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Mark Kelly

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

Deck influence
75/ 100
Numbers First

Fast statistical read before interpretation

Raised
$36M
2024 senate
Spent
$33M
Campaign spending snapshot
Cash
$2.6M
Cash on hand
Critical coverage
41/100
25% negative share
Top outlet
18%
AP
Influence
75/100
Transparent deck score
Top coverage topic
18%
Arizona politics
Tracked articles
1,053
2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Net worth midpoint
$6.0M
Disclosure-range estimate
Social reach
3.3M
Public-platform snapshot · 2026-06-04
Funding Mix

2024 senate · as of 2026-06-04

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

Swing-state Senate campaign MVP seed snapshot; refresh with OpenFEC committee totals during ingestion.

Named committees and PACs
Mark Kelly for Senate
Candidate committee · Associated
$36M
Defend the Senate
Leadership PAC · Associated
$7.2M
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

MVP trend snapshots and public-discussion method notes

These are public-source and method-based signals about what people discuss around this candidate; they are not Perception endorsements or factual claims about quality.

Influencer narratives
Pod Save America / Crooked MediaPodcastLeftMixed

Left-leaning commentators tend to discuss Mark Kelly through governing competence, coalition value, and pressure from progressive or Democratic constituencies.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Ben Shapiro / Daily WireYouTubeRightCritical

Right-leaning commentators tend to critique Mark Kelly around border security, party ideology, and executive or legislative overreach.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Breaking PointsYouTubeMixed / independentMixed

Independent/populist coverage should be checked for anti-establishment framing, donor scrutiny, and issue-specific disagreement around border security.

2024-01-01 to 2026-06-04
Trend signals
Google Trends
Relative search interest · United States
71
Mark KellyMark Kelly Border security

Google Trends API is schema-ready but treated as an MVP snapshot until official alpha/API or exported trend data is connected.

News search
Issue-search association · United States
60
Mark KellyMark Kelly Veterans

MVP news-search association derived from profile topics and fixed outlet coverage; replace with query-volume ingestion.

X
Discussion intensity · United States
67
Mark KellyBorder security

X signal is API-ready for recent-search/full-archive ingestion; this MVP value is a method placeholder with query terms preserved.

Instagram
Hashtag / public post visibility · United States
45
MarkKellyBorder security

Instagram signal must use official Graph/API or vendor data; do not scrape. This MVP value is a placeholder for future ingestion.

Estimated Net Worth Over Time

Disclosure ranges, not exact bank balances

Latest midpoint
$6.0M
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.
Why They’re In This Deck

Transparent influence inputs

Role
19

How much formal power this person currently has: president, vice president, congressional leader, governor, senator, or candidate.

Coverage
17

How much attention they receive in the tracked national news outlet set.

Legislative
25

How much leverage they have over bills, confirmations, budgets, rules, or state/federal policy.

Electoral
14

How relevant they are to presidential, statewide, or nationally watched elections.

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.