Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has been fighting to hold on to the seat he won for Democrats two years ago. While he took the lead in early returns, the margin was expected to narrow as more GOP-leaning ballots cast on Election Day were counted.
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly has been fighting to hold on to the seat he won for Democrats two years ago, but he faced a vastly different political environment heading into Tuesday's election against Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters.
"It's been the honor of my life to represent Arizona in the United States Senate," Kelly said. "And for as long as I'm there, I’ll be honest with you, I will protect our country and our democracy."Kelly, the husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, flew a number of Space Shuttle missions from 2001 to 2011. He ran for John McCain’s old Senate seat in 2020 against Martha McSally, who was appointed to the position by Gov. Doug Ducey.
Kelly’s campaign has largely focused on his support for abortion rights, protecting Social Security, lowering drug prices and ensuring a stable water supply in the midst of a drought, which has curtailed Arizona’s cut of Colorado River water. Kelly drew from a pile of controversial statements Masters made during the primary to portray him as an extremist. He repeatedly hammered Masters’ earlier call to "cut the knot" and "privatize Social Security," a plan that Kelly said would "send your savings to Wall Street."
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