Democrat Kyrsten Sinema wins Arizona US Senate seat

[Julian Englis]

Source: AP

Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has won Arizona’s open U.S. Senate seat, beating Republican Rep. Martha McSally.

The race between Sinema and McSally was one of the most closely watched in the nation. Sinema was declared the winner Monday as her lead grew insurmountable during Arizona’s lengthy vote-count.

Sinema is a former liberal activist who became a centrist member of Congress. Her win follows years of Democratic shutouts at the statewide level in Arizona and shows that the longtime Republican bastion is becoming a swing state.

McSally hammered Sinema over her former liberal stances and claimed she was pretending to be a centrist.

Read more: https://apnews.com/406e8885842342a2a0dbbdb7e98c2cdb

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AP has called it.

[3catwoman3]

1. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-

-HAW!!!

My older son moved to Phoenix this past June, so he was one more vote for Sinema. I am thrilled he will have a Democratic Senator. Here in Illinois, we have Durbin and Duckworth

[ProudProgressiveNow]

2. KR NT

[Bradshaw3]

3. YESSSSSS!!!!

As an Arizonan I'm so proud of having Sinema as our new senator.

[dbackjon]

4. McSally has conceded!!

[George II]

5. I posted this earlier today, but apparently MY OP was considered "opinion and analysis"!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142200329

Glad you reposted it, keep your fingers crossed.

This is great win for Democrats, gets us one closer to 50 (we actually need 51)

[Stonepounder]

6. Great news! n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

7. K&R

[SpankMe]

8. Damn...this is amazing! n/t

[ChazII]

9. Well done, Arizona. n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

10. And McSally made a most un-Trumpian concession. Maybe there is hope after all.

[dbackjon]

14. She just wants to be appointed to McCain's seat

[TreasonousBastard]

15. I still like her dog-- she may be bad, but not all bad.

[meow2u3]

19. I think McSally wants to be elected to McCain's seat in 2020

[saidsimplesimon]

26. Hope you do not object to

a long reply.

Thought I would try returning to an afternoon nap/meditation Monday. Unfortunately my inner clock is out of sync and I am up early reading a diary on dkos about the Arizona Senate race.

Gov. Ducey could replace Kyl with McCain or McSally. These are the two most discussed but Ducey may have his own sycophant in waiting. We will know soon enough.

If you care to read the entire diary on dkos, the link is below.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/11/12/1812312/-No-Way-In-Hell-Will-Martha-McSally-Be-Appointed-To-John-McCain-s-Old-Senate-Seat

The author includes a link to an old Arizona Republic article with local sourcing.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2018/09/02/doug-ducey-appears-ready-move-quickly-john-mccain-replacement/1147748002/

Gov. Doug Ducey expected to move quickly on appointing a John McCain replacement
9/2/2018

…snip
Other possible candidates include:
Eileen Klein, the former president of the Arizona Board of Regents whom Ducey appointed as state treasurer in April.
Kirk Adams, Ducey's chief of staff who runs the governor's day-to-day operations.
Barbara Barrett, a business executive and the first Republican woman to run for governor in Arizona.
Michael Bidwill, the president of the Arizona Cardinals and longtime Ducey ally who went to prep school with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
Jon Kyl, a former three-term senator and mentor to Ducey. (fait accompli*)
Former congressmen John Shadegg and Matt Salmon
*my addition, not in original

[dbackjon]

28. All possibilities

But at this point, I think it is down to:

Kyl staying, or McSally getting appointed.

If Gaynor somehow manages to win the Secretary of State race (he's trailing) I could see Ducey resign, and have now Governor Gaynor appoint him. But Hobbs winning would be an end to that.

[grantcart]

30. Or Kyl stays a year plus and then resigns to be appointed

[Power 2 the People]

11. Great win!!!

[mcar]

12. McSally has conceded

Congratulations Senator-elect Sinema!

[lilactime]

13. Great news!

[True_Blue]

16. We did it!!!

AZ finally turned blue! The Republican stronghold here has been broken!

[ChazII]

17. Kirsten is giving a terrific acceptance speech. n/t

[Dopers_Greed]

18. Great news!

Go Dems

[StarzGuy]

20. I finally was able to vote for...

...a US Senate candidate that reflects more of my views. I voted for Sinema in both the primary and the mid term elections. Yea!

[PatrickforO]

21. That is one HUGE win!

How can you help but be excited about us flipping a US Senate seat in AZ?

Fantastic!

[bluestarone]

22. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

REALLY GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!

[julia b.]

23. congrats

congratulations arizona!

now, maybe start cleaning up that water..contain that uranium seeping into the aquifers

just to let everyone know, i lived there 8 years under mccain, i know of what i speak. apache county needs serious repair.water causing way too much cancer

maricopa has to realize it is trickling down state, get that dem to make some major changes, change those emissions standards while she's at it

























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[DesertRat]

24. McSally's former congressional seat was won by a Democrat

Ann Kirkpatrick flipped AZ CD2 to blue. So it was twofer!

[onetexan]

25. WOOHOO!! So what is Dems Senatorial count now?

[Eric J in MN]

27. Depends on MS runoff and FL recount

...GOP net gained 0 or 1 or 2.