Mark Kelly projected to flip Arizona's Republican Senate seat
Democrat Mark Kelly, a former astronaut and husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, will win his race for an Arizona Senate seat over incumbent Republican Martha McSally, Fox News and The Associated Press project.
Kelly, along with Democrats in other Senate races, raised record-breaking fundraising dollars to flip Republican Senate seats. But only Kelly and John Hickenlooper in Colorado were projected do so as of early Wednesday.
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