1. Daniel Timothy Kildee is an American politician who served as a US representative from Michigan from 2013 to 2025.
24 Facts About Dan Kildee
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From 1977 to 2009, Dan Kildee was a municipal elected official.
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Dan Kildee attended Flint Northern High School and Central Michigan University.
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At age 18, Dan Kildee became one of the nation's youngest elected officials when he was elected to the Flint Board of Education in 1977.
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In 1984, Dan Kildee was elected to serve on Genesee County's board of commissioners.
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Dan Kildee served on the board for 12 years, including five as chair.
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In 2009, Dan Kildee co-founded and served as president of the Center for Community Progress, a nonprofit focused on urban revitalization.
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Dan Kildee resigned as county treasurer to oversee the group.
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In July 2011, Dale Dan Kildee announced he would retire from Congress.
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Dan Kildee declared his candidacy for the House on November 1,2011.
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In 2019, Dan Kildee helped secure $11.2 million in federal funding to demolish blighted homes in Saginaw.
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Dan Kildee supported Steny Hoyer's "Make it in America" legislation, which would remove tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas.
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Dan Kildee is a supporter of abortion rights and emphasized the issue during his 2022 reelection race.
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On February 1,2023, Dan Kildee voted against a resolution to end COVID-19 national emergency.
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Dan Kildee has attributed the rising rates of inflation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Dan Kildee voted to impeach then-president Donald Trump in both 2019 and 2021.
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Dan Kildee has criticized the 60-vote majority Senate rule and compared it to Jim Crow Era laws.
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Dan Kildee introduced legislation that included a provision for a $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicle buyers.
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In 2013, Dan Kildee voted in favor of intervention and arming the Syrian Opposition against Bashar al-Assad and ISIS.
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In 2022, Dan Kildee was among the representatives to sign a letter calling on President Joe Biden to lift tariffs on China.
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Dan Kildee was a candidate in the 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election, setting up an exploratory committee and filing to run.
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Dan Kildee was rumored to be considering a run in the 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election, but publicly declared he would not run.
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On March 31,2023, Dan Kildee announced that he had been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, saying that a "very small tumor" had been found in one of his tonsils.
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Dan Kildee said he would undergo surgery and described his prognosis as "excellent".