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| Democrat Kyrsten Sinema beats Martha McSally to become Arizona's first female senator | Democrat Kyrsten Sinema beats Martha McSally to become Arizona's first female senator |
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| Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat, won a remarkable victory in the race for an open Arizona Senate seat, defeating her Republican opponent after a campaign in which she cast herself as an independent in the tradition of the state’s late senator John McCain. | |
| At 7.41ET on Monday, six days after the polls closed and as votes were still being counted, the Associated Press declared that Sinema had beaten the US congresswoman Martha McSally, a former air force fighter pilot. The last time a Democrat was elected to an open senate seat in this conservative western state was 1976, the year Sinema was born. | |
| Sinema will make history as the first female senator from Arizona, an achievement McSally congratulated her on in a video posted to Twitter. | |
| “I just called Kyrsten Sinema and congratulated her on becoming Arizona’s first female senator after a hard-fought battle,” McSally said. | |
| As long as I’ve served Arizona, I’ve worked to help others see our common humanity & find common ground. That’s the same approach I’ll take to representing our great state in the Senate, where I’ll be an independent voice for all Arizonans.Thank you, Arizona. Let’s get to work. pic.twitter.com/iX6u6VQ9bQ | |
| The race between Sinema and McSally was one of the most closely watched in the country. Sinema was declared the winner Monday as her lead grew insurmountable during Arizona’s lengthy vote count. | The race between Sinema and McSally was one of the most closely watched in the country. Sinema was declared the winner Monday as her lead grew insurmountable during Arizona’s lengthy vote count. |
| The race dragged into overtime because of its narrow margins and Arizona’s traditionally slow pace of counting votes. | The race dragged into overtime because of its narrow margins and Arizona’s traditionally slow pace of counting votes. |
| 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. | 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. | McSally hammered Sinema over her former liberal stances and claimed she was pretending to be a centrist. |
| Sinema criticized McSally’s vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act and kept her distance from national Democrats. | Sinema criticized McSally’s vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act and kept her distance from national Democrats. |
| Sinema succeeds the Republican senator Jeff Flake, who opted not to run. | Sinema succeeds the Republican senator Jeff Flake, who opted not to run. |
| More to follow … | More to follow … |
| US midterms 2018 | US midterms 2018 |
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