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In a critical election year, $7.5 MILLION has been spent fighting over a SAFE D Senate seat (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2020 OP
In a critical election year, 100's of millions have been spent bickering in empedocles Feb 2020 #1
I still don't get why Kennedy felt he needed to challenge Markey NewJeffCT Feb 2020 #2
As Carville has said, "Have we lost our minds?" saidsimplesimon Feb 2020 #3
Gallego dropped out months ago (this is from May) brooklynite Feb 2020 #6
sorry, my mistake, thanks saidsimplesimon Feb 2020 #7
the debate was revealing... stillcool Feb 2020 #4
No need for good Dem Senator MARKEY to be elbowed out. UTUSN Feb 2020 #5

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
2. I still don't get why Kennedy felt he needed to challenge Markey
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 12:31 PM
Feb 2020

whose voting record is one of the most liberal in the entire Senate. Markey is not a young guy and he would be like 80 at the end of the next term.

If Kennedy really wanted to show me something, he would challenge for governor of Mass against a popular Republican

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
3. As Carville has said, "Have we lost our minds?"
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 12:36 PM
Feb 2020

I believe Mark Kelly has the best chance of winning. I hope he does not have to face a Democratic challenger. Just like the Presidential race, we need to focus on a single candidate and use every resource available to take the Senate.

For balance, the folks at 538 have their own spin.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/arizonas-2020-senate-race-already-looks-tough/

The Democratic primary could get heated

After announcing his plans to run for Senate, Kelly raised $1.1 million in the first two days of his campaign, putting him on par with Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Kamala Harris in initial fundraising hauls for their 2020 presidential campaigns. Considering Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema spent $24 million to narrowly defeat McSally in 2018, Kelly will likely need a similar budget for the state’s upcoming Senate race, so his early fundraising haul is promising. And Kelly is no stranger to politics. He is the husband of former Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived being shot in the head during an assassination attempt in Tucson in 2011 that killed six and wounded 13. In the aftermath, Giffords and Kelly founded a political organization to fight gun violence, and in the 2018 midterms, their organization spent nearly $7 million to campaign against Republican members of Congress. But despite being a gun control activist, Kelly has indicated he will embrace a centrist, bipartisan approach, similar to how Sinema positioned herself in the 2018 race.

But Kelly may not have the Democratic field to himself. Rep. Ruben Gallego is also eyeing the race, and his entrance would set up a centrist vs. progressive battle for the party’s nomination. Gallego is a three-term congressman and member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a collection of the most liberal members on Capitol Hill. What’s more, Gallego is a veteran, which could help him match
qualifications with both Kelly and McSally, who was the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot in combat.
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