Conservative Iraq War veteran who ran as a Republican for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 8th congressional district of Arizona in the 2010 election. He very narrowly lost the election to incumbent Democrat Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Kelly works in the family construction business in Tucson. Managing multi-million dollar infrastructure projects for state and local governments throughout the Southwestern United States, his duties include: estimating, scheduling, budget analysis, and human resource management. He is married to Aubrey Kelly. The couple live in Marana, Arizona with their two children