U.S. Senate Arizona 2022

Mark Kelly is a former U.S. Navy aviator who flew 39 combat missions during the Gulf War.

He is also a former astronaut who flew four missions on Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station.

In 2020, he defeated incumbent Martha McSally (R), appointed to fill the seat formerly held by John McCain, by a margin of 2.4%. He is running for his first full term in 2020.

Kelly is also the husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt in in 2011, but resigned the next year due to brain injury resulting from the shooting. (She has since recovered much of her ability to walk, speak, read, and write.)

In 2013, Kelly and Giffords co-founded the advocacy group Americans for Responsible Solutions (since rebranded simply ‘Giffords’) that is “fighting for stronger gun laws, holding the gun lobby accountable, and supporting candidates who stand for safer schools & communities.”