50K
Contribution refunds$1.40K
Other disbursements$5.31K
Cash on hand$28.47K
Debts owed by committee$382.72K

Through December 31, 2010 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2010)

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

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 619 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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

  • 33
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 256 cosponsored

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

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 33 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 · median 99% · on 429 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 House median 100.0% · −1.9 pts below median

Full voting record (619 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 619 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (3)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

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).

  • NULL $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 →

Issue positions (15)

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

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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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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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

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

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

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

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • 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 9473Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9468STAR 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 9237Take Care of America’s Veterans ActcosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9173Charitable Deductions for Digital Asset Donations ActsponsoredJun 7, 2026
  • HRES 1338Supporting the designation of June as Family Month.cosponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HR 9098Congressional Records Protection ActsponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HR 8956Border Patrol Supervisors Retention ActcosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 9005Rural Hospital Revitalization Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8892CAL Repayment ActcosponsoredMay 18, 2026
  • HR 8826In God We Trust ActcosponsoredMay 13, 2026
  • HR 8783To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income charitable distributions from certain employer-sponsored retirement plans, and for other purposes.cosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HRES 1252Resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.cosponsoredMay 3, 2026
  • HR 8603Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026cosponsoredApr 29, 2026
  • HR 8564Local Law Enforcement Support Act of 2026cosponsoredApr 27, 2026
  • HR 8497Supporting Energy and Economic Development (SEED) ActcosponsoredApr 26, 2026
  • HR 8376Concurrent Care for Comfort ActsponsoredApr 19, 2026
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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

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