Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly re-elected in Arizona, defeating Republican Blake Masters
Source: NBC News
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly is the winner of the Arizona Senate race, NBC News projects, defeating Blake Masters, a Republican backed by former President Donald Trump.
Kelly's projected victory on Friday comes three days after polls closed, and as Arizona officials continued counting ballots that were mailed or dropped off, particularly in the vote-rich Maricopa County, home to Phoenix. It gives Democrats 49 Senate seats, one short of securing a majority, with Nevada still counting votes and Georgia's contest headed to a Dec. 6 runoff.
Kelly ran as a moderate, breaking with Biden on issues like immigration as he sought to navigate headwinds generated by Biden’s low approval rating and widespread economic pain due to rising inflation. He promised to protect abortion rights and build on Democrats’ achievements in recent years, including laws to boost competition with China and to lower prescription drug costs.
Kelly carried moderates by a margin of 63% to 33% and independents by a margin of 55% to 39%, NBC News exit polls showed. Kelly won women by 12 points and lost men by 4 points. Kelly and Masters broke even with white voters but Kelly carried the state's large Latino electorate by 18 points, assuring his victory.
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Whooopeee!!! 
I heave a sigh of relief every time I hear a Senate or House seat is definitely blue!
I have given up trying to keep track of which races are not yet decided and how many are blue at any point in time. It's just impossible.
Now that early and mail voting are both becoming more and more common, I really hope the states can figure out how to get the counting process to go a little faster. It seems like every election it takes a little longer to find out how things turn out. 
any Dem "breaking with him".. he wants a Dem Senate like we all do.
As for his "low approval".. ,, who gives hm those.. the fucking "red wave" media? 
Last August, I organized something I had been planning for months. My brother and I are named Mark and John, and three new (as of 2001) Democratic Senators that I had personal contact with were also named Mark and John (various spellings, even though we aren't Republicans). So I put together a Marks and Johns dinner with the five of us. We had such a good time, we planned to do it again the next time we were all in Washington at the same time--not a frequent occurrence!
Now that Mark has definitely retained his Senate seat, round two is assured!
Masters who? 
Kelly did run as a moderate looking straight at the camera and said, "I am not afraid to stand up to Joe."
This post is just a reminder in case Sen. Kelly votes diffent from what DUers think he should vote. He promised to put Arizona first.
