2022 Arizona Senate Election
News coverage of the Arizona Senate election. See the race between Mark Kelly, polling at 48%, and Blake Masters, polling at 42%. Mark Kelly has been the Senator from Arizona since 2020. See their news, bias in the media coverage and more in our Arizona election page. See other states and more information on our 2022 U.S. Senate page.
Top Arizona Candidates
Democrat CandidateMark Kelly Polls: 48% Sample: 70,733Percentage of News: 46%
News Diet Breakdown
Left: 47%
Center: 51%
Republican CandidateBlake Masters Polls: 42% Sample: 54,071Percentage of News: 54%
News Diet Breakdown
Left: 30%
16%
Right: 54%
Coverage Breakdown
Coverage Breakdown is based on the number of articles published per candidate.
Mark Kelly
Blake Masters
Top 2022 Arizona Senate Election News
US & Canada · ArizonaSen. Mark Kelly is projected to win reelection, ABC News reports, securing a full six-year term to the Senate after pitching himself as an independent-minded candidate with bipartisan success, and casting his opponent, Republican Blake Masters, backed by former President Donald Trump, as too extreme for Arizona. With Kelly's win, Democrats are closer to maintaining their slim majority in the Senate.
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Democrat Mark Kelly wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Arizona
47% Center coverage: 153 sources
Kari Lake · ArizonaMargins between Democrats and Republicans narrowed considerably Wednesday in key Arizona races as election officials chipped away at counting more than half a million mail ballots returned on Election Day and shortly before.See the Story
Democratic edge shrinks in Arizona Senate, governor races
47% Center coverage: 74 sources
Twitter · PhoenixLibertarian Marc Victor dropped out of Arizona’s closely watched Senate race on Monday, encouraging voters to cast their ballots for Republican Blake Masters in his challenge to Sen. Mark Kelly (D). Polls had shown Victor garnering support in the low single digits, but his small bloc of supporters could provide a critical boost to Masters.See the Story
Arizona’s Libertarian Senate candidate dropping out of race, endorsing Masters
40% Right coverage: 45 sources
Latest 2022 Arizona Senate Election News
US & Canada · PhoenixRepublican Blake Masters sought to pierce Mark Kelly's image as an independent moderate willing to work across the aisle. Kelly countered that he's stood up to his party when necessary, particularly on border security. Masters called for privatizing Social Security, took a hardline stance against abortion and promoted a racist theory.See the Story
Masters faces high stakes at Arizona Senate debate
42% Left coverage: 24 sources
US & Canada · ArizonaAfter suffering setbacks in court, Arizona officials who have sought to conduct a hand count audit of a rural county’s election results are considering a scaled down version of their plan that could still inject chaos and delay into the process of certifying the state’s results.
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Arizona's big races still uncalled as vote count continues
42% Center coverage: 17 sources
Kari Lake · Maricopa CountyArizona Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office has demanded that Maricopa County officials provide a report on the voting machine problems that caused some delays in the battleground state during this month's midterm elections.See the Story
Arizona attorney general wants report on voting machine problems
72% Right coverage: 25 sources
US & Canada · PhoenixSen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Republican candidate Blake Masters offered viewers on Thursday night perhaps the only opportunity this fall to see both candidates side-by-side as they squared off in a televised debate hosted by Arizona PBS.See the Story
Five takeaways from the Kelly-Masters debate in Arizona
43% Right coverage: 21 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonAssociated Press: “As both parties sift through the results of Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections, Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing, including a failed attempt by Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who led the Senate GOP’s campaign arm, to challenge McConnell for his leadership post.”See the Story
GOP’s Lackluster Fundraising Spurs Infighting
48% Center coverage: 23 sources
US & Canada · ArizonaCalifornia communities exposed to hazardous dust by a drying lake bed have found themselves at the center of tensions between Arizona and California over how to conserve water along the overtaxed Colorado River.
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Arizona's Sen Kelly slams California on Colorado River use
80% Center coverage: 15 sources
Kari Lake · PhoenixTulsi Gabbard, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who announced last week she was leaving her party, will campaign alongside Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and Arizona Republican Senate nominee Blake Masters on Tuesday.
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Tulsi Gabbard to campaign for Kari Lake, Blake Masters in Arizona
81% Right coverage: 21 sources
US & Canada · PhoenixArizona’s Republican attorney general, Mark Brnovich, on Friday asked the FBI and IRS to look into an election integrity group that claimed to have uncovered widespread fraud in the 2020 election but never provided evidence.
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Arizona AG seeks probe of election integrity group
47% Center coverage: 19 sources
US & Canada · Arizona“An interviewer asked Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters to pick a ‘subversive thinker’ whom people should know more about,” the AP reports. “Masters gave it some thought and came up with a risky response for someone running for elected office. He picked the Unabomber.” Said Masters: “I’ll probably get in trouble for saying this. How about, like, Theodore Kaczynski?”See the Story
The ‘Thinker’ Blake Masters Wants You to Know About
62% Center coverage: 16 sources
Media Bias Breakdown
How is the media covering 2022 Arizona Senate Election?2022 Arizona Senate Election often is covered by Right Media sources.
Left: 31%
16%
Right: 43%
