Mark Kelly (D-AZ) was sworn in to the U.S. Senate by Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday afternoon, shrinking the number of Republican senators by one ahead of the January special elections, which will decide the Senate majority’s future.
Kelly, a retired astronaut married to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), beat Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) in a bid to fill the remaining two years of the late Senator John McCain’s final term. Kelly becomes the third senator — and the first Democrat — to hold the Senate seat since McCain died of brain cancer back in 2018.
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