By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Monday, November 12, 2018
Democrats netted another Senate seat Monday night after Republican Martha McSally conceded Arizona’s race to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema.
Along with Nevada, that makes two GOP-held Senate seats that will be Democratic next year. Republicans, meanwhile, netted three seats as their candidate is leading — though facing a recount — in a fourth race, in Florida.
With her victory Ms. Sinema becomes the first Democrat to win a Senate seat in Arizona in nearly a quarter century.
She’s also the first openly bisexual person to be elected to the Senate, gay-rights group Human Rights Campaign said.
Ms. McSally had led the count on election night but as more ballots were counted, Ms. Sinema took the lead. As of Monday night she was nearly 40,000 votes, or nearly 2 percentage points, ahead.
“I just called Kyrsten Sinema and congratulated her on becoming Arizona’s first female senator,†Ms. McSally said in a video message posted to Twitter.
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