Mayor Randy Kelly is now in his third year on the job, and is enjoying broad-based support from Saint Paul's citizens for his hard work.
He is a graduate of Harding High School and the University of Minnesota. Today, he lives on Saint Paul’s East Side with his wife, Kathy, and their two sons, Ryan and Reed, as well as Kathy’s mother, Katherine.
Randy served in the Minnesota State Senate representing District 67, which includes most of Saint Paul’s East Side. In the Legislature, he was recognized for his work reforming Minnesota’s criminal justice system, including creating a statewide criminal gang strike force, developing a four-year law enforcement degree, authoring many of the existing crime victim and witness laws, and requiring sexual offender registration and community notification.
Randy is also widely respected for his efforts to represent the lower- and middle-income people of Minnesota by increasing the minimum wage, increasing access to home ownership, creating more higher-paying jobs, and retaining those that exist. He is proud of his economic development work as well.
Prior to being elected Mayor, Randy served as the Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, and a member of the Crime Prevention Committee, Finance Committee, the Telecommunications, Energy, and Utilities Committee, and the Transportation and Public Safety Budget Division.
Randy worked at 3M for ten years and recently worked with his brother in a small family-owned business, in addition to serving in the Legislature.