Mark Kelly
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Arizona’s Extreme Far-Right Has Been Brewing for Years and the Attempted Capitol Coup Shows It Can’t Be Ignored
The presence of a local QAnon figure is a sign of just how far the far-right’s rising aggression and conspiratorial rhetoric fueled by Trump has come in both Arizona and the nation. A familiar face was front and center as a swarm of right-wing extremists fueled by President Donald Trump’s rhetoric stormed the US Capitol…
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Gabby Giffords Was Shot 10 Years Ago This Week. Today, She Waited for News That Her Husband Was Safe at America’s Capitol.
Ten years ago this week, Mark Kelly learned his wife Gabby Giffords, then a representative in Congress, had been shot during a meeting with constituents just outside of Tucson. The shooting at a Safeway parking lot on Jan. 8, 2011, would take the lives of six people and injure 13 more, including Giffords. On Wednesday,…
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Democrats Pass Independents in Arizona Voter Registration, But GOP Still Leads
Democrats registered 226,579 new voters from 2018 to 2020. Arizona Democrats registered more new voters in the last election cycle than any other party, moving ahead of independents in registration for the first time in 10 years – but still failing to overtake Republicans. Democrats registered 226,579 new voters from 2018 to 2020 to reach…
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Though Not the ‘Blue Wave’ They Hoped for, Arizona Democrats Made Gains in 2020
While they grabbed the top two races on the ballot, Democrats made smaller gains in state, local, and congressional races.
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AZ Gun Sales Hit Record in 2020, Driven by Pandemic, Protests, and Politics
The Arizona spike is part of a nationwide increase Background checks for gun purchases in Arizona hit their highest level ever in 2020, driven by an unprecedented convergence of a pandemic, a summer of national unrest, and a presidential election, experts said. With a month left to go in the year, 610,911 background checks had…
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Arizona Political Donations Nearly Doubled for 2020 Elections
The surge in giving was driven by unusually high interest in the presidential and Senate races and Arizona’s newfound status as a battleground state. Arizonans were heavily invested in this fall’s elections in more ways than one, donating a total of at least $110 million to support candidates and high-profile ballot initiatives. That was a…
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Trump’s Certified Loss Sends Arizona GOP Into Disarray
Trump loyalists are attacking Arizona’s Republican governor for refusing to throw out the election results.
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Giuliani Tests Positive for COVID After Spending Days With State Republicans
The Arizona Legislature announced Sunday that it would close for a week out of an abundance of caution “for recent cases and concerns relating to COVID-19.”
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Mark Kelly is Sworn into Senate, Giving Arizona Two Democratic Senators
Kelly’s Senate arrival marks a political milestone for Arizona, which has two Democratic senators for the first time since January 1953. Arizona Democrat and former astronaut Mark Kelly was sworn into the Senate on Wednesday, narrowing Republican control of the chamber and underscoring his state’s shift from red to blue. Kelly, 56, defeated GOP Sen.…
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That’s Awkward: Trump Touts Arizona Election Review That Won’t Happen
Trump attacked Gov. Doug Ducey for certifying the state’s election results and even appeared to call him during the certification proceedings.
