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The 2022 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Arizona.
The seat was previously held by Republican John McCain, who won his final term in 2016 and died from glioblastoma on August 25, 2018. Governor Doug Ducey appointed former U.S. Senator Jon Kyl to fill the seat. Kyl resigned at the end of that year and Ducey replaced him with Martha McSally, who then lost to Democrat Mark Kelly in 2020.
Primaries in Arizona took place on August 2, 2022. Kelly won renomination without opposition, while venture capitalist Blake Masters won the Republican nomination against a large field of candidates. Although Arizona typically leans Republican, Kelly led Masters by low single digits in aggregate polling. Kelly held a significant fundraising advantage until many Republican-aligned groups began spending to assist Masters in the final weeks of the campaign.[1] On November 1, Libertarian nominee Marc Victor dropped out of the race and endorsed Masters.[2][3][4]
Kelly won re-election, defeating Masters by a comfortable margin of about 5 points.[5] This was the first time Democrats won a full term to this seat since 1962. The 2022 race was competitive and seen as crucial to determining party control of the U.S. Senate; with Kelly's victory in Arizona and a Democratic victory in Nevada, in addition to a Democratic gain in Pennsylvania, it was projected on November 12 that the Democratic caucus would retain control of the Senate in the 118th United States Congress.[6][7] Masters conceded the race to Kelly on November 15, 2022.[8]
- ^ "GOP megadonor Peter Thiel to host fundraiser for Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters". CNBC. September 20, 2022.
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NYTMVwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Arizona's Libertarian Senate Candidate Quits and Endorses Masters". Bloomberg.com. November 2022.
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abc15was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Ulloa, Jazmine (November 12, 2022). "Mark Kelly Wins Arizona Senate Race, Putting Democrats a Seat From Control". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ Ulloa, Jazmine (November 12, 2022). "Mark Kelly Wins Arizona Senate Race, Putting Democrats a Seat From Control". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "Democrats keep control of the Senate with win in Nevada". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "Blake Masters concedes Sen. Mark Kelly's victory, ending a crucial Arizona Senate race". AZ Central. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 15, 2022.