Dan Kelly (politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Dan Kelly

| image =

| office = Majority Leader of the Kentucky Senate

| term_start = October 26, 1999

| term_end = {{circa}} October 7, 2009

| 2blankname = Whip

| 2namedata = Elizabeth Tori
Dan Seum
Carroll Gibson

| predecessor = David Karem

| successor = Robert Stivers

| office1 = Minority Leader of the Kentucky Senate

| term_start1 = November 12, 1994

| term_end1 = January 5, 1999

| predecessor1 = John D. Rogers

| successor1 = David Williams

| state_senate2 = Kentucky

| district2 = 14th

| term_start2 = January 1, 1991

| term_end2 = October 26, 2009

| predecessor2 = Ed O'Daniel

| successor2 = Jimmy Higdon

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1950}}

| birth_place =

| party = Republican

}}

Dan Kelly (born 1950) is an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky Senate from 1991 to 2009. Kelly was first elected in 1990, defeating incumbent Democratic senator Ed O'Daniel.{{cite news |date=November 7, 1990 |title=4 tax supporters lose Senate seats |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=A5}} He resigned from the senate in October 2009, having been appointed to the 11th Kentucky Circuit Court by governor Steve Beshear.{{cite news |date=October 27, 2009 |title=Beshear gives Kelly judgeship |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=A3}}