Phillip Kellam
{{Short description|American politician (born 1956)}}
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Phillip Kellam (born 1956) is a politician from a well known political family in Virginia Beach. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Commissioner of the Revenue for Virginia Beach since 1998. He ran for Congress in {{ushr|Virginia|2|}} in 2006.
Family life
Kellam is a graduate of Elon College. He has two sons.
Kellam comes from a well known political family in Southeast Virginia. His grandfather, Abel Kellam, served as clerk of the Princess Anne Circuit Court for 20 years.{{cite news|last=Dougherty|first=Kerry|title=Mrs. Kellam remembered for more than famous name|url=http://hamptonroads.com/node/188941|accessdate=18 February 2014|newspaper=The Virginian Pilot|date=November 30, 2006|agency=Pilotonline.com}} The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is officially named the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge-Tunnel, named after a great-uncle. Floyd E. Kellam High School is named after an uncle who was a circuit court judge. Another uncle, Sidney Kellam, was the county's political leader for 40 years and engineered the merger of Virginia Beach and Princess Anne County.[http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?051+ful+SJ523 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 523][https://web.archive.org/web/20060823184125/http://www.philkellam.com/passing/pass.cfm?section=press&id=15 Beach revenue commissioner files to run for Congress - philkellam.com, 23 August 2006] His father, Richard B. Kellam, was a federal judge for 29 years, after serving seven years on the Circuit Court in Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach Commissioner of the Revenue
Kellam was first elected Virginia Beach's Commissioner of the Revenue in 1997. He was re-elected in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, and 2021.{{cite web | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Philip_Kellam | title=Philip Kellam }}
2006 congressional campaign
{{See also|2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia#District 2}}
In 2005 Kellam filed to challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Thelma Drake for the {{ushr|Virginia|2|}}. A poll conducted on September 6 showed Kellam leading Rep. Drake by 8 points, 51–43, with 6% undecided. [http://www.constituentdynamics.com/mw/2006/pdf/VA2.pdf] However, Kellam lost to Drake by a 3 percent margin.
References
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External links
- [http://www.philkellam.com/home.cfm?CFID=3482186&CFTOKEN=56333094 Kellam 2006 Campaign Website]
- [http://www.repk.com/ Kellam 2005 Campaign for Commissioner of Revenue]
- [http://www.vbgov.com/city_hall/bios/0,1115,2041,00.html Virginia Beach City Hall, Office of the Commissioner of Revenue]
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