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FORINER SENATOR least for now," he said.
Continued from Front An attorney, Kyl speaks in
The seat will then be up a formal, reserved man-
again for a full six-year term. ner that is a sharp contrast
Gov. Doug Ducey, also a to President Trump, and
Republican, said Kyl was he belongs to an older,
"the best possible person, less populist vanguard of
regardless of politics" for the GOP. At a news con-
the job, and he hopes Kyl ference where he was in-
serves past the end of the troduced as McCain's re-
year. placement, Kyl said in a
If Kyl does leave the Senate response to a question that
after the end of the current he's only met Trump once,
congressional term next though he noted he is work-
Jan. 3, Arizona's governor ing for the White House by
can appoint another sena- serving as Kavanaugh's so-
tor for the remaining year. called "sherpa."
By state law the senator will With a nod toward Mc-
have to be a member of Cain, Kyl said the presi-
the same party as the de- dent's "desire to jump into
parting one, in this case the the middle of or be in the
GOP. middle of a fight — and by
For now, Kyl will pad Repub- the way that reminds me of
licans' margin in the nar- somebody — can be detri-
rowly divided Senate. They mental in the end to what
hold a 51-49 majority but he's trying to achieve."
that dwindled to a single During his time back in the Former Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., right, answers a question after Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Ariz., announced
vote while McCain stayed Senate, Kyl will have the that Kyl will fill Sen. John McCain's seat in the U.S. Senate at a news conference at the Arizona
Capitol Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Phoenix.
in Arizona for much of this opportunity to vote on sev- Associated Press
year being treated for the eral issues that have been
brain cancer that killed him involved in his lobbying ac-
on Aug. 25. tivities, from immigration to
The GOP is hoping Kyl will national security.
be a more reliable partisan Kyl has lobbied on be-
vote than McCain, whose half of young immigrants
opposition to a partial re- brought to the U.S. illegally
peal of President Obama's as children, often called
health care law pitched Dreamers, whose fate is in
the party into turmoil last limbo after Trump tried to
year. end an Obama-era pro-
Kyl is well-respected in Ari- gram protecting them from
zona and has been able to deportation and Congress
avoid many of the battles deadlocked on a solution.
with activists that compli- Kyl will likely also vote on
cated McCain's career bills containing tens of bil-
and that of the state's lions of dollars for Defense
other senator, Jeff Flake, Department programs af-
who is retiring because his ter he represented defense
feud with Trump made his giant Northrop Grumman.
re-election impossible.Kyl's His work was primarily fo-
entire career in Washing- cused on tax issues affect-
ton overlapped with Mc- ing the company, but Kyl's
Cain's, and he served with firm, Covington & Burling,
the state's senior senator also lobbied the House and
for three terms before step- Senate to drum up sup-
ping down. port for the B-21 bomber,
Kyl carved out a profile a stealth aircraft Northrop
as a reliable conservative Grumman is building for the
vote and a foreign policy Air Force.
expert. The unusual timing of Kyl's
McCain's widow, Cindy, appointment could work
tweeted: "Jon Kyl is a dear out for another Arizona
friend of mine and John's. Republican who wants to
It's a great tribute to John become a U.S. senator —
that he is prepared to go Rep. Martha McSally.
back into public service to She's currently locked in a
help the state of Arizona." tough campaign against
Doug Cole, a veteran Re- Democratic Rep. Kyrsten
publican consultant and Sinema for the Senate seat
former McCain aide, said Flake is vacating. Should
Kyl was a safe pick. she lose, McSally — a for-
"I think McCain would be mer Air Force colonel who
very happy with the pick. once worked on Kyl's staff
Honors his legacy while put- — could be appointed
ting some major horsepow- to the McCain seat if Kyl
er for Arizona in the seat, at leaves it in January.q