[3] Her district comprised Alstead, Chesterfield, Gilsum, Harrisville, Hinsdale, Keene, Marlborough, Nelson, Roxbury, Sullivan, Surry, Swanzey, Walpole, Westmoreland, and Winchester in Cheshire County.

[9] Her campaign included a focus on education, health care, access to safe and legal abortion,[10] renewable energy,[11] protection of vulnerable children,[12] and opposition to a sales and income tax.

Senator Maggie Hassan,[18] Congresswoman Annie Kuster,[19] EMILY’s List,[20] and gun violence prevention activist Deb Howard.

"[citation needed] In addition to her career in the New Hampshire Senate, Kelly started and ran a small business as a retirement financial advisor, served as the director of Hospice of the Monadnock Region[1] and was the director of the Franklin Pierce University Continuing Education program at its Keene campus.

[14] Kelly has served on the following boards and commissions: Cedarcrest Center for Children with Disabilities, Advisory Council; Southwest Community Services; Business and Education Coalition; New Hampshire Scholars (Chair 2014 -2016); New England Secondary School Consortium; Social Justice Foundation; Keene State College Civic Leadership Initiative; Education Commission of the States; NH Commission on the Status of Woman (Chair); Healthy New Hampshire Foundation (Treasurer); Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce; Keene Downtown Revitalization Corporation; International Rotary; and the Home Care Association of New Hampshire.