Arizona election win puts Democrats one seat from Senate control | US Midterm Elections 2022 News
“I am humbled by the trust our state has placed in me to continue this work,” Democratic Senator Mark Kelly said Friday.
Democratic Senator Mark Kelly won re-election in the crucial state of Arizona, USA, defeating Republican venture capitalist Blake Masters to take the Democratic Party a seat out of the control of the Senate for the next two years of Joe Biden’s presidency.
Democrats could retain control of the US Senate if they now win the Nevada midterm race, which is still too early to call, or next month’s race in Georgia.
Republicans must win both of those races to get a majority.
“Thank you, Arizona,” Kelly said on Twitter shortly after the results were announced on Friday.
Thanks Arizona. pic.twitter.com/MKmCOGqsZx
– Captain Mark Kelly (@CaptMarkKelly) November 12, 2022
Reuters quoted Kelly as saying on social media: “I am humbled by the trust our state has placed in me to continue this work.
Arizona Race is one of the few contests the Republican Party is targeting in its bid for control of the Senate in the midterm elections.
The contest is also a test of the strides Kelly and other Democrats have made in a state that was once reliably Republican.
Kelly’s victory shows that the Democrats’ success in Arizona is not a mistake during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Kelly, a former NASA astronaut who has flown in space four times, Married to former US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffordswho inspired the nation with his recovery from a gunshot wound to the head in an assassination attempt in 2011. The attacker also killed six people and wounded 13 others.
Kelly and Giffords went on to co-found a gun safety advocacy group.
Kelly’s victory in the 2020 special election was driven by Death of Republican Senator John McCain gave Democrats both of Arizona’s Senate seats for the first time in 70 years.
The change was driven by the state’s rapidly changing demographics and Trump’s unpopularity.
Kelly’s 2022 campaign is primarily focused on advocating abortion rights, protecting social security, reducing medical costs and ensuring a steady water supply amid drought, which has reduced water availability. Colorado River of Arizona.
With Biden struggling with a low approval rating, Kelly distanced herself from the president, particularly on US-Mexico border security, and downplayed her Democrats amid anxiety. about the state of the economy. He also sees himself as an independent willing to support his party, in the style of McCain.
Masters, an aide to billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, tried to infiltrate Kelly’s independent image, leading him to disagree with Biden’s failure to secure the border with Mexico and tackle rampant inflation.
Master Earns Trump Endorsement after declaring “Trump won in 2020,” but under pressure during a debate last month, he admitted that he has not seen evidence that the election was rigged. He then doubled down on the false claim that Trump won.
After the primaries, Masters removed some of his more controversial positions from his website but that didn’t seem to be enough for the average voter who decided on Friday’s election.
