Kenneth "Ken" Kelash is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 63, which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Senate in a special election held on November 4, 2008. The seat became vacant when Senator Dan Larson resigned in order to accept a position with his former employer, a law and lobbying firm in Minneapolis.

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  • Kenneth "Ken" Kelash is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 63, which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Senate in a special election held on November 4, 2008. The seat became vacant when Senator Dan Larson resigned in order to accept a position with his former employer, a law and lobbying firm in Minneapolis. Kelash is currently a member of the Senate's Environment and Natural Resources Committee and Transportation Committee. He also serves on the Finance subcommittees for the Economic Development and Housing Budget Division and the Transportation Budget and Policy Division, and on the Finance-Economic Development and Housing Budget Division with Health, Housing and Family Security Subcommittee for Housing, which he chairs. His special legislative concerns include jobs, education, and transportation. Kelash is a retired carpenter, union officer and regional business agent. He has been a member of the Carpenter's Local Union #1644 since 1976, and has been active in the Minnesota Building Trades Union, the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council, and the Minnesota AFL-CIO. He has served on the Minneapolis Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and the Hennepin County Workforce Investment Board, which direct federal and state money into jobs and training programs. He has also been a member of the Policy Board of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) for more than 10 years. Kelash attended the carpentry program at Hennepin Technical Center, graduating in 1974. He received his B.A. from Metropolitan State University in 1984. In 2003, he earned his M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, made possibly by a Bush Leadership Fellowship, which he was awarded in 2002.
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  • Ken Kelash
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  • carpenter, union officer, business agent, legislator
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  • Elaine
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  • Kenneth "Ken" Kelash is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 63, which includes portions of the city of Minneapolis in Hennepin County. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Senate in a special election held on November 4, 2008. The seat became vacant when Senator Dan Larson resigned in order to accept a position with his former employer, a law and lobbying firm in Minneapolis.
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  • Ken Kelash
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  • Ken Kelash
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