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McSally Officially Nominated to Become Arizona’s Junior Republican Senator

McSally Officially Nominated to Become Arizona’s Junior Republican Senator
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) joins the Senate Armed Services Committee in the 116th Congress.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) on Tuesday officially nominated Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) to become Arizona’s junior senator in the 116th Congress.McSally would be taking over for Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), who announced last Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of 2018. Kyl himself was nominated to the post following the death of Republican Sen. John McCain this past August. McSally will have to run for reelection in a special election in 2020, and, should she…

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