Retired astronaut mark Kelly announced Tuesday, February 12, enters the race for the right to occupy the Senate United States representative Arizona, which is until August 2018 was occupied by John McCain.
Kelly is the representative of the Democratic party. During his career astronaut , he made 4 space flights and spent orbiting the Earth more than 54 days.
Astronaut Mark Kelly (2001)
In place of the late Kelly McCain will fight against Republican Martha, Maccalli the election in 2020. But first, Kelly will win the primaries (elections) directly to the Democratic party, as to the place of the nominee of the Democrats of Arizona, also claims a member of the U.S. house of representatives Ruben Gallego of Marineline from Phoenix.
Maccalli, by the way, a veteran of the air force of the United States, in fact the first American who performed combat duty as a fighter pilot. So the race promises to be difficult.
2020 election will decide who will complete the last 2 years of the term of Senator John McCain. Full 6-year term for the winner will again have to run in 2022.
Mark Kelly, as his wife — a former member of the house of representatives Gabrielle Giffords, has advocated stricter gun control and laws protecting from domestic violence.
In 2011, Gabrielle Giffords meeting with constituents in her home town of Tucson was assassinated. The shooter seriously wounded a woman and killed 6 people, including a child. Giffords spent a few days in a coma. In November 2012, the shooter, Jared Lee Linera, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
