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'''Jesse Nolan Kelly''', born July 20, 1981, is a [[conservative]] [[Iraq War]] veteran who ran as a [[Republican Party|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 [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Kelly, at age 28, had never held office or run for office before. He raised $114,000 in July-Aug.-Sept 2009. On April 17, 2012, Kelly won the Republican primary for the Arizona 8th Congressional special election in June 2012.
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'''Jesse Nolan Kelly''', born July 20, 1981, is a [[conservative]] [[Iraq War]] veteran who ran as a [[Republican Party|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 [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Kelly, at age 28, had never held office or run for office before. He raised $114,000 in July-Aug.-Sept 2009. On April 17, 2012, Kelly won the Republican primary for the Arizona 8th Congressional special election in June 2012 with 35.1% of the vote in a four person race.<ref>http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/special/primary/Canvass2012SpecialPrimary.pdf</ref> However, Kelly went on to lose the special election on June 12, 2012 to Democrat [[Ron Barber]], winning 45.3% of the vote to Barber's 52.2%.<ref>http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AZ/37946/88859/en/summary.html</ref>
    
[[File:Kel-rino.jpg|thumb|250px|Sergeant [[Jesse Kelly]] ad attacks the [[Republican in name only|RINOs]] in the GOP]]
 
[[File:Kel-rino.jpg|thumb|250px|Sergeant [[Jesse Kelly]] ad attacks the [[Republican in name only|RINOs]] in the GOP]]
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