Arizonans learned to give up from the best.
Posted on 11/12/2018 5:37:26 PM PST by Morgana
Democratic congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema has emerged victorious in Arizona’s hotly contested Senate battle, helping her party make gains in the upper chamber of Congress.
Following a hotly contested race where both candidates lead in differing polls, Sinema — Arizona’s 9th Congressional District representative — has defeated Republican congresswoman Martha McSally after nearly a week since Election Day.
The back-and-forth election saw both candidates take the lead at different times before the November elections. McSally trailed Sinema for much of the beginning of the campaign, but saw her numbers rise after Sinema — a former activist against the Iraq and Afghanistan war — dealt with numerous embarrassing headlines emanating from her past.
McSally originally led in the vote count. However, Sinema was able to rack up mail-in votes following Election, eventually surpassing her Republican opponent.
Before becoming a U.S. representative, Sinema was involved in numerous protests against the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, with some of her past actions resurfacing. In 2003, a group she co-founded distributed flyers that depicted U.S. soldiers as skeletons. During a radio interview in 2003, Sinema is on record saying she didn’t care if Americans took up arms to join the Taliban. (RELATED: Martha McSally Demands Kyrsten Sinema Apologize To Vets For Saying She Doesn’t Care If Americans Want To Join The Taliban)
McSally, on the other-hand, was fiercely attacked for her vote in the House to repeal Obamacare, a law she has long criticized.
“Well, Sean, I did vote to repeal and replace Obamacare on that House bill — I’m getting my ass kicked for it right now because it’s being misconstrued by the Democrats,” McSally said in an interview with Sean Hannity in late October. The Human Rights Campaign 2018 Los Angeles Gala Dinner - Show
LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 10: Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema speaks onstage at The Human Rights Campaign 2018 Los Angeles Gala Dinner at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on March 10, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for Human Rights Campaign (HRC))
The Real Clear Politics average of polls gave McSally a one-point lead in the run up to Election Day. While all within the margin-of-error, three of the latest surveys included the RCP average showed McSally ahead.
The Associated Press called the election on Monday night.
McSally took to Twitter to concede and thanked her supporters.
McS was classier in her concession than I would have been
So disappointing.
the first bisexual Senator
Yea I know! Bummer! Another Dragon Lady out to kill babies
So it is time to start being anti Sinema in a nice way. I just cannot believe people heard the truth about her.
Republican Governor won by 325,000 but McSally lost by 32,000? Something fishy here.
That is barbaric and Sen. Select Sinema IS evil.
Shame on every single Arizonan who voted for this.
Something really odd about this race. Curse of the McName perhaps?
We even won in Florida!!!!! A purple State!!!!! WTF is going on!!!????!!!!!
Why is McSally conceding? This is disgusting and the Arizona Republican Party is pathetic for giving up.
CROOKS!!!!....all of them...
Illegals voted!
McS knows how Arizona’s voting works.
In 2012, she led on the election day, and lost on the post-election vote by mail count.
In 2014, she lost on the election day, and won on the post-election vote by mail count.
Quirky system it is.
Arizonans learned to give up from the best.
Why do you think the dems want open borders! Next Texas. Florida is a test.
Shame on every single Arizonan who voted for this.
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Too late for shame. Arizona is gone.
Imagine if we had had a AG who actually used these past two years to clean out the fraud, how different the results might have been. Lost last chance. RIP for now, Republic.
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