Mark Kelly speaking with supporters at the Phoenix launch of his U.S. Senate campaign at The Van Buren in Phoenix on Feb. 24, 2016. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Now that Rep. Ruben Gallego has officially decided against a run for the U.S. Senate, all eyes are on the presumptive Democratic nominee, Mark Kelly.
While most Democrats see Kelly’s run as positive, others are privately fretting about his number one enemy, the NRA.
Mark Kelly can’t distance himself from the work he’s done in opposition to the powerful organization. He can’t pretend he hasn’t been a strong advocate for universal background checks.