Dan Kildee

Daniel Timothy Kildee (born August 11, 1958) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district since 2013 (known as the 5th congressional district until 2023).

He is a member of the Democratic Party.

From 1977 to 2009, Kildee was a municipal elected official.

At age 18, Kildee became one of the nation's youngest elected officials when he was elected to the Flint Board of Education in 1977.

In 1984, Kildee was elected to serve on Genesee County's board of commissioners.

He served on the board for 12 years, including five as chair.

In 1991, Kildee ran for mayor of Flint.

He was one of four candidates to challenge incumbent Mayor Matthew Collier in the August 6 nonpartisan primary election.

City Councilman Woodrow Stanley finished first with 24% of the vote.

Collier ranked second with 23% of the vote, qualifying for the November election.

Kildee finished third with 18%.

In 1996, Kildee was elected Genesee County Treasurer.

He was reelected in 2000, 2004, and 2008.

In 2002, Kildee helped create the Genesee County Land Bank, a Washington-D.C. based nonprofit organization focused on urban decay.

The land bank has helped to clean up vacant and abandoned structures in the community.

The Genesee County Land Bank was the first community land bank in the U.S. The concept of community land banks has since expanded to other U.S. cities.

In 2008, he finished his coursework at CMU, earning a B.S. in community development administration.

In 2008, he received 72% of the vote.

In 2009, Kildee co-founded and served as president of the Center for Community Progress, a nonprofit focused on urban revitalization.

He resigned as county treasurer to oversee the group.

Kildee's uncle, Dale Kildee, served in the House of Representatives representing Michigan's 5th congressional district.

Kildee voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 100% of the time in the 117th Congress, according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.

In 2022, Kildee voted for H.R. 1808: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022.

Kildee is a supporter of abortion rights and emphasized the issue during his 2022 reelection race.

In September 2022, he hosted a reproductive rights roundtable alongside Representative Sara Jacobs in Midland, Michigan.

On January 31, 2023, Kildee voted against H.R.497:Freedom for Health Care Workers Act, a bill which would lift COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.

In July 2011, Dale Kildee announced he would retire from Congress.

Dan Kildee declared his candidacy for the House on November 1, 2011.

He was unchallenged in the Democratic primary.

In the November election, he defeated Republican State Representative Jim Slezak, 65% to 31%.

On November 6, 2012, he was elected the U.S. representative for Michigan's 5th district, succeeding his uncle, Dale Kildee.

On November 16, 2023, he announced he would not seek re-election in 2024.

Kildee was born in Flint, Michigan.

He attended Flint Northern High School and Central Michigan University.

In January 2013, then-House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer appointed Kildee assistant whip.

His fellow freshmen Democratic members elected Kildee to serve as their representative to the caucus's Steering and Policy Committee.

In a September 2016 speech on the U.S. House floor, Kildee claimed that House Republican leaders were refusing to approve emergency aid to Flint because a majority of its residents are Black.

Congress passed a funding measure that provided $170 million in aid to communities including Flint that sought infrastructure improvements for their water.

In 2019, Kildee helped secure $11.2 million in federal funding to demolish blighted homes in Saginaw.

He supported Steny Hoyer's "Make it in America" legislation, which would remove tax breaks for companies that move jobs overseas.