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Sen. Mark Kelly

Senator for Arizona

pronounced mahrk // KEH-lee


Kelly is the junior senator from Arizona and is a Democrat. He has served since Dec 2, 2020. Kelly is next up for reelection in 2028 and serves until Jan 3, 2029. He is 59 years old.

Photo of Sen. Mark Kelly [D-AZ]

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2022 Report Card for Kelly.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Kelly is shown as a purple triangle in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the Senate positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Kelly has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Mar 16, 2023. See full analysis methodology.

Committee Membership

Mark Kelly sits on the following committees:

Enacted Legislation

Kelly was the primary sponsor of 9 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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Does 9 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Kelly sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (23%) Transportation and Public Works (20%) Health (17%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Social Welfare (7%) Native Americans (7%) Taxation (7%) Emergency Management (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Kelly recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Kelly voted Yea

Bill Passed 69/27 on Jan 21, 2021.

This was a vote to waive the seven-year waiting period for former military to serve in the civilian position of Defense Secretary. Nominee Lloyd Austin …

Kelly voted Yea

Veto Overridden 81/13 on Jan 1, 2021.

This was the Senate's vote to override President Trump's veto of H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, which is the …

Missed Votes

From Dec 2020 to Mar 2023, Kelly missed 25 of 1,051 roll call votes, which is 2.4%. This is on par with the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of senators currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including: