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Arizona governor to appoint Martha McSally to McCain's Senate seat

WASHINGTON _ Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will appoint GOP Rep. Martha McSally to the late Sen. John McCain's Senate seat.

After McCain's death in August, Ducey tapped former Sen. Jon Kyl to fill the post. Kyl is vacating it at the end of the year.

McSally will occupy the seat for the middle two years of its six-year term. If she wants a crack at the final two years of the seat, she would need to run again in a 2020 special election.

McSally is fresh off a loss to Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema for retiring Sen. Jeff Flake's Senate seat. Her appointment to the Senate for the next two years will take effective next month, according to AZCentral.com.

_CQ-Roll Call

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