Kelton Gray Seliger was born on June 16,1953 and is an American politician who represented the 31st district in the Texas Senate from 2004 to 2023.
21 Facts About Kel Seliger
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Kel Seliger spent 35 years in the steel industry and is co-owner and executive vice-president of Lake Steel, Inc.
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Kel Seliger is a licensed commercial pilot and flight instructor.
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Kel Seliger is currently a member of the National Rifle Association of America, the Texas Farm Bureau, and the Harley-Davidson Owners Group.
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Kel Seliger is a former city commissioner and a former member of the Amarillo Civil Service Commission.
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Kel Seliger served on former Texas Attorney General John Cornyn's Municipal Advisory Committee and, in 2002, he was appointed to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission by Governor Rick Perry.
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Kel Seliger was reelected to serve a full, four-year term on November 4,2004.
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Kel Seliger is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council, serving as Texas state leader.
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Kel Seliger was appointed by Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst to serve as Vice-Chair of the Criminal Justice Committee for the Seventy-ninth Texas Legislature.
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Kel Seliger filed and sponsored over seventy-five bills, fifty of which were passed in one form or another during the regular session of the 79th Legislature.
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Kel Seliger received the 2005 Rural Legislator of the Year Award from the Association of Rural Communities in Texas.
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Kel Seliger won re-nomination to a full four-year term in the state Senate in the Republican primary held on March 4,2014.
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Kel Seliger is the recipient of the Bell Helicopter 2012 Legislative Leadership Award, the Texas Municipal League's 2011 Legislator of the Year, the Texas District and County Attorneys Association's 2009 Law and Order Award, Legislator of the Year 2009 from the Associated Security Services and Investigators of the State of Texas.
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Kel Seliger was a moderate Republican by Texas standards, giving him significant clout in the state Senate.
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Kel Seliger could join with the body's Democrats to block conservative initiatives from coming to the floor.
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In 2019, Kel Seliger announced opposition to the property tax relief package offered by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Governor Greg Abbott, and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, who maintain that the issue of runaway property taxes has reached emergency status.
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Kel Seliger said that municipalities and counties should be able to set their own rates in conjunction with value estimates from the appraisal boards and the will of local voters.
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On October 20,2021, Kel Seliger announced he would not be running for re-election.
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Kel Seliger made this decision after his already heavily Republican district became even more so in redistricting.
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On January 22,2019, Kel Seliger was removed as chair of the Texas Senate Agriculture Committee after suggesting that a female staffer at the Capitol in Austin kiss his posterior.
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Kel Seliger previously complained that he had been named the chair of the Agriculture Committee.