Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is now officially SENATOR-elect Kyrsten Sinema.
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For the past 40+ years, the State of Arizona has exclusively been represented by Republicans in the US Senate. However, all of that changed on Monday when election officials certified Sinema as the winner of last week’s hard-fought election.
The new Senator-elect beat out Republican challenger Rep. Martha McSally for the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Jeff Flake. McSally, who led a vicious campaign by embracing Donald Trump, appeared to be victorious on election night. However, an extremely slow count of mail-in ballots that didn’t wrap up until late Monday gave the Democratic victor an insurmountable lead.
McSally took to Twitter to offer a concession speech in acceptance of the final results.
“I wish her success,” McSally wrote. “I’m grateful to all those who supported me in this journey. I’m inspired by Arizonans’ spirit and our state’s best days are ahead of us.”
In tribute to the late Republican Sen. John McCain, Sinema said she would try to follow his example and “put country before party.”
“He taught us to assume the best in others, to seek compromise instead of sewing division, and to always put country ahead of party,” she said. “It won’t be easy, and it won’t happen overnight, but we can work together to meet the challenges our country faces. We can do this differently. For our country, for our future, for Sen. McCain, and for each other I think we must.”
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BREAKING: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema wins election to U.S. Senate from Arizona. #APracecall at 5:41 p.m. MST. @AP election coverage: https://t.co/miEWlbTVZW #Election2018 #AZelection
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) November 13, 2018
The win will not only make Sinema the first female US Senator from the State of Arizona but will also achieve the longtime Democratic goal of flipping Arizona and its growing Latino population from red to blue.
According to The Washington Post, the Democratic win in Arizona now lists the US Senate at 51 Republican seats to 47 Democratic seats. Only 2 races remain undecided: the senate race in Florida, which is undergoing a recount and the race in Mississippi, which is headed for a runoff.
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So the “slow rolling Blue wave” continues and Our country is made all the more better for it -as long as Dems truly govern like they have some sense. But this is good news.
Trump and his ilk have proved that the the politics of Ignorance, Hate, Fear, Division, Chaos, Scapegoating and Lies is quite appealing to a “certain kind” of Americans. Thankfully, the majority of Americans are proving WE want NO part of such evil.
CONGRATS!…to Senator-elect Sinema on her historical win. The voters of McCain’s Arizona have spoken.
Well done.