WASHINGTON _ Sen. Jon Kyl is expected to retire from the Senate again at the end of the calendar year.
The Arizona Republic reported that the GOP senator, who returned to the Senate as the appointee replacing the late Sen. John McCain, will leave effective Dec. 31.
That sets up the much-expected opportunity for Gov. Doug Ducey to appoint another replacement senator.
If Kyl's replacement can be named and sworn-in ahead of noon on January 3, he or she will actually be Arizona's senior senator in the next Congress, jumping the line of the incoming freshmen.
