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Mark Kelly

U.S. Senator · AZ · Arizona swing-state senator; Armed Services and border-security voice

US politics influence
32/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$36M
Aggregate modeled elections
Coverage
25%
Negative share of tracked coverage
Top outlet
18%
AP
Net worth
$6.0M
Latest midpoint
Top topic
18%
Arizona politics
Social reach
3.3M
X leads · 1.9M
X1.9M · 57%
Instagram1.2M · 36%
YouTube228K · 7%
Overall political influence
Combined first-read signal for voter and statistical comparison.
32/100
Funding Mix

Aggregate modeled elections · as of 2026-06-04

Raised
$36M
Spent
$33M
Cash
$2.6M
Small individual donors27%
Large individual donors40%
PAC / committee support25%
Other8%

Summary totals aggregate the modeled election tabs below. Static public-source snapshot; replace with exact FEC/state filing exports during ingestion.

Named PACs and committees
Mark Kelly for Senate
Candidate committee · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Mark Kelly for Senate
$36M
Defend the Senate
Leadership PAC · Associated
FEC committee snapshot: Defend the Senate
$7.2M
Large individual donors

Aggregate large-donor view combines curated public itemized records from modeled election tabs; missing names remain explicitly noted rather than inferred.

Coverage Share

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04 · top outlet: AP

Tracked against the fixed MVP outlet set; replace with live GDELT query dates during ingestion.

What Coverage Is About

GDELT-style topic associations

Arizona politics18%
216 tracked mentions
Border security16%
192 tracked mentions
Veterans15%
180 tracked mentions
Space / science13%
156 tracked mentions
Campaign competitiveness12%
144 tracked mentions
Public Conversation Signals

Search demand and network coverage framing

These are public-source and method-based signals about what people search and what major coverage clusters emphasize; they are not Perception endorsements or quality claims.

What people search most
Border security
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
71
Mark KellyMark Kelly Border securityMark Kelly latest

Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Mark Kelly; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Veterans
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
53
Mark KellyMark Kelly VeteransMark Kelly Veterans news

Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Mark Kelly; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

net worth
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
53
Mark KellyMark Kelly net worthMark Kelly net worth news

Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Mark Kelly; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

donors
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
24
Mark KellyMark Kelly donorsMark Kelly donors news

Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Mark Kelly; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

polls
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
43
Mark KellyMark Kelly pollsMark Kelly polls news

Static public-interest snapshot ranking common searches around Mark Kelly; replace with audited Google Trends, news-search, or social-listening exports when connected.

Network coverage framing
APBorder securityMixed

AP coverage is modeled as focusing on border security for Mark Kelly, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 18% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
ReutersVeteransMixed

Reuters coverage is modeled as focusing on veterans for Mark Kelly, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 17% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
NYTArizona politicsMixed

NYT coverage is modeled as focusing on arizona politics for Mark Kelly, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 16% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
CNNfundraising networkMixed

CNN coverage is modeled as focusing on fundraising network for Mark Kelly, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 15% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Fox Newselectoral stakesCritical

Fox News coverage is modeled as focusing on electoral stakes for Mark Kelly, with the outlet share snapshot placing it at 13% of the tracked network/news mix.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04GDELT
Estimated Net Worth Over Time

Disclosure ranges, not exact bank balances

Latest midpoint
$6.0M
Change since 2018
$3.8M
Method

Estimated from Senate disclosures, speaking/book income context, and midpoint-style asset/liability ranges.

Spectrum Estimate

Left-right model, not a value judgment

LeftCenterRight
Center-left Democrat / security-focused battleground senator. Estimated from Senate voting profile, border-security messaging, national-security committee work, and Arizona electoral positioning.
US Politics Influence

Following, wealth, positions, media, money, and electoral power

Positions held
25

Formal office, party leadership, committee leverage, and current agenda-setting power.

Media attention
17

Share and intensity in the tracked national news and network coverage set.

Electoral power
14

Relevance to presidential, statewide, nationally watched, or party-defining elections.

Public following
52

Public-platform reach across modeled official, campaign, and public social accounts.

Fundraising network
59

Aggregate modeled campaign receipts, PAC/committee support, and donor infrastructure.

Wealth
40

Estimated disclosure-range midpoint and public wealth context, not exact bank balance.

Source-backed summary

Former astronaut and Navy combat veteran serving as Arizona senator, with high relevance on border policy, defense, veterans policy, and presidential-cycle battleground politics.

Top tracked issues
Border securityVeteransArizona politicsForeign policy
U.S. senator from Arizona
Former NASA astronaut
Navy combat veteran
What This Person Is Really About

Source-backed synthesis, not Perception endorsement

Political identity

Mark Kelly is best read as a democratic power figure whose profile centers on border security and veterans.

Power lever

Their practical influence comes through committee leverage and Senate votes, fundraising networks, media attention, and coalition relationships tracked in this profile.

Public perception

Public attention clusters around AP and Reuters coverage plus issue associations in the tracked news set.

Influencer narrative

MVP influencer monitoring treats border security as the dominant narrative to verify against podcasts, YouTube, X, newsletters, and cable clips.

Trend spike watch

Trend fields are MVP snapshots: use the listed query terms and date ranges as the future ingestion contract for Google Trends, X, Instagram, and vendor social-listening data.

Why this matters long term

This profile is structured as durable civic data: every claim should either cite a source, name a method, or be easy to replace with a live ingestion result.

Key Stances

Source-backed issue stance summaries

Border security
Official sources

Border security is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Veterans
Official sources

Veterans is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Arizona politics
Official sources

Arizona politics is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Foreign policy
Official sources

Foreign policy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Economy
Official sources

Economy is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Immigration
Official sources

Immigration is tracked as a standard comparison issue. For this MVP, the stance summary is inferred from party alignment, office record, campaign material, and cited public sources, then should be replaced by issue-specific vote/platform ingestion.

Reviewed 2026-06-04
Background

Education, home state, and public family bio

From
New Jersey / Arizona
Highest education
Master of Science
Marriages
2
Children
2
Schools
United States Merchant Marine AcademyU.S. Naval Postgraduate School

Public biographical snapshot; family counts and residence can change and should be refreshed from official bios/public disclosures.

Controversy Meter

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04

Critical coverage intensity
41
Moderate
Negative share
25%
Tracked articles
1,053

MVP estimate based on critical/negative tone, 0% legal/conflict topic association, 0% personal/family association, and concentrated conflict coverage in the tracked outlet set.

Political Allies

Coalition and governing network

Institutional Memory

Historical records for long-term study

Policy milestone
1987-2011
U.S. Navy aviator

Served as a naval officer and combat pilot during the Gulf War.

Policy milestone
1996-2011
NASA astronaut

Flew multiple Space Shuttle missions and later commanded the International Space Station.

Office
2020-
U.S. senator

Represents Arizona in the Senate after winning a special election and full term.

Policy milestone
2020s
Armed Services and border-policy profile

Built a national profile around veterans, defense, and Arizona border politics.

Policy milestone
2026-06-04
Perception source snapshot

Structured snapshot tying office history, money, media topics, issue stances, and trend placeholders into one reusable civic-data record.

Resume Timeline

Quick scan

1987-2011
U.S. Navy aviator

Served as a naval officer and combat pilot during the Gulf War.

1996-2011
NASA astronaut

Flew multiple Space Shuttle missions and later commanded the International Space Station.

2020-
U.S. senator

Represents Arizona in the Senate after winning a special election and full term.

2020s
Armed Services and border-policy profile

Built a national profile around veterans, defense, and Arizona border politics.

Most Similar

Coalition and career resemblance

1
Ruben Gallego
2
Kyrsten Sinema
3
Mark Warner
Receipts

Every profile starts with public sources

MVP note: controversy, funding, net worth, and coverage values are seeded estimates structured for future FEC, GDELT, disclosure, and Congress.gov ingestion.