Democrat Mark Kelly has won a US Senate seat for Arizona, beating out Republican Martha McSally for the seat once held by the late Senator John McCain, who died in August 2018.
“Tonight is not about celebrating, tonight is about getting to work,” Kelly told a small crowd in Tucson earlier in the evening.
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Kelly spoke about the hardships Arizonans have faced owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, saying that that many small businesses are in peril in the southwest state.
“They need a lifeline right now,” he said.
The Democrat leader said he would strive for policies to set back Trump’s crackdown on immigration, lowering healthcare costs and the need to “rebuild the economy – and it’s going to be a massive undertaking”.
A centrist Democrat and former astronaut, Kelly first opened a large lead over McSally as the vote counting got under way in the southwest state.
McSally became US Senator when Republican Governor Doug Ducey appointed her to the seat. She had previously lost a Senate bid to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
Aljazeera
