Martha McSally

Martha Elizabeth McSally (born March 22, 1966) is an American politician. She is a member of the Republican Party. McSally was the United States Senator from Arizona from January 3, 2019 to December 2, 2020. She was a U.S. Representative for Arizona's 2nd congressional district from January 2015 to January 2019. McSally is a retired United States Air Force Colonel. 

Senate career
In January 2018, McSally announced that she was entering the 2018 race to succeed retiring Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Flake. She won the Republican nomination in August 2018 but lost to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in the general election.

After the Senate election, U.S. Senator Jon Kyl announced his resignation from the state's other seat. Governor Doug Ducey  then announced that McSally would Kyl. This made McSally the second woman to be chosen to serve as a U.S. Senator from Arizona, and made Arizona one of the few states with two women serving as its senators.

In November 2020, McSally lost her re-election to Democrat astronaut Mark Kelly.

References

Other websites
U.S. Senator Martha McSally  official U.S. Senate site
McSally for Senate 

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