US Senator from Arizona since 2020. Former NASA astronaut who flew four Space Shuttle missions and commanded STS-134, the final flight of Endeavour. Retired US Navy captain and combat pilot. Husband of former US Representative Gabby Giffords, who survived a 2011 assassination attempt. Co-founded the gun-safety group now known as GIFFORDS.
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Mark Kelly
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Public positions Mark Kelly has taken on contested policy questions. Each links to the full issue page where this voice sits among others.
- Border security and migration management"Supports increased border infrastructure and personnel paired with asylum reform"
- Second Amendment and gun regulation"Long-time advocate of universal background checks and red flag laws through GIFFORDS"
- Taiwan and U.S.-China policy"Helped pass the CHIPS and Science Act to bolster US semiconductor manufacturing"
- U.S. climate policy"Helped negotiate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, including drought and water funding"
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Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.
editorial · last refreshed 5/26/2026.Bio, position statements, and per-vote analysis are editorial work — see ROADMAP M4/M5 for the corpus expansion plan.