From outer space to the US Senator, he follows in John Glenn’s footsteps…..
Kelly’s will fill out the rest of John McCain’s term in Congress…
His wife is Gabby Giffords and forma Arizona House member who was shot in the head ….
Democrats will pick up a Senate seat on Wednesday when former astronaut Mark Kelly is sworn in as a US senator for Arizona after defeating Republican Sen. Martha McSally last month.
While other senators-elect will have to wait until January to be sworn in for the new Congress, Kelly is able to take the oath of office right away since he won a special election. The swearing-in is slated to take place Wednesday afternoon.
Party control of the Senate still has yet to be determined and now hinges on two Georgia runoffs set for January. Securing the seat from Arizona is nevertheless a major victory for Democrats, who had set their sights on it as one of their early top pickup opportunities in 2020.
The special election victory marks a moment of triumph for Kelly, a retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut, that comes in the aftermath of tragedy….
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His entry into politics has marked the start of a new chapter in an already esteemed career.
Kelly flew into space four times, twice as commander of a space shuttle. He and his identical twin, Scott Kelly, who is also an astronaut, participated in a one-of-a-kind “twin study” to see what spaceflight does to the human body.
Mark Kelly is also a retired Navy captain and pilot who flew 39 combat missions in the first Gulf War.
After prevailing over McSally in the special election, he will finish the rest of the late Sen. John McCain’s term….
image.. Arizona Daily Star
Congrats Sen Kelly. Hopefully there will be one less Kelly Senate after Jan. 5
I want to be the first person to encourage Martha McSally to run for Governor of Arizona in 2022. Mark Kelly will be a great Senator.
Congressman Kwanza Hall will make a great trivia question along with Congressman David Curson.
This Arizona Senate seat will continue to be held by someone who voted for John McCain to be President in 2008.
There was a time before 2020 when this picture, without any caption, would seem completely odd and surreal and it would have been interesting to hear the theories:
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