'''Jesse N. Kelly''', born July 20, 1981, is a [[conservative]] [[Iraq War]] veteran running as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] for the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] in the 8th congressional district of [[Arizona]] in the 2010 election. If nominated he would face incumbent Representative Gabrielle Giffords, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. The district encompasses Tucson and Cochise County in Southeast Arizona; Giffords won the district with 54% in 2006 and 55% in 2008. Currently, the district has over 13,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats according to the Arizona Secretary of State.<ref>http://www.azsos.gov/election/voterreg/Active_Voter_Count.pdf</ref>
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'''Jesse N. 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.
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Kelly, at age 28, has never held office or run for office before. He raised $114,000 in July-Aug.-Sept 2009.
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Kelly, at age 28, had never held office or run for office before. He raised $114,000 in July-Aug.-Sept 2009.
[[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]]