Education, economy are priorities for Tim Kelly in state senate primary

“Michigan has many problems and challenges that need to have to be fixed, a host of which are exacerbated by a lawless governor and administration,” Kelly said.

He is functioning in the major towards present 98th District State Rep. Annette Glenn, of Midland retired Dow Corning govt Chris Velasquez, of Midland and retired Army Reserve Colonel and clinical doctor Martin Blank.

“As a former state consultant, termed out in 2018, I nevertheless have a enthusiasm and a want to help individuals in Michigan, and I experience I can finest serve them as a result of the senate (35th District),” Kelly included.

The recently drawn 35th district features the cities of Midland, Saginaw, Bay Metropolis, Auburn, Essexville and Zilwaukee six townships in japanese Midland County six townships in northern Saginaw County and nine townships in Bay County.

Instruction and the economic system are two of the prime priorities of Kelly, a Saginaw County resident who served the greatest 3 consecutive conditions as the 94th District point out agent from 2013-19. He also received the Republican nomination in 2020 for the U.S. Dwelling just before shedding in the standard election to incumbent Democrat Dan Kildee.

“We require to reclaim education and learning. They’ve disregarded points we’ve put in put to make instruction better,” Kelly reported. “This governor has decimated the financial state of this state, along with her counterpart in Washington (President Joe Biden).

“I consider that we’ve harmed most likely a era of kids with these COVID closures, hampered them and hindered their advancement,” he continued. “We need to do all the things we can to get them back again on keep track of.”

Kelly intends to reduce what he sees as too a great deal federal government manage in excess of citizen’s life, and to come across options to inflation and higher prices.

“I want to do what I can to rein in the management in Lansing about our personal and business enterprise life, and put an stop to it,” he stated. “I imagine we have an affordability dilemma and we have a authorities difficulty. We require to be a extra inexpensive state. Clearly, investing is out of hand, and we require to have better priorities in our budget.”

When requested what sets him apart from his opponents in the Republican primary, Kelly, who spent 6 many years as an instruction coverage advisor to Republican Gov. John Engler in the 1990s. mentioned he has connections with persons in Lansing who will help him make changes that he feels are significant.

“It is really the persons that I have aligned with in Lansing to thwart items that have been impinging on the development of Michigan,” he mentioned. “(Simply because of) the function that I’ve completed, there is groups that are fearful of my return. And I really do not imagine any individual is fearful of my opponents’ return to Lansing.”

Kelly reported he “fought the community university cabal and teachers’ unions for most of my six several years underneath Engler. Those folks anxiety my return for the reason that they know I’m effective. I really do not consider any individual (between my opponents), which include a sitting point out consultant (Glenn), has performed everything that has essentially been efficient in Lansing. 

“We will need potent management, and I feel that I can produce that.”