Kenneth R. Melvin
 Kenneth Ronald Ken Melvin (born September 18 1952 in Fayetteville North Carolina) is an American politician lawyer and jurist. He served as a Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Portsmouth from 1985 to 2009. On May 1 2009 he retired from the House and became a judge of the Portsmouth Circuit Court.On February 24 2009 Melvin announced he would not run for reelection.