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Mark Kelly has more money in his Senate election war chest than Joe Biden does running for president.
The former astronaut, gun control activist and husband of Gabrielle Giffords has established a veritable cash gusher in Arizona, raising nearly $14 million this year, including $5.6 million in the last three months alone. Combined with his compelling biography, Kelly, a Democrat running for elected office for the first time, has laid the groundwork for a serious bid to unseat GOP Sen. Martha McSally in a critical battleground for Senate control.
McSally, who was appointed to the Senate after losing the race for the states other seat in 2018, has posted impressive fundraising in the off year, too, outraising all but two Republican senators in the most recent fundraising period. But Kelly has nonetheless stretched his advantage, with $9.5 million in the bank as of Sept. 30, compared with $5.6 million for McSally.
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"I think those numbers speak for themselves. Good grief," said Jim Pederson, a former state Democratic Party chair who ran for Senate in 2006.
The guy is a very personable, sharp guy. And he's made a lot of friends nationwide, and I think he's tapped into that network, Pederson said, adding that Arizonans were "wrapped up into his enthusiasm."
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/18/mark-kelly-senate-fundraise-051296
msongs
(67,441 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)McSally is just so phony and full of hooey, and she sucks.
Indykatie
(3,697 posts)Go Dems!!!!!!!!!!!!
Celerity
(43,501 posts)Even the 2 states where we MUST have 2 very specific candidates
Bullock in Montana
Sibelius in Kansas
as they are the only real hopes we have in each
are not basic locks like CO is now, even if those 2 jump in
AZ is still going to be a very hard (but so doable!) slog
I give a comprehensive breakdown of all 13 Seante seats that can remotely be flipped
here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212402712
tirebiter
(2,539 posts)Joe is used to working with pocket change. He¡s been pushig to getmoney out of elections for 45 years
Takket
(21,625 posts)it was an absolute slap in the face to AZ voters that they rejected her in the election and then the rethug governor rammed her down their throats. Hope Kelly wins in a landslide.
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)McSally callously said she wished hed hurry up and die!!! So, yes a winning guy like Mark Kelly and an idiot that sealed her fate the day she opened her mouth about Arizonans beloved son. So typically republican of her. Great to see the karma of it bite her in her fat ass!!
pazzyanne
(6,557 posts)ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)StarryNite
(9,460 posts)BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)hibbing
(10,109 posts)I have deep respect for him. He's had a strong twitter feed which now is all about the race now. He will be a vast improvement over the empty headed senator he will hopefully soon replace.
Peace