Democrats Are Putting Gun Control Front and Center
The party has recruited Mark Kelly, who has made the fight against firearms his top issue, to run for the Senate in Republican-leaning Arizona.
The former astronaut and gun control advocate is running in Arizona.
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There was an amazing event in U.S. politics this week, and almost no one realized it.
It happened in Arizona, where former astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, announced he was running for Senate in 2020. He got a lot of attention, and his candidacy is viewed as a big win in the 2020 recruitment battle. He’s widely considered the best possible choice to run against the incumbent senator, Martha McSally, a Republican. Kelly immediately confirmed that he is a contender by raising more than $1 million in his first days as a candidate.