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On February 12, 2019, Kelly announced his candidacy for Arizona's Class 3 U.S. Senate seat in the 2020 special election. [a] He won the Democratic primary on August 4, 2020, and defeated incumbent Republican Martha McSally in the general election on November 3, becoming the first Democrat to win this seat since 1962. Kelly was sworn in on ...
Kelly became the first Democrat to win the Class 3 Senate seat since Carl Hayden won his last term in 1962. [8] This also marked the first time since the 82nd Congress preceding the 1952 election that Democrats held both Senate seats in Arizona. Kelly was sworn in on December 2, 2020.
The Arizona race is one of a handful of contests that Republicans targeted in their bid to take control of the 50-50 Senate. Kelly win in Arizona puts Dems 1 seat from Senate control Skip to main ...
Kelly’s victory shows that in what should have been a favorable year for Republicans — with sky-high inflation and the usual midterm backlash weighing on Democrats nationwide — there are ...
The win by Kelly, a former astronaut whose wife, Gabby Giffords, survived an assassination attempt when she was a U.S. lawmaker, meant Democrats had battled to a 49-49 tie in the race for the Senate.
The 2022 race was competitive and seen as crucial to determining party control of the U.S. Senate; with Kelly's victory in Arizona and a Democratic victory in Nevada, in addition to a Democratic gain in Pennsylvania, it was projected on November 12 that the Democratic caucus would retain control of the Senate in the 118th United States Congress.
Kelly's victory on Friday comes three days after polls closed, and as Arizona officials continued counting ballots particularly in Maricopa County. Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly re-elected in Arizona ...
Democrat Mark Kelly won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain, riding Arizona's changing electorate to flip a Republican Senate seat in a state long dominated by the GOP. Arizona will ...