Mark Kelly

1 day ago - Kelly retired from the Navy and NASA that October. In 2013, Kelly and Giffords founded a nonprofit political action committee, Americans for Responsible Solutions (later merged into Giffords), which campaigned for gun control measures like universal background checks.

Mark opposes legislation weakening Social Security or efforts to gamble seniors' retirement security in the stock market. Medicare is also a solemn promise made to Arizona's seniors.

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Mark Kelly (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Arizona. He assumed office on December 2, 2020.

January 20, 2025 - To that senator, I say this: That’s because we’re not here to just talk about the problem, we’re here to do something about it.” In the 2024 presidential race, Kelly was on the shortlist to be Kamala Harris’s running mate based on the senator’s effective voice on immigration. Mark Kelly could help Harris on immigration The Washington Post — June 30, 2024

August 2, 2024 - Kelly ran to the right whenever possible, according to the Republican consultant Stan Barnes, endorsing measures, for example, to bulk up dilapidated portions of the border fence and conspicuously opposing President Biden’s choice to ease asylum requirements during the pandemic.

Legislative profile for Sen. Mark Kelly [D-AZ], the Senator from Arizona

Track This Politician · Washington, D.C. Webmail · Washington, D.C. Website · More Office Contactskeyboard_arrow_down · 2201 East Camelback Road Suite 115 Phoenix, AZ 85016 · 602-671-7901 · 100 North Stone Avenue Suite 600 Tucson, AZ 85701 · 520-475-5177 · Hart Senate Office Building, Suite 516 Washington, DC 20510 · 202-224-2235 · perm_identityWho exactly is Kelly?

2 days ago - “And they’re sure giving Mark an opportunity to introduce himself to people who had not known much about him before.” · Those close to Kelly insist he never intended to run for public office. Giffords was the politician in the family. But after former Sen.

August 3, 2024 - Kelly was a national figure on gun-control issues. And he faced reporters nationally for his involvement in four space shuttle missions over a 10-year span beginning in 2001. Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said Kelly “offers a lot” as a senator from a swing state, and Kelly’s earlier life experience could help him with voters.

July 25, 2024 - WASHINGTON — Numerous Democratic senators are heaping praise on Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris — but the prospect of his seat’s being vacated is stoking some anxiety.

October 20, 2022 - Mark Kelly knows that it’s not about Democrat priorities or Republican priorities — it’s about Arizona priorities. From protecting reproductive freedom to combating climate change, he’ll always be a voice for Arizona’s values in the U.S.

Facing a Pentagon investigation after Trump accused him of sedition “punishable by DEATH,” Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona is showing little interest in backing down.

July 23, 2024 - Harris and Kelly campaigned together last month, during which the latter called Trump a “convicted criminal,” according to AZ Central. Kelly praised Biden’s “humility” for stepping aside Sunday. U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly fist bumps his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords.

July 22, 2025 - He is an independent leader who came to the Senate to serve Arizona’s working families, not corporate special interests. As the son of two police officers, Senator Kelly learned the value of […]

May 13, 2022 - Lowering Costs for Arizona Families Supply chain issues are driving up the price of nearly everything in Arizona from groceries to a gallon of gas. Fixing these supply chain bottlenecks must be Washington’s number one priority so we can get costs down, create good-paying jobs, and put our ...

November 8, 2022 - KELLY: Absolutely. But let me first say, I've always voted for the person, you know, my entire adult life. I think that's important. I try to set the party politics aside. I was in the military, 25 years in the Navy. I spent also 15 years of that at NASA. I didn't care about the party of the person sitting next to me.

2 days ago - Kelly speaks at a news conference Dec. 1. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images · Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) says average Americans are too concerned about affordability and other issues to care much about the promise of AI.

November 26, 2025 - As a historian who studies national security and the Cold War era, I know that McCarthyism wrought devastating social and cultural harm across our nation. In my view, repeating what I believe constitutes social and political fratricide could be just as harmful today, perhaps even more so.

November 24, 2025 - Representing a border state, Kelly has placed immigration reform and border security among his top priorities. His views balance security, economic practicality, and humanitarian responsibility.