{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |image = File:Kelly Kultala (cropped).jpg |image_size = |name=Kelly Kultala |state_senate=Kansas |state=Kansas |district=5th |term_start= January 12, 2009 |term_end= January 14, 2013 |preceded= Mark Gilstrap |succeeded= Steve Fitzgerald |party=Democratic |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1958|8|16}} |birth_place= Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |spouse= Daniel |children = 3 |profession= |alma_mater= University of Kansas }} '''Kelly Kultala''' (born August 16, 1958) is a Democratic former member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 5th district from 2009 to 2013. She also served as the 5th District Commissioner for the government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City from 2001 to 2005. She has served on the Piper School Board and is a current member of the Wyandotte County Library Board. She is married with three children. She is a practicing Roman Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/kelly-kultala/on-my-excommunication_b_5548995.html|title = On My Excommunication| website=HuffPost |date = 2 July 2014}}</ref>
Kultala was selected by state Sen. Tom Holland to be his running mate in the 2010 Kansas gubernatorial election.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tomhollandforkansas.com/page/kansas-next-lt-governor---kelly-kultala |title=TomHollandforKansas.com (official campaign site) - Kansas' next Lt. Governor |access-date=2010-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719122945/http://www.tomhollandforkansas.com/page/kansas-next-lt-governor---kelly-kultala |archive-date=2010-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Unopposed in the primary,<ref>[http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections_upcoming_candidate_display.asp KS Secretary of State Upcoming Elections Candidate Display] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316195608/http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections_upcoming_candidate_display.asp |date=2008-03-16 }}</ref> Kultala was the Democratic Party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas.
In 2014 she ran against Kevin Yoder in Kansas's 3rd congressional district, losing the election 60% to 40%.
==Previous committee assignments== Kultala served on these legislative committees:<ref>[http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do Profile from the Kansas Legislature website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124090014/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do |date=2010-11-24 }}</ref> * Local Government * Transportation * Ethics and Elections * Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services Oversight * Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State * Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations * Ways and Means
==Sponsored legislation== Kultala co-sponsored a bill regarding elections and an election commissioner<ref>[http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/210.pdf SB 210 Kansas Legislature]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> as well as various other Senate bills.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/searchKeyword.do |title=Kansas Legislature Bill search |access-date=2009-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605014845/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/searchKeyword.do |archive-date=2009-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090821204115/http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-senate/searchSenate.do?rep=4493 Kansas Senate] *[http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=107000 Project Vote Smart profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090804202727/http://www.ksdp.org/node/5095 Kelly Kultala on the Kansas Democratic Party website]
{{s-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=Mark Parkinson}} {{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas|years=2010}} {{s-aft|after=Jill Docking}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kultala, Kelly}} Category:Democratic Party Kansas state senators Category:Living people Category:American Roman Catholics Category:Women state legislators in Kansas Category:1958 births Category:University of Kansas alumni Category:21st-century American women politicians Category:21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature