Phillip Kellam
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Phillip Kellam is a politician from a well known political family in Virginia Beach
. He has served as the Commissioner of the Revenue for Virginia Beach for 12 years, and ran for Congress in .
Kellam comes from a well known political family in Southeast Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
, is officially named the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge-Tunnel. Floyd E. Kellam High School
is named after another relative. His uncle, Sidney Kellam, was the county's political leader for 40 years and engineered the merger of Virginia Beach and Princess Anne County. His father, Richard B. Kellam was a federal judge for 29 years, after serving seven years on the Circuit Court in Virginia Beach.
Phil Kellam has been in public service since he was first elected Virginia Beach's Commissioner of the Revenue in 1997. He was re-elected in 2001, 2005, and 2009.
for the . A poll conducted on September 6 showed Kellam leading Rep. Drake by 8 points, 51-43, with 6% undecided. http://www.constituentdynamics.com/mw/2006/pdf/VA2.pdf However, Kellam lost to Drake by a 3 percent margin.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...
. He has served as the Commissioner of the Revenue for Virginia Beach for 12 years, and ran for Congress in .
Family life
He graduated from Elon College and has two sons.Kellam comes from a well known political family in Southeast Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is a long fixed link crossing the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and connecting the Delmarva Peninsula's Eastern Shore of Virginia with Virginia Beach and the metropolitan area of Hampton Roads, Virginia...
, is officially named the Lucius J. Kellam Jr. Bridge-Tunnel. Floyd E. Kellam High School
Floyd E. Kellam High School
Floyd E. Kellam High School is a public high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Located in the city's southern section, in Princess Anne the school first opened in 1962, named after judge Floyd Eaton Kellam. Kellam High School serves a large portion of the city of Virginia Beach, with the...
is named after another relative. His uncle, Sidney Kellam, was the county's political leader for 40 years and engineered the merger of Virginia Beach and Princess Anne County. His father, Richard B. Kellam was a federal judge for 29 years, after serving seven years on the Circuit Court in Virginia Beach.
Phil Kellam has been in public service since he was first elected Virginia Beach's Commissioner of the Revenue in 1997. He was re-elected in 2001, 2005, and 2009.
2006 Congressional Campaign
In 2005 Kellam filed to challenge incumbent Republican Rep. Thelma DrakeThelma Drake
Thelma D. Drake was a Member of Congress of the Republican party from the state of Virginia. She was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in November 2004 to represent . She was defeated by Democrat Glenn Nye in 2008.Thelma Drake grew up in Ohio and attended Elyria High School...
for the . A poll conducted on September 6 showed Kellam leading Rep. Drake by 8 points, 51-43, with 6% undecided. http://www.constituentdynamics.com/mw/2006/pdf/VA2.pdf However, Kellam lost to Drake by a 3 percent margin.