Mark Kelly

MARK KELLY, Democrat, of Tucson, AZ; born in Orange, NJ, February 21, 1964; education: B.S., marine engineering and nautical science, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kingsport, NY, 1986; M.S., aeronautical engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1994; military service: aviator, U.S. Navy, 1986-2011 (retiring with the rank of Captain); professional history: pilot, NASA Astronaut Corps, 1996-2011; election history: elected to the U.S. Senate, by special election, on November 3, 2020, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Senator John McCain, reelected to the U.S. Senate on November 8, 2022.