Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly sworn into the Senate

Sen. Mark Kelly.
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Arizona, we have a senator.

Mark Kelly landed in the Capitol on Wednesday, arriving for his swearing in ceremony with his wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Kelly was then sworn in to replace Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), narrowing the Senate's Republican majority to 52 seats and joining Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D) to give Arizona its first two Democratic senators since the 1950s.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.