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Category: Elections Elections
Published: 22 January 2018 22 January 2018

charles kelly chair webCharles L. Kelly has announced his candidacy for Bayard Municipal Judge. Kelly is a long-time mayor and city councilor in Bayard and also served many years as a law enforcement officer with the Grant County Sheriff's Department.

Kelly believes his vast experience in both public and private endeavors and abundant common sense will help him be fair, honest, and impartial as he applies the law. He has received formal education from Western New Mexico University and Dallas Institute of Funeral Service, as well as a multitude of government training.

He is married to Frances Ordonez Kelly and they have two grown daughters and a grandson. He is a Vietnam Veteran who survived the 1968 Tet Offensive.