Mark Edward Kelly is an American retired astronaut, U.S. Navy captain, businessman, and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Arizona since 2020.
A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in the special election following the death of Senator John McCain, defeating incumbent Republican Martha McSally.
Kelly flew combat missions during the Gulf War as a naval aviator before being selected as a NASA Space Shuttle pilot in 1996. Kelly announced his candidacy for Arizona’s Class 3 U.S. Senate seat in the 2020 special election on February 12, 2019.
He won the Democratic primary on August 4, 2020, and defeated incumbent Republican Martha McSally in the November 3, 2020, general election, becoming the first Democrat to win this seat since 1962. Kelly was sworn in on December 2, 2020.
Kelly is seeking reelection to a full term in the 2022 United States Senate election in Arizona against Republican Blake Masters.
Mark Kelly Children: Meet Claudia Kelly, Claire Kelly
Kelly married Amelia Victoria Babis on January 7, 1989. They divorced in 2004. They have two daughters, Claudia and Claire Kelly. Claudia Kelly is the eldest child in the family.
She has worked at World View as a Business Opportunity Manager. Before working for World View, Claudia Kelly was employed at StatWeather. StatWeather is a long-range statistical weather prediction company.
Claudia Kelly lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and their infant daughter. She is married to Mark Sundman, a PhD candidate who is an expert in Cognition and Neural Systems.
On May 5, 2021, Claudia gave birth to her daughter, Sage Kelly Sundman. She was born at 1:48 pm and is seven months old this year. Mark, Claudia’s father, was quite happy when he got the news of his granddaughter.
Claudia Kelly has a younger sister. Her name is Claire Kelly, and she is 24 years old. Claire is on Instagram under the ID @clairekelly100 and has 4.2K followers. She writes, “Well-behaved women don’t make history in the bio section.”